The Online Death Indexes and Records Website (USA) has been updated with links to the following items...
California
- Contra Costa County: Walnut Creek, Oak Hills Park Chapel, Funeral Records, 1962-2018 from FamilySearch
- Los Angeles: Inglewood Park Cemetery - Search Deceased Records; also includes Park Lawn Cemetery
- Los Angeles, California, Coroner's Inquest Index, 1992-2024 at Ancestry/free to search (update: years 2017-2024 added)
- Los Angeles County Register of Cremations of Unclaimed, Indigent or Unidentified Decedents, 2012-2024 (update: years 2021-2024 added)
- Marin County and San Mateo County: Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of San Francisco - Burial Search; includes Catholic Cemeteries in San Mateo County and Marin County
- San Francisco, Area Funeral Home Records, 1835-1981 at FamilySearch
- San Luis Obispo County Genealogical Society Records; includes cemetery burial indexes and other items
Colorado
- Archdiocese of Denver Catholic Cemeteries Grave Search: For Mount Olivet and St. Simeon Cemeteries
- Mesa, Colorado, Obituaries, 1870-2023 Index at Ancestry/requires payment
- Weld County and Larimer County: Lakeview Cemetery Burial Records (Windsor, Colorado)
District of Columbia
- Washington, D.C., Death Certificates, 1874-1931 at Ancestry/requires payment
- Washington, D.C., Abstracts of Marriage and Death Notices from the National Intelligencer, 1800-1850 at Ancestry/requires payment
- Columbian Harmony and Payne Cemetery Burials, 1901-1959 at Ancestry/requires payment; African-American Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
- Prospect Hill Historic German-American Cemetery; Has a list of surnames of burials, and a list of Civil War soldiers buried at the cemetery.
Florida
- Santa Rosa County Cemeteries
Illinois
- DuPage County: City of West Chicago Cemeteries Burial Search - for Glen Oak Cemetery and Oakwood Cemetery
- Madison County: Alton Cemetery Registers (August 20, 1875 through September 13, 1903 and September 22, 1903 through January 30, 1926)
Louisiana
- Louisiana Death Records Index, 1911-1974 from the Louisiana Secretary of State (update: years 1973 and 1974 added)
- Ouachita Parish: Master Index of Obituaries From Monroe Newspapers from the Ouachita Parish Public Library
- Ouachita, Louisiana, Obituary Index, 1860-2022 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
Massachusetts
- Suffolk County: The Gardens Cemetery Burials Search (Boston)
Maryland
- Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Washington - Burials Search (Includes seven Catholic cemeteries in Maryland, and two Catholic cemeteries in Washington, D.C.)
Michigan
- Bay County: Pinconning Journal/Press Birth and Death Index; and Cemetery Indexes
- Cass County District Library Local Newspaper Obituary Indexes; also has some Connelly Funeral Home name listings
- Cass County: Riverside Cemetery Burials (Dowagiac, Michigan)
- Clinton County Death Records Search from Newspapers and Other Sources
- Clinton County: DeWitt Area Cemetery Records Indexes
- Ingham County Marriage and Death Records Search for marriages, 1968 to present; and deaths, 1986 to present.
Minnesota
- Winona County: Winona Public Library Obituary Indexes, 1974-2010; not complete
Mississippi
- Harrison County: The Mississippi City Cemetery Project (includes an index for some burials; from the Historical Society of Gulfport)
Missouri
- Missouri Death Certificates Index and Images, 1910-1974 (update: year 1974 added)
- Monroe County, Missouri Cemetery Records: Florida, Stoutsville, and South Fork Cemeteries (plus some smaller cemeteries) (scanned book from FamilySearch)
- St. Charles: St. John United Church of Christ Burials and Cemetery Records, 1868-2004
Nebraska
- Douglas County Death Register Indexes, 1873-1915 from the Omaha Public Library
New York State
- Schoharie County Cemeteries
North Carolina
- Wake County: Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates Index Searches
North Dakota
- North Dakota Birth, Death, Marriage and Divorce Indexes copies of the records can be purchased for a fee (with restrictions); death index covers c. 1892 to about a year ago; early period is incomplete
Ohio
- Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932 and 1938-2022 at Ancestry (update: years 2019-2022 added)
Highland County: Interments of Hillsboro Cemetery
Oregon
- Lane County: Rest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery Burial Book (in Junction City, Oregon)
- Washington County: Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery Burials
Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1971 (indexed) (at Ancestry/requires payment) Update: year 1971 added
- Pennsylvania Death Records Indexes, 1906-1974 from the Pennsylvania State Archives; Update: year 1974 added
- Allegheny County: Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society Death and Burial Records (Some of the databases require membership in the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society to access. Includes: Registration of Deaths, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 1893-1905; South Hills, Pittsburgh, Indexed Cemetery Records; and other items)
Rhode Island
- Rhode Island Death Records, 1853-1974 from the Rhode Island State Archives (update: years 1953-1974 added)
- Rhode Island Death Registrations and Records, 1852-1946 at Ancestry/requires payment; includes digitized images
South Dakota
- South Dakota State Archives Surname Research Form: Newspapers Index (indexes birth, marriage, death, and other notices in South Dakota newspapers up to about early 2017; not complete)
Tennessee
- Tennessee Death Certificates, 1965-1967 and 1972-1974; ongoing project from the Tennessee Virtual Archive
Texas
- African American Cemeteries Database Project -- from African American cemeteries in 7 counties: Dewitt, Gonzales, Goliad, Jackson, Lavaca, Refugio, and Victoria.
- Calhoun County: Death Index, 1900-2011; also has indexes for births, probate records, and other items
- Denton County: Death Index from the Sanger Courier Newspaper
- Harris County: Houston Funeral Homes Archives Search; Indexes Fogle West Funeral Home records (approximately 1921-1975) and Boulevard Funeral Home records (approximately 1961-1967).
Virginia
- Virginia Death Certificates, 1912-1998 and Death Records Index, 1912-2014 (Update: images of the death certificates from 1995-1998 added); at Ancestry/requires payment
- Alexandria, Virginia, Alexandria National Cemetery Burials, 1862-2010 at Ancestry/requires payment; includes digital images of the gravestones
- Norfolk City Burial Records Search; for Calvary Cemetery, Elmwood Cemetery, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Hebrew Cemetery, Magnolia Cemetery, Riverside Memorial Park, and West Point Cemetery
Wisconsin
- Manitowoc County: Evergreen Cemetery Burials
Wyoming
- Laramie County: Lakeview Cemetery Interment Cards, 1875-1933 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
This is a list of the most recent additions. There are many more links for death records indexes at: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Sunday, March 17, 2024
Online Indexes for Death Records, Cemeteries and Obituaries (USA) - Latest Additions and Updates
The Online Death Indexes and Records Website (USA) has been updated with links to the following items...
Arkansas
- Pope County: Oakland Cemetery Burials (Russellville, Arkansas)
California
- Fresno County: Parlier Cemetery Burial Search
- Los Angeles County: Artesia Cemetery Grave Locator (in Cerritos, California)
- San Joaquin County: Park View Cemetery Search (in Manteca, California)
Connecticut
- The Connecticut Genealogy Index for Births, Marriages and Deaths (Indexes marriages and deaths from mid-1897 to December 31, 2017; and births from July 1, 1897 to December 31, 1917.)
- Connecticut, County Coroner's Records, 1883-1934 (from FamilySearch; coverage varies by county; not all counties included)
Florida
- Florida, Funeral Home Records, 1887-1971 from FamilySearch; includes 5 funeral homes in Tampa and 1 in Panama City (Bay County); coverage varies by funeral home; indexing may not be complete; images of the records are restricted
- Hillsborough County: Tampa Bay Obituary Index, 1855-1990 (indexes obituaries in the Tampa Tribune and other Tampa-area newspapers; coverage varies by newspaper)
Georgia
- Fulton County: Atlanta, Georgia, Archdiocese of Atlanta Sacramental Records, 1840-1980 (at Ancestry/requires payment; coverage varies by parish)
Idaho
- Idaho Death Records, 1890-1971 at Ancestry/requires payment (updated: years 1970-1971 added)
Illinois
- Illinois Statewide Death Records Index, 1916-1972 (update: year 1972 added) - Henry County Cemetery Indexes for North Cemetery and Oakwood Cemetery (both in Geneseo, Illinois)
- Kane County: Lincoln Memorial Park Burial Records Search (Aurora, Illinois)
- Madison County: Cemetery Census, St. James Cemetery, Edwardsville, Illinois (scanned book from FamilySearch)
- Rock Island County Clerk's Office - Genealogy Vital Records Indexes
- Rock Island County, Illinois Will Abstracts, 1837-1891; scanned books from FamilySearch
- Rock Island County, Index to Deaths, 1878-1921; Deaths, 1877-1891; digitized microfilm from FamilySearch
- Whiteside County Cemeteries (scanned book at the Internet Archive; compiled by the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1959)
- Will County: Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Illinois, Sacramental Records, 1800-1976 at Ancestry/requires payment
- Will County: Plainfield Enterprise Obituary Database, 1893-present (also has a Plainfield Township Cemetery Database, 1836-2000; from the Plainfield Area Public Library)
Indiana
- Grant County: Ferguson and Glancy Mortuary Records, 1900-2022 (Van Buren Township) from FamilySearch; Most of the records are permits for removal and burial.
