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

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.

Continue reading here...
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
- Alameda County: Oakland, Coroner Records Index, 1926-1994 from FamilySearch
- 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

Oklahoma
- Delaware County: Talbot Library and Museum Obituary Indexes (Colcord, Oklahoma)

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)

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)
- Mesa County: Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado Honor Roll - In Memory of Our Interred Veterans, April 2020-recent (Grand Junction, 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

Sunday, January 17, 2021

Online Indexes for Death Records, Cemeteries and Obituaries (USA) - Latest Additions and Updates

The Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records Website (USA) has been updated with links to the following items...

Arizona
- Arizona Death Certificates, 1870-1970; and Birth Certificates, 1855-1946 (Update: year 1970 added for the death certificates; years 1945 and 1946 added for the birth certificates)
- Coconino County: Citizens Cemetery Burials (Flagstaff, Arizona)

California
- San Bernardino County: Yucaipa Valley Genealogical Society Obituary Surname Index
- San Diego County: El Cajon Cemetery Records (PDF from the San Diego Genealogical Society)

Colorado
- Colorado, Select County Death Records, 1986-2017 at Ancestry/requires payment; most are from Denver, Arapahoe and Jefferson counties, coverage varies by county, not all counties are included, has 169,000 entries, a small number of the entries include images of the death certificates

Connecticut
- Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955 at FamilySearch; "Index to selected death records."
- Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955 at FamilySearch

Florida
- Florida Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880 (these list people who died in the year preceding the date the census was taken; coverage varies by county and census year)
- Manatee Genealogical Society Tombstone Inscriptions Surname Index

Georgia
- Georgia Death Certificates, 1928-1943, Index and Images at FamilySearch (update: year 1943 added)
- Bulloch County: African American Funeral Programs from the Willow Hill Heritage and Renaissance Center
- Fulton County: Atlanta African American Funeral Programs Collection; most are from the late 20th-early 21st centuries
- Thomas County: African American Funeral Programs from the Thomas County Public Library System; most are from the late 20th-early 21st centuries
- Thomas County Public Library African-American Obituaries Index; indexes 4200 obituaries

Hawaii
- Hawaii, Death Certificates and Indexes, 1841-1942 at Ancestry/requires payment; includes digitized copies of the death certificates; coverage varies by place
- Hawaii, Birth, Marriage, and Death Cards, 1850-1950 at Ancestry/requires payment; Digitized index cards extracted from Honolulu newspapers

Idaho
- Idaho Death Records, 1890-1968 at Ancestry/requires payment; includes digitized copies of the death certificates (update: year 1968 added)
- Franklin County Cemeteries
- Nez Perce County, Brower Wann Funeral Home Records, 1925-1986 at FamilySearch

Illinois
- Illinois Probate Records, 1819-1988 (browsable images only; coverage varies by county; at FamilySearch)
- Adams County: Quincy, Greenmount Cemetery Records, 1875-1985 at FamilySearch
- Bureau County Online Genealogy Search -- Indexes birth certificates (75 years or older), marriage licenses (50 years or older), and death certificates (20 years or older)
- Cook County: Catholic Cemeteries of Chicago Database (from the Archdiocese of Chicago)
- Cook County: Pioneer Cemeteries of Palatine Township (includes burial lists for some of the cemeteries)
- Knox County Cemeteries
- Marion County: Patoka Cemetery Inscriptions and Genealogical Information
- Richland County: City of Olney Cemetery Burials (for Haven Hill, Memorial Gardens, and Maple Dale Cemeteries)
- Richland County: Index of Death Records 1878-1940; Death Records, 1877-1950; and Stillbirths, 1883-1904 (digitized microfilm from FamilySearch)
- Vermilion County Clerk Register of Deaths, 1877-1903 (with index, 1877-1907); and Stillbirth Register, 1878-1917 (digitized microfilm from FamilySearch; indexed)
- Whiteside County: Fulton Newspapers Indexes (indexes some deaths and obituaries)
- Winnebago County: Catholic Diocese of Rockford Cemetery Burials -- for Mount Hope Cemetery (Elgin) and Calvary Cemetery (Winnebago)

Indiana
- Harrison County, Index Cards to Corydon Democrat Newspaper Obituaries, 1861-2008 at FamilySearch
- Lake County Will Abstracts, 1855-1930s

