This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TJB.2ACI/1598.1 Message Board Post: Try the Minnesota Historical society's death certificate index at <http://people.mnhs.org/dci/> some over 800 John Nelsons (a John M. died in 1932 and a John Martin died in 1947 in Pope County) and over 100 Louis Andersons (none in Pope County). Minnesota's population has a high percentage of Scandinavians -- lots of Nelsons and Andersons. There is no doubt someone who would be going to the Minnesota Historical Society and would be willing to make photocopies of those death certificates and mail them to you (probably would need more information than given above).