The 1940 U.S. Federal Census was made available digitally on the Internet beginning April 2, 2012. Since then separate indexes were created by FamilySearch volunteers and Ancestry.com. Here are some resources to help you learn more about the 1940 Census and where to find the records online...
Where to Find the 1940 Census Online
The 1940 Census is available for free online at:
1940 Census Records at FamilySearch (free; indexed for all states and some territories)
Information Given in the 1940 Census
For a summary of the information given in the 1940 Census see:
Compact Guide to the 1940 Census
You can read the detailed instructions given to the census enumerators here:
1940 Census: Instructions to Enumerators
Blank 1940 Census Form
The U.S. Census Bureau has a high resolution PDF of a blank 1940 census form. You can download it from:
Blank 1940 Census Form
This post was updated on 17 September 2012.
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Monday, February 27, 2012
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Online Death Records, Indexes and Obituaries - Latest Additions and Updates
The Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records Directory has been updated with links to the following items...
Arizona
- Maricopa County: West Valley Genealogical Society Obituaries Project circa 1990s-recent (update: more years added)
Colorado
- Denver Public Library Cemetery, Mortuary and Obituary Indexes; includes...
- Alachua County Virtual Cemetery Project
- Lee County Genealogical Society Obituaries and Death Notices Index (from the Fort Myers News-Press)
- Palm Beach County Obituaries & Death Notices Index, 1980-early 2011; and Cemetery Records
Georgia
- Pickens County Genealogy Indexes (includes deaths 1919-1923, cemeteries and mortality schedules)
Illinois
- Vermilion County Cemeteries: Photographs of Grave Markers (also includes photos of grave markers from nearby counties)
Indiana
- Southern Indiana Cemetery Database (includes some cemeteries in Orange, Spencer, Vanderburgh and Warrick Counties)
Iowa
- Muscatine County: Muscatine Obituary Index 1840-present (with gaps)
Louisiana
- Baton Rouge State-Times and Morning Advocate Obituaries Index 1952-1991 (Excel files) from the East Baton Rouge Parish Library
Maine
- Aroostook County: Fairmount Cemetery Digital Map (includes burials) (in Presque Isle, Maine)
Missouri
- Miller County Obituaries and Probate Index
New Jersey
- Camden County: City of Camden Historical and Genealogical Records (includes births, marriages, deaths, burial records and more; browsable only)
- Essex County: Archdiocese of Newark Catholic Cemeteries - Genealogy Online Search
- Union County: Plainfield Public Library Courier News Obituary Index mid-1920s to the mid-1980s (partial; more being added)
New York
- New York City Death Records Search 1862-1948, includes: 1868-1894 Manhattan; 1862-1897 Brooklyn; 1898-1948 All Boroughs (update: more years added)
See: Online New York City Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
Ohio
- Cuyahoga County: Woodland Cemetery Burials (Cleveland); See: Online Cleveland & Cuyahoga County, Ohio Death Records & Indexes
- Lucas County: Toledo-Lucas County Public Library - Blade Obituaries Index 1970-present (update: more years added)
- Trumbull County: Warren-Trumbull County Public Library Obituaries Index, 1900-1939, 1970, part of 1980, 1981 & 1987-2009 (update: years 1900-1939 added)
Oklahoma
- Oklahoma Gravestones Photo Project
Tennessee
- Tennessee Death Indexes 1908-1912 and 1914-1933 (update: years 1932 & 1933 added)
- McNairy County Genealogy Indexes (includes indexes for births, marriages, deaths, cemeteries and more)
Texas
- Collin County Birth, Marriage and Death Indexes
- Collin County: Plano Star Courier Name Indexes 1918-1922
- Fannin County Genealogy Indexes (includes cemetery burials, death indexes and other items)
- Harris County: Glenwood Cemetery Burial Records Index (Houston, Texas)
Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Medical Journal (WMJ) Physician Obituary Database 1903-2008
See: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
Arizona
- Maricopa County: West Valley Genealogical Society Obituaries Project circa 1990s-recent (update: more years added)
Colorado
- Denver Public Library Cemetery, Mortuary and Obituary Indexes; includes...