- Howard County Newspaper Indexes, c.2003 to recent (for births, divorces, marriage licenses, obituaries and other items; from the Kokomo-Howard County Public Library)
- Madison County: Central Christian Church Collection (Anderson, Indiana; includes digitized funeral records, marriage records and more; from the Midwest Genealogy Center)
- Marion County: The Greenlawn Cemetery Project - African American Burials; cemetery in Indianapolis; includes a spreadsheet for City Cemetery Black Burials, 1872-1881
- Marion County: Indiana African American Genealogy Group Memorials (Funeral Programs); most are from the Indianapolis area
Iowa
- Iowa Death Records, 1904-1951 from FamilySearch (update: years 1943-1951 added)
- Iowa Death Records, 1888-1904 from FamilySearch
Kentucky
- Kentucky Death Index, 2000-2021 from the Boyd County Public Library (update: years 2019-2021 added)
Louisiana
- Louisiana Death Records Index, 1911-1972 (update: year 1972 added)
Maryland
- Maryland Death Certificates, 1898-2012 statewide (digital copies at the Internet Archive; from Reclaim the Records)
- Baltimore City Death Certificates, 1875-1972 (digital copies at the Internet Archive; from Reclaim the Records)
- Carroll County Genealogical Society Indexes (has indexes for cemetery burials, will and probate records, African American death notices and death certificate abstracts, and many other items)
- Frederick County: Death and Burial Notices of African Americans in Frederick County, Maryland
- Harford County Cemetery Records Index (also has indexes for marriages and other items)
Massachusetts
- The Catholic Cemetery Association of the Archdiocese of Boston Burial Search (has Catholic Cemeteries in Essex and Middlesex Counties, and one in Boston)
Minnesota
- St. Louis County: Greenwood Pauper Cemetery Burials Index (Duluth, Minnesota)
Missouri
- Missouri Death Certificates Index and Images, 1910-1973 (update: year 1973 added)
- Missouri Death Index, 1968-2022 from Reclaim the Records (update: years 2016-2022 added)
- Christian County Missouri Indexes and Transcribed Records (includes PDF indexes for obituaries and other items; from the Midwest Genealogy Center)
- Jackson County: Salem Cemetery Burials Search (Salem Cemetery is located just east of Independence, Missouri)
- Jackson County: Salem Cemetery Association Records (digitized journals from the Midwest Genealogy Center)
- Monroe County: Walnut Grove Cemetery Burials Listing (Paris, Missouri)
- St. Louis: Concordia Cemetery Burial Records (Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery)
Montana
- Lake County: Polson, Tribal Obituaries, 1870-1995 at FamilySearch; scanned and indexed obituary clippings from the Polson, Montana, area on the Flathead Indian Reservation
Nebraska
- Adams County: Parkview Cemetery Burials (Hastings, Nebraska)
- Madison County: Norfolk Regional Center Cemetery Records, 1888-1954
New Hampshire
- Hillsborough County: Saint Joseph Cemetery Burials Archive (Catholic Cemetery in Bedford, New Hampshire)
New Mexico
- New Mexico, Catholic Church Records, 1701-1956 from FamilySearch; not indexed; baptisms, marriages, and deaths for some parishes in Bernalillo, Colfax, Doña Ana, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Socorro, Taos, and Valencia Counties; coverage varies by parish and county
New York City
- New York City - Potters Field (Hart Island) Cemetery Records, c.1869-c.1983 (not indexed)
New York State
- New York State Genealogical Research Death Index, 1957 to 50 years ago (update: years 1971 and 1972 added)
- Albany County: Town of Guilderland, NY Cemetery Burials from the Guilderland Public Library
- Cayuga County: St. Joseph's Cemetery Burials (in Auburn, New York)
- Onondaga County: Genealogy Databases; includes a necrology (deaths) database, obituary clippings, Woodlawn Cemetery burials, and other items; from the Onondaga County Public Libraries
- Ontario County: Town of Gorham Historical Society Surname Index (indexes some cemetery burials and other items)
North Dakota
- Sioux County: Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, Vital Records, 1880-1942 at FamilySearch
Ohio
- Ohio, Stillbirths, 1918-1953 from FamilySearch
- Union County Veterans Graves Registration Cards, 1820-2011
Oklahoma
- Comanche County: Native American Obituary Index, early 1900s to 2010 (not complete; also has a Highland Cemetery Map with a burials search; from the Lawton Public Library)
Oregon
- Oregon State Deaths, 1864-1971 at Ancestry/requires payment (update: 1969-1971 added)
- Marion County: Silverton Obituaries, 1893-1912 from FamilySearch
Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1970 (at Ancestry/requires payment); includes scanned copies of the death certificates (update: years 1969 and 1970 added)
- Pennsylvania Death Records Indexes, 1906-1973 (update: years 1972 and 1973 added)
- Cambria County Genealogy Indexes (includes indexes for births, marriages, cemetery burials, obituaries, and other items; from the Cambria County Library)
Rhode Island
- Rhode Island Death Records, 1853-1952 -- digitized death registration ledgers for the early years, and digitized death certificates for the later years (update: years 1938-1952 added)
South Carolina
- South Carolina Death Certificates and Index, 1915-1971 at Ancestry/requires payment (update: year 1971 added)
- Charleston African American Funeral Programs (from the International African American Museum)
South Dakota
- Corson County: Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, Vital Records, 1880-1942 at FamilySearch
Texas
- Fort Bend County Clerk Indexes (includes indexes for births, marriages, deaths, and other items)
- Marion County Deaths, 1860-2005 from FamilySearch
- Montgomery County Clerk Public Records Search (includes an index for deaths, 1930-recent)
- Tarrant County: Fort Worth, Texas, Episcopal Church Records, 1851-1981 (at Ancestry/requires payment; includes some baptisms, marriages, and burials)
Utah
- Utah Office of Vital Records and Statistics Death Certificates, 1905-1969 (this updates a previous database by adding 1968 and 1969)
- Utah Fetal Death Certificates, 1964-1968
- Utah Military Death Certificates, 1941-1953
Vermont
- Vermont, Death Index, 2008-2019; at Ancestry/requires payment; index only
- Chittenden County and Essex County, Vermont, Probate Files, 1800-1921 from FamilySearch; coverage varies by county
Virginia
- Richmond Enquirer/Visitor Marriage and Obituary Index, 1804-1860
Washington
- Washington State Department of Health, Death Certificates, July 1, 1907-1999 (update: year 1999 added)
- Pierce County, Washington, Will Journals, 1854-1950 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
- Skagit County: Northern State Hospital Death Records, 1911-1963 (in Sedro-Woolley, Washington)
- Skagit County: Northern State Hospital Cemetery Burial and Cremation Records (in Sedro-Woolley, Washington)
- Spokane County: Catholic Diocese of Spokane Church Records, 1850-1971; at Ancestry/requires payment; includes baptisms, marriages and deaths; coverage varies by parish
West Virginia
- West Virginia Death Records and Index, 1853-1972 (update: years 1972 and 1973 added)
- Lynchburg, Virginia Obituary Index, 1837-2019 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
Wisconsin
- Washington County: St. Boniface Cemetery (Germantown) and St. Mary Cemetery (Richland) Interments
Wyoming
- Wyoming Death Records, 1909-1971 at Ancestry/requires payment (update: now includes images of the death certificates; years 1970 and 1971 added)
This is a list of the most recent additions. There are many more links for death records indexes at: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
Arkansas
- Pope County: Oakland Cemetery Burials (Russellville, Arkansas)
California
- Fresno County: Parlier Cemetery Burial Search
- Los Angeles County: Artesia Cemetery Grave Locator (in Cerritos, California)
- San Joaquin County: Park View Cemetery Search (in Manteca, California)
Connecticut
- The Connecticut Genealogy Index for Births, Marriages and Deaths (Indexes marriages and deaths from mid-1897 to December 31, 2017; and births from July 1, 1897 to December 31, 1917.)
