FAQs
RCHS does not have birth, adoption, marriage, or death records.
You must contact Ramsey County or Minnesota Vital Records for Minnesota birth and death records. There is a cost to retrieve these records.
For more information on the Ramsey County records, call 651-266-1333 or visit https://www.ramseycountymn.gov/residents/licenses-permits-records/birth-records.
For statewide records, call 651-201-5970 or visit https://www.health.state.mn.us/people/vitalrecords/death.html.
Some of these items may also be found at the Minnesota Historical Society’s Gale Library at 345 Kellogg Boulevard West in St. Paul. Visit their People Finder or call 651-296-2143.
RCHS has few residential and commercial blueprints. Northwest Architectural Archives (NAA) is the repository for the records of architects, engineers, contractors, landscape architects, interior designers, academics, and local professional societies from the Midwest region with works that extend throughout the United States and the world.