This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RJB.2ACI/258.1 Message Board Post: Hi, I think that number may have been assigned to that death certificate by the Minnesota Historical Society, which now has all MN death certificates from 1905 to 1955 online. You can find them at www.mnhs.org. Click on "Libraries an Collection" and then click on "death certificates". Good Luck Rod