- Connecticut, County Coroner's Records, 1883-1934 (from FamilySearch; coverage varies by county; not all counties included)
Florida
- Florida, Funeral Home Records, 1887-1971 from FamilySearch; includes 5 funeral homes in Tampa and 1 in Panama City (Bay County); coverage varies by funeral home; indexing may not be complete; images of the records are restricted
- Hillsborough County: Tampa Bay Obituary Index, 1855-1990 (indexes obituaries in the Tampa Tribune and other Tampa-area newspapers; coverage varies by newspaper)
Georgia
- Fulton County: Atlanta, Georgia, Archdiocese of Atlanta Sacramental Records, 1840-1980 (at Ancestry/requires payment; coverage varies by parish)
Idaho
- Idaho Death Records, 1890-1971 at Ancestry/requires payment (updated: years 1970-1971 added)
Illinois
- Illinois Statewide Death Records Index, 1916-1972 (update: year 1972 added) - Henry County Cemetery Indexes for North Cemetery and Oakwood Cemetery (both in Geneseo, Illinois)
- Kane County: Lincoln Memorial Park Burial Records Search (Aurora, Illinois)
- Madison County: Cemetery Census, St. James Cemetery, Edwardsville, Illinois (scanned book from FamilySearch)
- Rock Island County Clerk's Office - Genealogy Vital Records Indexes
- Rock Island County, Illinois Will Abstracts, 1837-1891; scanned books from FamilySearch
- Rock Island County, Index to Deaths, 1878-1921; Deaths, 1877-1891; digitized microfilm from FamilySearch
- Whiteside County Cemeteries (scanned book at the Internet Archive; compiled by the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1959)
- Will County: Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Illinois, Sacramental Records, 1800-1976 at Ancestry/requires payment
- Will County: Plainfield Enterprise Obituary Database, 1893-present (also has a Plainfield Township Cemetery Database, 1836-2000; from the Plainfield Area Public Library)
Indiana
- Grant County: Ferguson and Glancy Mortuary Records, 1900-2022 (Van Buren Township) from FamilySearch; Most of the records are permits for removal and burial.
- Howard County Newspaper Indexes, c.2003 to recent (for births, divorces, marriage licenses, obituaries and other items; from the Kokomo-Howard County Public Library)
- Madison County: Central Christian Church Collection (Anderson, Indiana; includes digitized funeral records, marriage records and more; from the Midwest Genealogy Center)
- Marion County: The Greenlawn Cemetery Project - African American Burials; cemetery in Indianapolis; includes a spreadsheet for City Cemetery Black Burials, 1872-1881
- Marion County: Indiana African American Genealogy Group Memorials (Funeral Programs); most are from the Indianapolis area
Iowa
- Iowa Death Records, 1904-1951 from FamilySearch (update: years 1943-1951 added)
- Iowa Death Records, 1888-1904 from FamilySearch
Kentucky
- Kentucky Death Index, 2000-2021 from the Boyd County Public Library (update: years 2019-2021 added)
Louisiana
- Louisiana Death Records Index, 1911-1972 (update: year 1972 added)
Maryland
- Maryland Death Certificates, 1898-2012 statewide (digital copies at the Internet Archive; from Reclaim the Records)
- Baltimore City Death Certificates, 1875-1972 (digital copies at the Internet Archive; from Reclaim the Records)
- Carroll County Genealogical Society Indexes (has indexes for cemetery burials, will and probate records, African American death notices and death certificate abstracts, and many other items)
- Frederick County: Death and Burial Notices of African Americans in Frederick County, Maryland
- Harford County Cemetery Records Index (also has indexes for marriages and other items)
Massachusetts
- The Catholic Cemetery Association of the Archdiocese of Boston Burial Search (has Catholic Cemeteries in Essex and Middlesex Counties, and one in Boston)
Minnesota
- St. Louis County: Greenwood Pauper Cemetery Burials Index (Duluth, Minnesota)
Missouri
- Missouri Death Certificates Index and Images, 1910-1973 (update: year 1973 added)
- Missouri Death Index, 1968-2022 from Reclaim the Records (update: years 2016-2022 added)
- Christian County Missouri Indexes and Transcribed Records (includes PDF indexes for obituaries and other items; from the Midwest Genealogy Center)
- Jackson County: Salem Cemetery Burials Search (Salem Cemetery is located just east of Independence, Missouri)
- Jackson County: Salem Cemetery Association Records (digitized journals from the Midwest Genealogy Center)
- Monroe County: Walnut Grove Cemetery Burials Listing (Paris, Missouri)
- St. Louis: Concordia Cemetery Burial Records (Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery)
Montana
- Lake County: Polson, Tribal Obituaries, 1870-1995 at FamilySearch; scanned and indexed obituary clippings from the Polson, Montana, area on the Flathead Indian Reservation
Nebraska
- Adams County: Parkview Cemetery Burials (Hastings, Nebraska)
- Madison County: Norfolk Regional Center Cemetery Records, 1888-1954
New Hampshire
- Hillsborough County: Saint Joseph Cemetery Burials Archive (Catholic Cemetery in Bedford, New Hampshire)
New Mexico
- New Mexico, Catholic Church Records, 1701-1956 from FamilySearch; not indexed; baptisms, marriages, and deaths for some parishes in Bernalillo, Colfax, Doña Ana, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Socorro, Taos, and Valencia Counties; coverage varies by parish and county
New York City
- New York City - Potters Field (Hart Island) Cemetery Records, c.1869-c.1983 (not indexed)
New York State
- New York State Genealogical Research Death Index, 1957 to 50 years ago (update: years 1971 and 1972 added)
- Albany County: Town of Guilderland, NY Cemetery Burials from the Guilderland Public Library
- Cayuga County: St. Joseph's Cemetery Burials (in Auburn, New York)
- Onondaga County: Genealogy Databases; includes a necrology (deaths) database, obituary clippings, Woodlawn Cemetery burials, and other items; from the Onondaga County Public Libraries
- Ontario County: Town of Gorham Historical Society Surname Index (indexes some cemetery burials and other items)
North Dakota
- Sioux County: Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, Vital Records, 1880-1942 at FamilySearch
Ohio
- Ohio, Stillbirths, 1918-1953 from FamilySearch
- Union County Veterans Graves Registration Cards, 1820-2011
Oklahoma
- Comanche County: Native American Obituary Index, early 1900s to 2010 (not complete; also has a Highland Cemetery Map with a burials search; from the Lawton Public Library)
Oregon
- Oregon State Deaths, 1864-1971 at Ancestry/requires payment (update: 1969-1971 added)
- Marion County: Silverton Obituaries, 1893-1912 from FamilySearch
Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1970 (at Ancestry/requires payment); includes scanned copies of the death certificates (update: years 1969 and 1970 added)
- Pennsylvania Death Records Indexes, 1906-1973 (update: years 1972 and 1973 added)
- Cambria County Genealogy Indexes (includes indexes for births, marriages, cemetery burials, obituaries, and other items; from the Cambria County Library)
Rhode Island
- Rhode Island Death Records, 1853-1952 -- digitized death registration ledgers for the early years, and digitized death certificates for the later years (update: years 1938-1952 added)
South Carolina
- South Carolina Death Certificates and Index, 1915-1971 at Ancestry/requires payment (update: year 1971 added)
- Charleston African American Funeral Programs (from the International African American Museum)
South Dakota
- Corson County: Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, Vital Records, 1880-1942 at FamilySearch
Texas
- Fort Bend County Clerk Indexes (includes indexes for births, marriages, deaths, and other items)
- Marion County Deaths, 1860-2005 from FamilySearch
- Montgomery County Clerk Public Records Search (includes an index for deaths, 1930-recent)
- Tarrant County: Fort Worth, Texas, Episcopal Church Records, 1851-1981 (at Ancestry/requires payment; includes some baptisms, marriages, and burials)
Utah
- Utah Office of Vital Records and Statistics Death Certificates, 1905-1969 (this updates a previous database by adding 1968 and 1969)
- Utah Fetal Death Certificates, 1964-1968
- Utah Military Death Certificates, 1941-1953
Vermont
- Vermont, Death Index, 2008-2019; at Ancestry/requires payment; index only
- Chittenden County and Essex County, Vermont, Probate Files, 1800-1921 from FamilySearch; coverage varies by county
Virginia
- Richmond Enquirer/Visitor Marriage and Obituary Index, 1804-1860
Washington
- Washington State Department of Health, Death Certificates, July 1, 1907-1999 (update: year 1999 added)
- Pierce County, Washington, Will Journals, 1854-1950 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
- Skagit County: Northern State Hospital Death Records, 1911-1963 (in Sedro-Woolley, Washington)
- Skagit County: Northern State Hospital Cemetery Burial and Cremation Records (in Sedro-Woolley, Washington)
- Spokane County: Catholic Diocese of Spokane Church Records, 1850-1971; at Ancestry/requires payment; includes baptisms, marriages and deaths; coverage varies by parish
West Virginia
- West Virginia Death Records and Index, 1853-1972 (update: years 1972 and 1973 added)
- Lynchburg, Virginia Obituary Index, 1837-2019 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
Wisconsin
- Washington County: St. Boniface Cemetery (Germantown) and St. Mary Cemetery (Richland) Interments
Wyoming
- Wyoming Death Records, 1909-1971 at Ancestry/requires payment (update: now includes images of the death certificates; years 1970 and 1971 added)
This is a list of the most recent additions. There are many more links for death records indexes at: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
Saturday, November 11, 2023
Lizzie Beine, the Forgotten Mother
In 1889, two young German immigrants met each other in St. Louis, Missouri. She was Catholic and nineteen. He was Lutheran and ten years older than her. They never married. She became pregnant and died in childbirth. He disappeared. Using records from archives and libraries, I found some buried details of their lives and wrote this story.