Iowa
- Dallas County, Violet Hill Cemetery, Lot Records, 1846-1988 (in Perry, Iowa) from FamilySearch
- Lyon County, Cemetery Records, ca.1800- ca.2000 at Family Search
- Scott County: Fairmount Cemetery Burials (in Davenport)
- Scott County, Oakdale Cemetery, Interment Records, 1856-1989 (in Davenport) at FamilySearch

Kansas
- Kansas, Deaths, 1811-1940 at FamilySearch; for Atchison, Cherokee, Crawford, Elk, Kingman, Labette, Miami, Montgomery, Nemaha, Osage, Shawnee, Sherman, and Wyandotte Counties; coverage varies by county
- Allen County: City of Iola Cemetery Burials (for Iola Cemetery and Highland Cemetery)
- Cowley County: Memorial Lawn Cemetery Records Search (in Arkansas City, Kansas)
- Douglas County: Lawrence City Cemetery Records, 1850-1988 at FamilySearch
- Douglas County Genealogical Society Indexes
- Riley County, Sunset Cemetery, Burial Index Cards, 1856-1998 at FamilySearch

Louisiana
- Louisiana Death Records Index, 1911-1969 from the Louisiana Secretary of State (update: year 1969 added)
- New Orleans, Louisiana, Index to Death Records, 1804-1964 at Ancestry/requires payment (update: years 1950-1964 added)

Maine
- Aroostook County: Cary Library Genealogy Database (Indexes birth, marriage, death and burial records from Houlton, Maine and surrounding communities in the Southern Aroostook County area.)

Michigan
- Allegan County Clerk Death and Marriage Search (includes death certificates index, 1867-recent)

Minnesota
- Minnesota, Death Records and Certificates, 1900-1955 from FamilySearch; you must be at a Family History Center or FamilySearch affiliate library to view the images
- Blue Earth County, Glenwood Cemetery, Burial Records, ca. 1869-1990 in Mankato, Minnesota; from FamilySearch
- Olmsted County, Oakwood Cemetery Records, 1863-1998 at FamilySearch
- Waseca County Historical Society, Burial Cards, ca.1860-1992 at FamilySearch

Mississippi
- Mississippi Index to Deaths, 1912-1943 at Ancestry/requires payment
- Hinds County: Mississippi Asylum Cemetery Records, November 1912 to March 9, 1935 (in Jackson, Mississippi)

Missouri
- Missouri Death Index, 1968-2015 from Reclaim the Records
- Missouri Census Records and Tax Lists (includes Mortality Schedules for the 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses)

- Caldwell County, Missouri, Cemetery Index, 1864-1967 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
- Cass County Public Library Digital Collections (includes: Memorial Card and Obituary Collection; Runnenburger Funeral Home Records, 1901-1983; and other items)
- Jefferson County Permanent Record of Deaths, 1883-1892; digitized microfilm from FamilySearch; includes searchable name index
- Marion County: Sprague Funeral Home Ledgers (in Palmyra, Missouri)
- Marion County, Missouri, Cemetery Index, 1833-1967 (at Ancestry/requires payment)

- St. Louis Post-Dispatch Obituary Index (Covers 1880-1930, 1942-1945, 1960-1970, and 1992-June 2020) Update: July-November 2020 added
- St. Louis City Probate Court Record of Wills, 1816-1928 (digitized microfilm from FamilySearch)
- St. Louis City Probate Court Wills, 1917-1967 (digitized microfilm from FamilySearch)
- St. Louis City: Smithers and Wagoner Funeral Home Records, 1865-1899 and 1934
- St. Louis County: Washington Park Cemetery Burial Card Index from the Missouri History Museum Archives (African-American cemetery in Berkeley)
- St. Louis County: St. Ferdinand Cemetery Burials, 1893 (Catholic Cemetery in Hazelwood, Missouri)

For the St. Louis items see: Online St. Louis, Missouri Death Records, Indexes & Obituaries

Nebraska
- Cedar County Genealogy Indexes (includes indexes for some probate records, cemetery burials, and Randolph Times obituaries)
- Lancaster County, Fairview Cemetery, Burial Records, 1864-1999 (in Lincoln) at FamilySearch
- Thayer County: Sacred Heart Cemetery Burials (in Hebron, Nebraska)

