Minnesota Birth Certificate Index http://www.researchbuzz.org/archives/002121.shtml The Minnesota Historical Society has started up a birth certificate index with certificates available from 1900 to 1907. More will be added : << http://people.mnhs.org/bci/ >> You may search by last name, first name, and mother's maiden name. You may also search a range of years. The results list including name, date of birth, county of birth, ID #, and mother's maiden name. From the search result page you can order birth certificate copies for eight bucks each.