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Lizzie Beine, the Forgotten Mother
The door of the church in Essen-Stoppenberg, Germany where Lizzie was baptized.
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Lizzie Beine, the Forgotten Mother
The door of the church in Essen-Stoppenberg, Germany where Lizzie was baptized.
Sunday, January 08, 2023
Online Indexes for Death Records, Cemeteries and Obituaries (USA) - Newest Additions and Updates
The Online Death Indexes and Records Website (USA) has been updated with links to the following items...
Alabama
- Montgomery County Estate Files Index, 1820s to 1940s
Arizona
- Arizona Death Certificates, 1870-early 1972; and Birth Certificates, 1855-early 1947 (update: year 1971 added for deaths and year 1946 added for births)
- Maricopa County: Mt. Sinai Cemetery Burial Directory (Jewish Cemetery in Phoenix)
Arkansas
- Union County: Funeral Records of Rumph-Owers Funeral Home, El Dorado, Arkansas, 1940-1948
- Union County Cemeteries
California
- Orange County: Saddleback Valley News Vital Record Indexes, 1969-1989 (indexes births, marriages and deaths listed in the newspaper; from the South Orange County California Genealogical Society)
Georgia
- Evans County: African American Funeral Programs, 1960-2022 (earliest program is from 1961)
Illinois
- Illinois Statewide Death Records Index, 1951-1971 from the Illinois State Archives
- Boone County Genealogy Research Resources (includes Boone County death and probate indexes, and other items)
- Macoupin County: Gillespie City Cemetery Plot Locator from the Gillespie Public Library
- McHenry County: Woodstock Public Library Local History Index (indexes some obituaries in the Woodstock Sentinel and other items)
Indiana
- Indiana Death Certificates, 1899-2017 at Ancestry (requires payment) index and scanned images of the death certificates (update: years 2012-2017 added)
Iowa
- Poweshiek County: Hazelwood Cemetery Burials (Grinnell, Iowa)
Kansas
- Logan County: Oakley Cemetery Burials Directory (in Oakley, Kansas)
- Sheridan County Cemeteries
Kentucky
- Kentucky Death Index, 2000-2018 from the Boyd County Public Library (Update: years 2014-2018 added)
- Warren County: Bowling Green, Kentucky, Death Records, 1877-1913
Louisiana
- Louisiana Death Records Index, 1911-1971 from the Louisiana Secretary of State (update: year 1971 added)
- Beauregard Parish GenWeb Genealogy Indexes (includes: Cemetery Indexes; Death Index 1913-1929; Hixson Funeral Home Records Index; and other items)
- East Baton Rouge Parish Library: African American Funeral Programs Collection
- East Baton Rouge Parish: St. James Episcopal Church Registers (in Baton Rouge; includes burials)
- Union Parish Cemetery Indexes
Massachusetts
- Dukes County: Oak Grove Cemetery Burials (in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts)
- Middlesex County: Newton Cemetery Burial Search (Newton Centre, Massachusetts)
- Nantucket County: Prospect Hill Cemetery Interment Index, Nantucket, MA
- Suffolk County: Boston Catholic Cemetery Association's Online Burial Search
- Suffolk County: Holyhood Cemetery Association Burial Search (for Holyhood Cemetery in Chestnut Hill and St. Joseph Cemetery in West Roxbury)
Minnesota
- Minnesota, Veterans Grave Registration Reports, 1930-1975 from FamilySearch
- Red Lake County: St. Anthony Cemetery Burials Index (cemetery in Terrebonne, Minnesota)
Missouri
- Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1971 (free) from the Missouri State Archives (update: year 1971 added)
- Callaway County Probate Records Index, 1821-1950
- Clinton County: City of Cameron Cemeteries (has a searchable map of burials in Evergreen, Packard, Graceland and Graceland Memorial Cemeteries)
- Greene County: Hazelwood Cemetery Burials (cemetery in Springfield)
- Saline County: Paris M. Walker Funeral Home (Marshall, Mo.) Records, 1898-1934
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch Obituary Index: Covers 1880-1931, 1942-1945, 1960-June 1971, and 1992-2022. (Update: more months added)
Montana
- Yellowstone Genealogy Forum, Yellowstone County Obituaries, 1955-1969 (from FamilySearch; includes digitized images of the obituaries clipped from the Billings Gazette)
New Hampshire
- Hillsborough County: Town of New Boston, New Hampshire Cemetery and Burial Ground Records (PDF from the New Boston Historical Society)
New Jersey
- Union County: Elizabeth Public Library Genealogy Vertical File Index (A-Mclain only) indexes some obituaries and death notices (partial)
New York City
- New York City Historical Vital Records Project, 1855-1949 (free) currently 76% complete; includes birth certificates, marriage records, and death certificates; from the New York City Municipal Archives; coverage varies by type of record and borough.
- New York Times Obituaries Index, 1858-1968 (from the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society)
New York State
- Nassau County: Town of Oyster Bay, New York Death Index, 1847-1849 and 1881-1920
North Carolina
- Gaston County Cemetery Survey Records
- Guilford County: City of Greensboro Cemeteries Burial Index (for Forest Lawn, Green Hill, and Maplewood Cemeteries)
- Johnston County: Town of Clayton Cemeteries Burial Records Search
Ohio
- Fairfield County Obituary Index: 19th century through December 2021
- Geauga County: Western Reserve Memorial Gardens Burial Records Search (Chesterland, Ohio)
- Hamilton County: Springfield Township Cemeteries - Burials Search for Smiley Cemetery and Beech Grove Cemetery
Oregon
- Oregon Death Index, 1971-2008 from FamilySearch
- Washington County: Forest Grove Newspaper Obituary Index (for assorted years; from the Forest Grove City Library)
Pennsylvania
- Indiana County: Oakland Cemetery Burials (in Indiana, Pennsylvania)
- Indiana County: Cemetery Records of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (scanned book from FamilySearch)
- Schuylkill County: Schuylkill Memorial Park Burials Search (Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania)
Rhode Island
- Rhode Island Death Records, 1853-1937 -- digitized ledgers with death indexes for 1853-1920 and 1956-1971 (update: more years added)
South Carolina
- South Carolina Death Certificates and Index, 1915-1970 (at Ancestry/requires payment) (update: year 1970 added)
Tennessee
- Haywood County: African American Funeral Programs, 1958-2005
Texas
- Orange County Death Records Index, 1865-present (also has probate cases search, 1852-present)
Washington
- Washington State Department of Health, Death Certificates, July 1, 1907-1997 (free) includes images of the death certificates (Update: year 1997 added)
West Virginia
- West Virginia Death Records and Index, 1853-1971 (update: year 1971 added)
- West Virginia Death Indexes, 1917-1991 digitized microfilm from FamilySearch
Wisconsin
- Wood County Cemeteries from the Heart O' Wisconsin Genealogical Society
This is a list of the most recent additions. There are many more links for death records indexes at: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
Alabama
- Montgomery County Estate Files Index, 1820s to 1940s
Arizona
- Arizona Death Certificates, 1870-early 1972; and Birth Certificates, 1855-early 1947 (update: year 1971 added for deaths and year 1946 added for births)
- Maricopa County: Mt. Sinai Cemetery Burial Directory (Jewish Cemetery in Phoenix)
Arkansas
- Union County: Funeral Records of Rumph-Owers Funeral Home, El Dorado, Arkansas, 1940-1948
- Union County Cemeteries
California
- Orange County: Saddleback Valley News Vital Record Indexes, 1969-1989 (indexes births, marriages and deaths listed in the newspaper; from the South Orange County California Genealogical Society)
Georgia
- Evans County: African American Funeral Programs, 1960-2022 (earliest program is from 1961)
Illinois
- Illinois Statewide Death Records Index, 1951-1971 from the Illinois State Archives
- Boone County Genealogy Research Resources (includes Boone County death and probate indexes, and other items)
- Macoupin County: Gillespie City Cemetery Plot Locator from the Gillespie Public Library
- McHenry County: Woodstock Public Library Local History Index (indexes some obituaries in the Woodstock Sentinel and other items)
Indiana
- Indiana Death Certificates, 1899-2017 at Ancestry (requires payment) index and scanned images of the death certificates (update: years 2012-2017 added)
Iowa
- Poweshiek County: Hazelwood Cemetery Burials (Grinnell, Iowa)
Kansas
- Logan County: Oakley Cemetery Burials Directory (in Oakley, Kansas)
- Sheridan County Cemeteries
Kentucky
- Kentucky Death Index, 2000-2018 from the Boyd County Public Library (Update: years 2014-2018 added)
- Warren County: Bowling Green, Kentucky, Death Records, 1877-1913
Louisiana
- Louisiana Death Records Index, 1911-1971 from the Louisiana Secretary of State (update: year 1971 added)
- Beauregard Parish GenWeb Genealogy Indexes (includes: Cemetery Indexes; Death Index 1913-1929; Hixson Funeral Home Records Index; and other items)
- East Baton Rouge Parish Library: African American Funeral Programs Collection
- East Baton Rouge Parish: St. James Episcopal Church Registers (in Baton Rouge; includes burials)
- Union Parish Cemetery Indexes
Massachusetts
- Dukes County: Oak Grove Cemetery Burials (in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts)
- Middlesex County: Newton Cemetery Burial Search (Newton Centre, Massachusetts)
- Nantucket County: Prospect Hill Cemetery Interment Index, Nantucket, MA
- Suffolk County: Boston Catholic Cemetery Association's Online Burial Search
- Suffolk County: Holyhood Cemetery Association Burial Search (for Holyhood Cemetery in Chestnut Hill and St. Joseph Cemetery in West Roxbury)
Minnesota
- Minnesota, Veterans Grave Registration Reports, 1930-1975 from FamilySearch
- Red Lake County: St. Anthony Cemetery Burials Index (cemetery in Terrebonne, Minnesota)
Missouri
- Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1971 (free) from the Missouri State Archives (update: year 1971 added)
- Callaway County Probate Records Index, 1821-1950
- Clinton County: City of Cameron Cemeteries (has a searchable map of burials in Evergreen, Packard, Graceland and Graceland Memorial Cemeteries)
- Greene County: Hazelwood Cemetery Burials (cemetery in Springfield)
- Saline County: Paris M. Walker Funeral Home (Marshall, Mo.) Records, 1898-1934
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch Obituary Index: Covers 1880-1931, 1942-1945, 1960-June 1971, and 1992-2022. (Update: more months added)
Montana
- Yellowstone Genealogy Forum, Yellowstone County Obituaries, 1955-1969 (from FamilySearch; includes digitized images of the obituaries clipped from the Billings Gazette)
New Hampshire
- Hillsborough County: Town of New Boston, New Hampshire Cemetery and Burial Ground Records (PDF from the New Boston Historical Society)
New Jersey
- Union County: Elizabeth Public Library Genealogy Vertical File Index (A-Mclain only) indexes some obituaries and death notices (partial)
New York City
- New York City Historical Vital Records Project, 1855-1949 (free) currently 76% complete; includes birth certificates, marriage records, and death certificates; from the New York City Municipal Archives; coverage varies by type of record and borough.