New Jersey
- Bergen County: Riverside Cemetery Grave Search (Jewish Cemetery in Saddle Brook, New Jersey)

New Mexico
- Bernalillo County: Sunset Memorial Park Burials Search (cemetery in Albuquerque)
- McKinley County Register of Deaths, 1907-1935; digitized book from FamilySearch (not indexed)

New York State
- Onondaga County: Diocese of Syracuse Catholic Cemeteries Search
- Suffolk County: Beth Moses Cemetery Burials (Jewish cemetery in West Babylon, New York)
- Suffolk County: Wellwood Cemetery Burials (Jewish cemetery in West Babylon, New York)
- Warren County Cemeteries (includes assorted cemetery transcripts and almshouse cemetery images)
- Westchester County: Yonkers Death Index and Registers, 1875-1889 at Archive.org/from Reclaim The Records; scanned books
- Westchester County: The Old Burial Grounds of the Town of North Castle, N.Y. (PDF of scanned book that lists burials)
- Yates County, Swann Vital Records Collection, 1723-2009 from FamilySearch

North Carolina
- Davie County Genealogy Document Portal (includes scanned obituaries and some obituary indexes)
- Durham County, North Carolina Cemetery Burials
- Durham County Death, Birth, Marriage, and Divorce Announcement Indexes includes Durham County Obituaries Index, 1848-1927

North Dakota
- Burleigh County: Sunset Memorial Gardens of Bismarck Burial Locator

Ohio
- Ohio, Grave Registrations of Soldiers, 1810-1955 at FamilySearch
- Cuyahoga County Death Records, 1840-1908 (at Ancestry/requires payment; includes images of the death registers)
- Warren County: City of Lebanon Cemetery Burials

Oklahoma
- Comanche County, Highland Cemetery Records, 1901-1994 at FamilySearch
- Grant County Funeral Home Records Index for the Wilson Funeral Home and the Mills Funeral Home
- Noble County, Parker Funeral Home, Funeral Records, 1908-1982 (in Perry, Oklahoma) from FamilySearch

Oregon
- Columbia County: Rainier Cemetery District Burials Search

Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (at Ancestry/requires payment); includes scanned copies of the death certificates (update: year 1968 added)
- Pennsylvania, Deaths, 1852-1854 (at Ancestry/requires payment) for 49 counties; includes images of the death records
- Adams County Historical Society Genealogy Indexes (includes indexes for estate files, tombstone inscriptions, and other items)
- Adams County Register of Deaths, 1893-1905 (digitized microfilm from FamilySearch)

Rhode Island
- Rhode Island Town Deaths Index, 1639-1932 from FamilySearch; for all counties: Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, and Washington (coverage may vary by county)

Tennessee
- Greene County Genealogical Society Indexes (includes cemetery transcriptions; Doughty-Stevens Funeral Home Records, 1908-1949; and other items)
- Tennessee Valley Cemetery Relocation Files, 1933-1990 (at Ancestry/requires payment; includes digitized images of the files)

Texas
- Bexar County: African American Funeral Programs of San Antonio
- Frio County Cemeteries
- Hardin County Clerk, Death Records, 1908-1948 from FamilySearch
- Jefferson County: Port Arthur News Obituary Index, 1969-2020
- Jefferson County Historical Commission - Cemeteries

Utah
- Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976 from FamilySearch

Virginia
- Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Death Records, 1853-1912 at FamilySearch
- Richmond: East End Cemetery Burials and Searchable Map - Historic African-American Cemetery in Richmond

West Virginia
- West Virginia Death Records and Index, 1853-1970 (update: year 1970 added)

Wisconsin
- Dunn County Death Records Index, 1868-1979 (digitized microfilm from FamilySearch; includes digitized death registers, 1868-1884)
- Dunn County Potter's Field List of Known Burials (near Menomonie, Wisconsin)
- Fond du Lac Public Library Records, 1848-1980 (digitized microfilm from FamilySearch; includes a digitized Calvary Cemetery index, 1900-1980)
- Grant County: Hillside Cemetery Burials, Platteville
- Portage County: Stevens Point Area Genealogical Society Local Resources (indexes); includes: "1876-1907 Portage County Death Registrations," cemetery and obituary indexes, and other items
- Portage County: South New Hope Cemetery Plots (in Nelsonville, Wisconsin)

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