Death certificates go online through Historical Society http://www.startribune.com/viewers/qview/cgi/qview.cgi?template=variety_a_cache&slug=genvar The Minnesota Historical Society has launched an online index of the death certificates and a streamlined service for ordering copies. News of the Web site leaked during the test phase in recent weeks, and it quickly got heavy use. Minnesota is one of the first states to have such information available online. The address is: http://people.mnhs.org/dci.