- New York Times Obituaries Index, 1858-1968 (from the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society)
New York State
- Nassau County: Town of Oyster Bay, New York Death Index, 1847-1849 and 1881-1920
North Carolina
- Gaston County Cemetery Survey Records
- Guilford County: City of Greensboro Cemeteries Burial Index (for Forest Lawn, Green Hill, and Maplewood Cemeteries)
- Johnston County: Town of Clayton Cemeteries Burial Records Search
Ohio
- Fairfield County Obituary Index: 19th century through December 2021
- Geauga County: Western Reserve Memorial Gardens Burial Records Search (Chesterland, Ohio)
- Hamilton County: Springfield Township Cemeteries - Burials Search for Smiley Cemetery and Beech Grove Cemetery
Oregon
- Oregon Death Index, 1971-2008 from FamilySearch
- Washington County: Forest Grove Newspaper Obituary Index (for assorted years; from the Forest Grove City Library)
Pennsylvania
- Indiana County: Oakland Cemetery Burials (in Indiana, Pennsylvania)
- Indiana County: Cemetery Records of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (scanned book from FamilySearch)
- Schuylkill County: Schuylkill Memorial Park Burials Search (Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania)
Rhode Island
- Rhode Island Death Records, 1853-1937 -- digitized ledgers with death indexes for 1853-1920 and 1956-1971 (update: more years added)
South Carolina
- South Carolina Death Certificates and Index, 1915-1970 (at Ancestry/requires payment) (update: year 1970 added)
Tennessee
- Haywood County: African American Funeral Programs, 1958-2005
Texas
- Orange County Death Records Index, 1865-present (also has probate cases search, 1852-present)
Washington
- Washington State Department of Health, Death Certificates, July 1, 1907-1997 (free) includes images of the death certificates (Update: year 1997 added)
West Virginia
- West Virginia Death Records and Index, 1853-1971 (update: year 1971 added)
- West Virginia Death Indexes, 1917-1991 digitized microfilm from FamilySearch
Wisconsin
- Wood County Cemeteries from the Heart O' Wisconsin Genealogical Society
This is a list of the most recent additions. There are many more links for death records indexes at: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
Sunday, January 23, 2022
Online Indexes for Death Records, Cemeteries and Obituaries (USA) - Newest Additions and Updates
The Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records Website (USA) has been updated with links to the following items...
Illinois
- Adams County (and nearby): Obituaries of West Central Illinois and North Eastern Missouri, ca. 1959-1981 (digitized microfilm from FamilySearch)
- Cook County: Register of Confederate soldiers who died in Camp Douglas, 1862-65 and lie buried in Oakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, Ills., 1892 (scanned book from the Internet Archive)
- Fulton County Pre-1916 Death Index
- Lee County Death Index, 1877-1999 (also has a cemetery burials index and other items)
- Peoria County, Illinois, Deaths, 1878-1915 at Ancestry/requires payment; includes digitized images of the death registers
- Peoria County: Springdale Cemetery Grave Finder (in Peoria, Illinois)
- Peoria County: City of Chillicothe Cemetery Burial Search
- Shelby County Death Records, 1878-1917 (digitized microfilm from FamilySearch)
Indiana
- Jasper County Public Library Local Obituaries Indexes (for the Kankakee Valley Post and Rensselaer Republican newspapers)
- Jennings County GenWeb (includes cemetery burial indexes and probate indexes)
- Jennings County: Cemetery Records, Jennings County, Indiana, Marion and Spencer Townships (Scanned book at the Internet Archive)
Kansas
- Kansas, Leavenworth County, Cemeteries (scanned book on digitized microfilm from FamilySearch; compiled by the DAR from 1942-1947)
Kentucky
- Pendleton County Will Books Index and Cemetery Indexes
Maryland
- Baltimore City: New Cathedral Cemetery Burial Database Search (Catholic Cemetery in Baltimore)
Michigan
- Tuscola County: Elkland Township Cemetery Burial Records
Minnesota
- Brown County, Obituaries, 1855-1990 from FamilySearch
- Cottonwood County, Obituaries, 1850-1990 from FamilySearch
- Douglas County, Obituaries, 1860-1990 from FamilySearch
- Ramsey County: Elmhurst Cemetery Burial Search in St. Paul, Minnesota
Missouri
- Phelps, Crawford, Dent, and Washington Counties, Obituaries, 1880-1990 from FamilySearch; coverage varies by county
- Johnson County, Missouri Cemetery Inscriptions digitized microfilm from FamilySearch - Johnson County Deaths, 1883-1893
- St. Charles County: Black Walnut Cemetery Grave Sites
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch Obituary Index; Covers 1880-1930, 1942-1945, 1960-Jan 1971, 1992-2020, and January-November, 2021. (update March-November, 2021 added)
- St. Louis County: Webster Groves, Missouri, Historical Records from the St. Louis Genealogical Society; includes Births and Deaths in Webster Groves, 1903-1909 (with digitized scans of the birth and death registers)
Nebraska
- Nebraska, Index to Deaths, 1904-1968 at Ancestry/requires payment (update: years 1956-1968 added)
New Jersey
- Cape May County Veterans Cemetery Plot Finder
New Mexico
- San Juan County Probate Records Index (also has marriage licenses index)
New York State
- Rockland County: Ascension Cemetery Burials (Catholic Cemetery in Airmont, NY)
- Westchester County: Yonkers, Birth and Death Registration and Indexes, 1875-1916 from FamilySearch
- Westchester County: Gate of Heaven Cemetery Burials (Catholic Cemetery in Hawthorne, NY; Babe Ruth and Jimmy Cagney are buried here.)
New York City
- Manhattan: New York, New York, Bodies in Transit, 1859-1894 (at Ancestry/requires payment) transcriptions of transit permits for bodies of the deceased traveling in, out, or through Manhattan; includes death date and burial place for most of the entries
- Staten Island: Mount Richmond Cemetery Map with Burial Search (Jewish cemetery for indigent burials in Staten Island, NY)
- Staten Island: Resurrection Cemetery Burials (Catholic Cemetery in Staten Island, NY)
North Dakota
- North Dakota, State Death Certificates, 1908-2007 (indexed) at Ancestry/requires payment; includes scanned images of the death certificates. Note: The decedent's Social Security number and cause of death have been redacted from these certificates.
Ohio
- Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner Decedent Search (requires registration)
- Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner Unidentified Persons Search
- Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Coroner's Reports, 1833-1902 (digitized microfilm from FamilySearch)
- Hamilton County: Cincinnati Newspapers Death Notices Indexes, 1818-1920 from the Hamilton County Genealogical Society
Oklahoma
- Delaware County: City of Grove Genealogy-Cemetery Transcription and Headstone Pictures for Buzzard and Olympus cemeteries; work in progress
- Garfield County, Obituaries, 1963-1986 from FamilySearch
Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Death Records Indexes, 1906-1971 from the Pennsylvania State Archives (update: year 1971 added)
- Bucks County Register of Wills Case Search
- Cambria County: Johnstown Tribune-Democrat Obituaries, 1991-2018
- Lehigh County Civil War Grave Registrations (digitized grave registration forms of Civil War veterans buried in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania)
Texas
- Bexar County: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio Sacramental Records, 1700-1995 at Ancestry/requires payment; includes baptisms, marriages and burials; coverage varies by parish
Utah
- Cache County: Providence City Cemetery Burials Search
Washington
- Pierce County: Artondale Cemetery Burial Records (in Gig Harbor, Washington)
This is a list of the most recent additions. There are many more links for death records indexes at: Online Death Records Indexes, Obituary and Cemetery Indexes (USA)
Illinois
- Adams County (and nearby): Obituaries of West Central Illinois and North Eastern Missouri, ca. 1959-1981 (digitized microfilm from FamilySearch)
- Cook County: Register of Confederate soldiers who died in Camp Douglas, 1862-65 and lie buried in Oakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, Ills., 1892 (scanned book from the Internet Archive)
- Fulton County Pre-1916 Death Index
- Lee County Death Index, 1877-1999 (also has a cemetery burials index and other items)
- Peoria County, Illinois, Deaths, 1878-1915 at Ancestry/requires payment; includes digitized images of the death registers
- Peoria County: Springdale Cemetery Grave Finder (in Peoria, Illinois)
- Peoria County: City of Chillicothe Cemetery Burial Search
- Shelby County Death Records, 1878-1917 (digitized microfilm from FamilySearch)
Indiana
- Jasper County Public Library Local Obituaries Indexes (for the Kankakee Valley Post and Rensselaer Republican newspapers)
- Jennings County GenWeb (includes cemetery burial indexes and probate indexes)
- Jennings County: Cemetery Records, Jennings County, Indiana, Marion and Spencer Townships (Scanned book at the Internet Archive)
Kansas
- Kansas, Leavenworth County, Cemeteries (scanned book on digitized microfilm from FamilySearch; compiled by the DAR from 1942-1947)
Kentucky
- Pendleton County Will Books Index and Cemetery Indexes
Maryland
- Baltimore City: New Cathedral Cemetery Burial Database Search (Catholic Cemetery in Baltimore)
Michigan
- Tuscola County: Elkland Township Cemetery Burial Records
Minnesota
- Brown County, Obituaries, 1855-1990 from FamilySearch
- Cottonwood County, Obituaries, 1850-1990 from FamilySearch
- Douglas County, Obituaries, 1860-1990 from FamilySearch
- Ramsey County: Elmhurst Cemetery Burial Search in St. Paul, Minnesota
Missouri
- Phelps, Crawford, Dent, and Washington Counties, Obituaries, 1880-1990 from FamilySearch; coverage varies by county
- Johnson County, Missouri Cemetery Inscriptions digitized microfilm from FamilySearch - Johnson County Deaths, 1883-1893
- St. Charles County: Black Walnut Cemetery Grave Sites
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch Obituary Index; Covers 1880-1930, 1942-1945, 1960-Jan 1971, 1992-2020, and January-November, 2021. (update March-November, 2021 added)
- St. Louis County: Webster Groves, Missouri, Historical Records from the St. Louis Genealogical Society; includes Births and Deaths in Webster Groves, 1903-1909 (with digitized scans of the birth and death registers)
Nebraska
- Nebraska, Index to Deaths, 1904-1968 at Ancestry/requires payment (update: years 1956-1968 added)
New Jersey
- Cape May County Veterans Cemetery Plot Finder
New Mexico
- San Juan County Probate Records Index (also has marriage licenses index)
New York State
- Rockland County: Ascension Cemetery Burials (Catholic Cemetery in Airmont, NY)
- Westchester County: Yonkers, Birth and Death Registration and Indexes, 1875-1916 from FamilySearch
- Westchester County: Gate of Heaven Cemetery Burials (Catholic Cemetery in Hawthorne, NY; Babe Ruth and Jimmy Cagney are buried here.)
New York City
- Manhattan: New York, New York, Bodies in Transit, 1859-1894 (at Ancestry/requires payment) transcriptions of transit permits for bodies of the deceased traveling in, out, or through Manhattan; includes death date and burial place for most of the entries
- Staten Island: Mount Richmond Cemetery Map with Burial Search (Jewish cemetery for indigent burials in Staten Island, NY)
- Staten Island: Resurrection Cemetery Burials (Catholic Cemetery in Staten Island, NY)
North Dakota
- North Dakota, State Death Certificates, 1908-2007 (indexed) at Ancestry/requires payment; includes scanned images of the death certificates. Note: The decedent's Social Security number and cause of death have been redacted from these certificates.
Ohio
- Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner Decedent Search (requires registration)
- Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner Unidentified Persons Search
- Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Coroner's Reports, 1833-1902 (digitized microfilm from FamilySearch)
- Hamilton County: Cincinnati Newspapers Death Notices Indexes, 1818-1920 from the Hamilton County Genealogical Society
Oklahoma
- Delaware County: City of Grove Genealogy-Cemetery Transcription and Headstone Pictures for Buzzard and Olympus cemeteries; work in progress
- Garfield County, Obituaries, 1963-1986 from FamilySearch
Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Death Records Indexes, 1906-1971 from the Pennsylvania State Archives (update: year 1971 added)
- Bucks County Register of Wills Case Search
- Cambria County: Johnstown Tribune-Democrat Obituaries, 1991-2018
- Lehigh County Civil War Grave Registrations (digitized grave registration forms of Civil War veterans buried in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania)
Texas
- Bexar County: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio Sacramental Records, 1700-1995 at Ancestry/requires payment; includes baptisms, marriages and burials; coverage varies by parish
Utah
- Cache County: Providence City Cemetery Burials Search
Washington
- Pierce County: Artondale Cemetery Burial Records (in Gig Harbor, Washington)
This is a list of the most recent additions. There are many more links for death records indexes at: Online Death Records Indexes, Obituary and Cemetery Indexes (USA)
Sunday, June 27, 2021
Online Indexes for Death Records, Cemeteries and Obituaries (USA) - Newest Additions and Updates
The Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records Website (USA) has been updated with links to the following items...
Alaska
- Anchorage: Angelus Memorial Park Cemetery - Search Burials
- Juneau Historical Files - People, 1890s-1950s: Biographical Information Arranged Alphabetically (includes some deaths)
California
- Alameda County Obituary Forms (index), 1968-1977 from the San Leandro Morning News and the Alameda Star Times newspapers
- San Diego: Mount Hope Cemetery Burial Registries and Indexes
- San Diego: Calvary Cemetery Tombstone Photos (Catholic Cemetery)
- San Francisco: Odd Fellows Cemetery San Francisco Registry, 1865-1906; A PDF that lists burials from the Odd Fellows memorial cemetery in San Francisco that were reinterred at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Colma, San Mateo County, California.
- San Francisco: Records From Tombstones in Laurel Hill Cemetery, 1853-1927
- San Mateo County Superior Court Records Index (indexes probate records and other court records)
- Sonoma County, Sebastopol, Evergreen Lawn Cemetery Burial Records, 1800-2010 at FamilySearch
Colorado
- Eagle County: Eagle Valley District Library Obituaries Search
- El Paso County: US Air Force Academy Cemetery Burials
- Kit Carson County Death Records Index, 1893-1907
- Kit Carson County: Fairview Cemetery Burials (Burlington, Colorado)
Connecticut
- Connecticut Death Records Index, 1897-2001 from the Connecticut State Library (update: years 1969-2001 added)
Delaware
- Delaware, Wills and Probate Records, 1676-1971 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
- Delaware Church Deaths, 1750-1886 from FamilySearch; for the Christina Congregation, Trinity Church, Wilmington, Delaware
Idaho
- Idaho Death Records, 1890-1969 at Ancestry/requires payment (update: year 1969 added)
Illinois
- Bond County: City of Greenville Cemetery Database for Montrose and Lansing Cemeteries
- Bond County: Robinson Cemetery Database (in Pocahontas, Illinois)
- Brown County, Illinois Register of Deaths, Book 1, Dec. 1877-Oct. 1915; Indexes, 1878-1945 (digitized microfilm from FamilySearch)
- Greene County Assorted Death Indexes (includes deaths reported in newspapers, 1899-1964; and other items)
- Henderson County Clerk Death Register, 1878-1902; and Index to Deaths, 1878-1900 (digitized microfilm from FamilySearch)
- Kankakee County, Illinois Death Certificates, 1915-1951, Index, 1916-1958 (digitized microfilm from FamilySearch)
- Macon County Clerk Death Records, 1877-1918; Index, 1877-1922 (digitized microfilm from FamilySearch)
- Perry County Cemetery Burials (Includes these cemeteries: Chapman, Curlee, DeGroft, Dry, Huggins/Old Keene, John Hawkins, Nine Mile, and Swanwick Cemetery.)
- Perry County Cemeteries (scanned books from the Pinckneyville Public Library)
- St. Clair County: Marissa Township Cemetery Burials
- Tazewell County Clerk Vital Records, 1827-1922; digitized microfilm from FamilySearch; includes Index to Register of Deaths, 1877-1916, and other items
Indiana
- Clark County: Charlestown Library History and Genealogy Collection; includes indexes for James Funeral Home Records (Charlestown); Charlestown Cemetery lot listings; and other items
- Southern Indiana and Illinois Obituary Database (Includes these Indiana counties: Crawford, Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Orange, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, and Warrick; and these Illinois counties: Gallatin and White. Coverage varies by county.)
Iowa
- Van Buren County GenWeb Genealogy Indexes (includes Van Buren County Cemetery Burials Index, 1936 D.A.R. Grave Survey, Van Buren County SSDI, and other items)
Kansas
- Johnson County: Pleasant Valley Cemetery Burial Records (in Overland Park, Kansas)
- Sedgwick County: Wichita Eagle and Beacon Obituaries Indexes, 1955-2019 (update: years 2018 and 2019 added)
- Sedgwick County: City of Wichita Cemeteries - Burials (incudes Highland Cemetery and Jamesburg Park Cemetery)
- Sedgwick County: Tihen Notes: Wichita Newspaper Notes, 1872-1982 (includes some death notices and other items)
- Shawnee County: Security Benefit Association Cemetery Plat, Topeka, Kansas (The cemetery plots on the map show the name of the deceased and the year of death.)
- Shawnee County: Interactive Map of West Lawn Memorial Garden Cemetery (Topeka) includes burials search
Kentucky
- Western Kentucky Obituary Database from various sources for these counties: Breckinridge, Bullit, Butler, Crittenden, Daviess, Edmonson, Grayson, Hancock, Hardin, Hart, Henderson, Larue, Livingston, McLean, Meade, Muhlenberg, Nelson, Ohio, Union, and Webster
Louisiana
- Louisiana Death Records Index, 1911-1970 from the Louisiana Secretary of State (update: year 1970 added)
- Orleans Parish, State Museum Historical Center, Cemetery Records, 1805-1944 at FamilySearch (for 20 cemeteries)
Maryland
- Maryland Death Indexes (not complete - ongoing project; currently includes: Baltimore City, 1874-1962 with several gaps; all counties (except Baltimore City), 1969 -1972; and the state of Maryland, 1973-2014)
- Washington County: Antietam National Cemetery Burials (military cemetery that began during the Civil War)
Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924 from FamilySearch; includes scanned images of the death registers and certificates (update: years 1921-1924 added)
Michigan
- Branch County: Oak Grove Cemetery Burial Search Map (in Coldwater, Michigan)
- Washtenaw County: Chelsea District Library Family History Index and Chelsea Register of Births and Deaths
Missouri
- Missouri Death Certificates Index and Images, 1910-1970 (update: year 1970 added)
- Buchanan County: St. Joseph Public Library Death Record Database, 1891-1900; and Obituary Database, 1951-2017 (update: death record database, 1891-1900 added; and 4 years added to the obituary database)
- Cape Girardeau County: City of Cape Girardeau Death Records, 14 April 1882 to 28 February 1934
- Greene County Coroner/Medical Examiner Name Index, 1834-1950; and Probate Name Index, 1833-1899
- Ray County Obituaries Indexes (indexes obituaries from the Excelsior Springs Standard (1888-present), and other obituary collections)
- Ray County: City of Excelsior Springs - Crown Hill and Hillcrest Cemetery Burials
Nebraska
- Nebraska, Index to Deaths, 1904-1955 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
Nevada
- Washoe County: Ross-Burke Funeral Records, Reno, Nevada, 1904-1919 at Ancestry/requires payment
New Hampshire
- New Hampshire Death Records, 1650-1969, Index and Images (at Ancestry/requires payment) includes digitized images of the death certificates or records
New Jersey
- Some Essex County Cemetery Burials -- for Woodland Cemetery (Newark), Clinton Cemetery (Irvington), Newark City Cemetery, and some defunct cemeteries; from the New Jersey Records Preservation Group
- Somerset County: Somerset Messenger Gazette Obituary Index, 1986-2012
- Union County: Rosedale and Rosehill Cemetery Burials (in Linden, New Jersey)
New Mexico
- Hidalgo County Probate Records Search
- Lincoln County Clerk Probate Records Search
New York State
- New York State Genealogical Research Death Index, 1957 to 50 years ago (update: year 1970 added)
- Monroe County: Maplewood Cemetery Burials (in Henrietta, NY)
- Orange County: Warwick Valley Genealogical Resources (includes cemetery and obituary indexes; from the Albert Wisner Public Library)
- Saratoga County Clerk Online Records Access (includes some wills and cemetery deeds)
Ohio
- Delaware County: Oak Grove Cemetery Burial Record Search
- Franklin County Probate General Case Index Search, c.1990s-present
- Lucas County: City of Toledo Cemetery Burials Search (for Forest and Collingwood Cemeteries)
- Muskingum County Chapter Ohio Genealogy Society: Cemetery Indexes
- Ottawa County: Put-in-Bay Township Cemetery Burials (includes Maple Leaf Cemetery, Crown Hill Cemetery, La Fluer Cemetery, and North Bass Cemetery)
- Ottawa County: Harris-Elmore Public Library Digital Collection (includes some obituaries)
- Summit County: Chestnut Hill Memorial Park Burial Records Search (in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio)
- Wayne County Cemetery Master Name Index
Oregon
- Lane County: Oak Hill Cemetery Burial Book (Eugene, Oregon)
- Lane County: Eugene Masonic Cemetery Burial List
Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Death Records Indexes, 1906-1970 (index only) Update: year 1970 added; from the Pennsylvania State Archives
Rhode Island
- Rhode Island Death Registrations, 1853-1921 (digitized ledgers with an index for 1853-1900; also has Birth Registrations, 1853-1920; and Marriage Registrations, 1853-1920)
South Carolina
- South Carolina Death Certificates and Index, 1915-1969; at Ancestry/requires payment (update: year 1969 added)
Texas
- Dallas County: Oak Grove Memorial Gardens Burial Search (Irving, Texas)
- City of Houston, Texas Death Certificates, 1874-August 1900 (scanned books from FamilySearch)
- Index to City of Houston, Texas Death Certificates, 1874-August 1900 (scanned books from FamilySearch)
Utah
- Sanpete County: Ephraim City Park Cemetery and Historic Pioneer Cemetery Burials
Vermont
- Vermont Probate Files, 1800-1921 for Chittenden and Essex Counties; coverage may vary; from FamilySearch
Virginia
- Death Index of Virginia, July 1, 1853-1896 (for 34 Virginia cities and counties)
- Virginia Wills and Estate Records Index, 1633-1800 (from the will books of 51 Virginia counties and cities)
- Bristol Cemeteries Index (from the Library of Virginia)
- Petersburg Public Library Newspaper Index, 1797-1877 (indexes births, marriage, deaths, and other items; from the Library of Virginia)
- Petersburg: Poplar Grove National Cemetery - Civil War Burials
- Portsmouth Public Library Cemetery Burials Indexes for Lincoln (African-American) Cemetery and Olive Branch Cemetery
- Richmond Area: Henley Marriage and Obituary Index to Virginia Newspapers, 1736-1982 with emphasis on the years 1780 to 1910; from the Library of Virginia
Washington
- Washington State Department of Health, Death Certificates, July 1, 1907-1960, 1963-1969, 1974, and 1993-1995 (free) includes images of the death certificates; not yet complete -- more years and images are being added
This is a list of the most recent additions. There are many more links for death records indexes at: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
Alaska
- Anchorage: Angelus Memorial Park Cemetery - Search Burials
- Juneau Historical Files - People, 1890s-1950s: Biographical Information Arranged Alphabetically (includes some deaths)
California
- Alameda County Obituary Forms (index), 1968-1977 from the San Leandro Morning News and the Alameda Star Times newspapers
- San Diego: Mount Hope Cemetery Burial Registries and Indexes
- San Diego: Calvary Cemetery Tombstone Photos (Catholic Cemetery)
- San Francisco: Odd Fellows Cemetery San Francisco Registry, 1865-1906; A PDF that lists burials from the Odd Fellows memorial cemetery in San Francisco that were reinterred at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Colma, San Mateo County, California.
- San Francisco: Records From Tombstones in Laurel Hill Cemetery, 1853-1927
- San Mateo County Superior Court Records Index (indexes probate records and other court records)
- Sonoma County, Sebastopol, Evergreen Lawn Cemetery Burial Records, 1800-2010 at FamilySearch
Colorado
- Eagle County: Eagle Valley District Library Obituaries Search
- El Paso County: US Air Force Academy Cemetery Burials
- Kit Carson County Death Records Index, 1893-1907
- Kit Carson County: Fairview Cemetery Burials (Burlington, Colorado)
Connecticut
- Connecticut Death Records Index, 1897-2001 from the Connecticut State Library (update: years 1969-2001 added)
Delaware
- Delaware, Wills and Probate Records, 1676-1971 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
- Delaware Church Deaths, 1750-1886 from FamilySearch; for the Christina Congregation, Trinity Church, Wilmington, Delaware
Idaho
- Idaho Death Records, 1890-1969 at Ancestry/requires payment (update: year 1969 added)
Illinois
- Bond County: City of Greenville Cemetery Database for Montrose and Lansing Cemeteries
- Bond County: Robinson Cemetery Database (in Pocahontas, Illinois)
- Brown County, Illinois Register of Deaths, Book 1, Dec. 1877-Oct. 1915; Indexes, 1878-1945 (digitized microfilm from FamilySearch)
- Greene County Assorted Death Indexes (includes deaths reported in newspapers, 1899-1964; and other items)
- Henderson County Clerk Death Register, 1878-1902; and Index to Deaths, 1878-1900 (digitized microfilm from FamilySearch)
- Kankakee County, Illinois Death Certificates, 1915-1951, Index, 1916-1958 (digitized microfilm from FamilySearch)
- Macon County Clerk Death Records, 1877-1918; Index, 1877-1922 (digitized microfilm from FamilySearch)
- Perry County Cemetery Burials (Includes these cemeteries: Chapman, Curlee, DeGroft, Dry, Huggins/Old Keene, John Hawkins, Nine Mile, and Swanwick Cemetery.)
- Perry County Cemeteries (scanned books from the Pinckneyville Public Library)
- St. Clair County: Marissa Township Cemetery Burials
- Tazewell County Clerk Vital Records, 1827-1922; digitized microfilm from FamilySearch; includes Index to Register of Deaths, 1877-1916, and other items
Indiana
- Clark County: Charlestown Library History and Genealogy Collection; includes indexes for James Funeral Home Records (Charlestown); Charlestown Cemetery lot listings; and other items
- Southern Indiana and Illinois Obituary Database (Includes these Indiana counties: Crawford, Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Orange, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, and Warrick; and these Illinois counties: Gallatin and White. Coverage varies by county.)
Iowa
- Van Buren County GenWeb Genealogy Indexes (includes Van Buren County Cemetery Burials Index, 1936 D.A.R. Grave Survey, Van Buren County SSDI, and other items)
Kansas
- Johnson County: Pleasant Valley Cemetery Burial Records (in Overland Park, Kansas)
- Sedgwick County: Wichita Eagle and Beacon Obituaries Indexes, 1955-2019 (update: years 2018 and 2019 added)
- Sedgwick County: City of Wichita Cemeteries - Burials (incudes Highland Cemetery and Jamesburg Park Cemetery)
- Sedgwick County: Tihen Notes: Wichita Newspaper Notes, 1872-1982 (includes some death notices and other items)
- Shawnee County: Security Benefit Association Cemetery Plat, Topeka, Kansas (The cemetery plots on the map show the name of the deceased and the year of death.)
- Shawnee County: Interactive Map of West Lawn Memorial Garden Cemetery (Topeka) includes burials search
Kentucky
- Western Kentucky Obituary Database from various sources for these counties: Breckinridge, Bullit, Butler, Crittenden, Daviess, Edmonson, Grayson, Hancock, Hardin, Hart, Henderson, Larue, Livingston, McLean, Meade, Muhlenberg, Nelson, Ohio, Union, and Webster
Louisiana
- Louisiana Death Records Index, 1911-1970 from the Louisiana Secretary of State (update: year 1970 added)
- Orleans Parish, State Museum Historical Center, Cemetery Records, 1805-1944 at FamilySearch (for 20 cemeteries)
Maryland
- Maryland Death Indexes (not complete - ongoing project; currently includes: Baltimore City, 1874-1962 with several gaps; all counties (except Baltimore City), 1969 -1972; and the state of Maryland, 1973-2014)
- Washington County: Antietam National Cemetery Burials (military cemetery that began during the Civil War)
Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924 from FamilySearch; includes scanned images of the death registers and certificates (update: years 1921-1924 added)
Michigan
- Branch County: Oak Grove Cemetery Burial Search Map (in Coldwater, Michigan)
- Washtenaw County: Chelsea District Library Family History Index and Chelsea Register of Births and Deaths
Missouri
- Missouri Death Certificates Index and Images, 1910-1970 (update: year 1970 added)
- Buchanan County: St. Joseph Public Library Death Record Database, 1891-1900; and Obituary Database, 1951-2017 (update: death record database, 1891-1900 added; and 4 years added to the obituary database)
- Cape Girardeau County: City of Cape Girardeau Death Records, 14 April 1882 to 28 February 1934
- Greene County Coroner/Medical Examiner Name Index, 1834-1950; and Probate Name Index, 1833-1899
- Ray County Obituaries Indexes (indexes obituaries from the Excelsior Springs Standard (1888-present), and other obituary collections)
- Ray County: City of Excelsior Springs - Crown Hill and Hillcrest Cemetery Burials
Nebraska
- Nebraska, Index to Deaths, 1904-1955 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
Nevada
- Washoe County: Ross-Burke Funeral Records, Reno, Nevada, 1904-1919 at Ancestry/requires payment
New Hampshire
- New Hampshire Death Records, 1650-1969, Index and Images (at Ancestry/requires payment) includes digitized images of the death certificates or records
New Jersey
- Some Essex County Cemetery Burials -- for Woodland Cemetery (Newark), Clinton Cemetery (Irvington), Newark City Cemetery, and some defunct cemeteries; from the New Jersey Records Preservation Group
- Somerset County: Somerset Messenger Gazette Obituary Index, 1986-2012
- Union County: Rosedale and Rosehill Cemetery Burials (in Linden, New Jersey)
New Mexico
- Hidalgo County Probate Records Search
- Lincoln County Clerk Probate Records Search
New York State
- New York State Genealogical Research Death Index, 1957 to 50 years ago (update: year 1970 added)
- Monroe County: Maplewood Cemetery Burials (in Henrietta, NY)
- Orange County: Warwick Valley Genealogical Resources (includes cemetery and obituary indexes; from the Albert Wisner Public Library)
- Saratoga County Clerk Online Records Access (includes some wills and cemetery deeds)
Ohio
- Delaware County: Oak Grove Cemetery Burial Record Search
- Franklin County Probate General Case Index Search, c.1990s-present
- Lucas County: City of Toledo Cemetery Burials Search (for Forest and Collingwood Cemeteries)
- Muskingum County Chapter Ohio Genealogy Society: Cemetery Indexes
- Ottawa County: Put-in-Bay Township Cemetery Burials (includes Maple Leaf Cemetery, Crown Hill Cemetery, La Fluer Cemetery, and North Bass Cemetery)
- Ottawa County: Harris-Elmore Public Library Digital Collection (includes some obituaries)
- Summit County: Chestnut Hill Memorial Park Burial Records Search (in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio)
- Wayne County Cemetery Master Name Index
Oregon
- Lane County: Oak Hill Cemetery Burial Book (Eugene, Oregon)
- Lane County: Eugene Masonic Cemetery Burial List
Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Death Records Indexes, 1906-1970 (index only) Update: year 1970 added; from the Pennsylvania State Archives
Rhode Island
- Rhode Island Death Registrations, 1853-1921 (digitized ledgers with an index for 1853-1900; also has Birth Registrations, 1853-1920; and Marriage Registrations, 1853-1920)
South Carolina
- South Carolina Death Certificates and Index, 1915-1969; at Ancestry/requires payment (update: year 1969 added)
Texas
- Dallas County: Oak Grove Memorial Gardens Burial Search (Irving, Texas)
- City of Houston, Texas Death Certificates, 1874-August 1900 (scanned books from FamilySearch)
- Index to City of Houston, Texas Death Certificates, 1874-August 1900 (scanned books from FamilySearch)
Utah
- Sanpete County: Ephraim City Park Cemetery and Historic Pioneer Cemetery Burials
Vermont
- Vermont Probate Files, 1800-1921 for Chittenden and Essex Counties; coverage may vary; from FamilySearch
Virginia
- Death Index of Virginia, July 1, 1853-1896 (for 34 Virginia cities and counties)
- Virginia Wills and Estate Records Index, 1633-1800 (from the will books of 51 Virginia counties and cities)
- Bristol Cemeteries Index (from the Library of Virginia)
- Petersburg Public Library Newspaper Index, 1797-1877 (indexes births, marriage, deaths, and other items; from the Library of Virginia)
- Petersburg: Poplar Grove National Cemetery - Civil War Burials
- Portsmouth Public Library Cemetery Burials Indexes for Lincoln (African-American) Cemetery and Olive Branch Cemetery
- Richmond Area: Henley Marriage and Obituary Index to Virginia Newspapers, 1736-1982 with emphasis on the years 1780 to 1910; from the Library of Virginia
Washington
- Washington State Department of Health, Death Certificates, July 1, 1907-1960, 1963-1969, 1974, and 1993-1995 (free) includes images of the death certificates; not yet complete -- more years and images are being added
This is a list of the most recent additions. There are many more links for death records indexes at: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
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