- Colorado Obituary Project (statewide index of non-Denver obituaries mostly from the 1970s through 1990)
- Colorado Statesman Index 1904-1954 (African American Newspaper)
- Intermountain Jewish News Obituary Index, October 1918 to June 2011
- Farmer and Hale Mortuary Index 1889-1909
- Horan Mortuary Burial Registers Index 1900-1956
- Rogers and Nash Mortuary Records Index 1873-1979
- Fairmount Cemetery Sexton Records 1891-1953 (includes burial dates for 85,000 burials)
- Riverside Cemetery African-American Burials 1876-2004
- Calvary Roman Catholic Cemetery Listing 1889-1893 (index to lot purchases)
- Arapahoe County Coroner's Reports Index 1876-1891
- Alachua County Virtual Cemetery Project
- Lee County Genealogical Society Obituaries and Death Notices Index (from the Fort Myers News-Press)
- Palm Beach County Obituaries & Death Notices Index, 1980-early 2011; and Cemetery Records
Georgia
- Pickens County Genealogy Indexes (includes deaths 1919-1923, cemeteries and mortality schedules)
Illinois
- Vermilion County Cemeteries: Photographs of Grave Markers (also includes photos of grave markers from nearby counties)
Indiana
- Southern Indiana Cemetery Database (includes some cemeteries in Orange, Spencer, Vanderburgh and Warrick Counties)
Iowa
- Muscatine County: Muscatine Obituary Index 1840-present (with gaps)
Louisiana
- Baton Rouge State-Times and Morning Advocate Obituaries Index 1952-1991 (Excel files) from the East Baton Rouge Parish Library
Maine
- Aroostook County: Fairmount Cemetery Digital Map (includes burials) (in Presque Isle, Maine)
Missouri
- Miller County Obituaries and Probate Index
New Jersey
- Camden County: City of Camden Historical and Genealogical Records (includes births, marriages, deaths, burial records and more; browsable only)
- Essex County: Archdiocese of Newark Catholic Cemeteries - Genealogy Online Search
- Union County: Plainfield Public Library Courier News Obituary Index mid-1920s to the mid-1980s (partial; more being added)
New York
- New York City Death Records Search 1862-1948, includes: 1868-1894 Manhattan; 1862-1897 Brooklyn; 1898-1948 All Boroughs (update: more years added)
See: Online New York City Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
Ohio
- Cuyahoga County: Woodland Cemetery Burials (Cleveland); See: Online Cleveland & Cuyahoga County, Ohio Death Records & Indexes
- Lucas County: Toledo-Lucas County Public Library - Blade Obituaries Index 1970-present (update: more years added)
- Trumbull County: Warren-Trumbull County Public Library Obituaries Index, 1900-1939, 1970, part of 1980, 1981 & 1987-2009 (update: years 1900-1939 added)
Oklahoma
- Oklahoma Gravestones Photo Project
Tennessee
- Tennessee Death Indexes 1908-1912 and 1914-1933 (update: years 1932 & 1933 added)
- McNairy County Genealogy Indexes (includes indexes for births, marriages, deaths, cemeteries and more)
Texas
- Collin County Birth, Marriage and Death Indexes
- Collin County: Plano Star Courier Name Indexes 1918-1922
- Fannin County Genealogy Indexes (includes cemetery burials, death indexes and other items)
- Harris County: Glenwood Cemetery Burial Records Index (Houston, Texas)
Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Medical Journal (WMJ) Physician Obituary Database 1903-2008
See: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
Monday, October 03, 2011
Recently Added Online Indexes for Cemeteries, Obituaries and Death Records
The Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records Website has been updated with links to the following items...
Alabama
- Madison County: Huntsville-Madison County Public Library Obituaries Index
- Madison County: Huntsville Cemeteries (has burial indexes for 5 cemeteries in or near Huntsville, Alabama, including Maple Hill Cemetery)
Alaska
- Anchorage Newspapers Obituary Index, 1981 through 10-1-2001
Arkansas
- Sebastian County Birth and Death Records Index from FamilySearch (indexes births and deaths from Sebastian County 1877-1929, and deaths from Fort Smith 1945-1963)
Connecticut
- New Haven Jewish Cemetery Association Burials Database
Florida
- Indian River County Library Obituary Indexes 1916-recent; for the Vero Beach Press Journal and other newspapers (update: more years added)
Georgia
- Sumter County Genealogy Indexes (includes indexes for cemeteries, death certificates and obituaries)
Idaho
- Ada County: Idaho Statesman Obituary Index 1968-Present; from the Boise Public Library (update: more years added)
Indiana
- Harrison County Public Library Obituary Index
Kansas
- Crawford County Vital Statistics Database - Birth and Death Records 1886-1911 and Tombstone Transcriptions 1860-1976
- Rice County: Sterling Cemetery Burials
Maine
- Knox County: Camden Public Library Local Cemetery Database
Massachusetts
- Berkshire County Probate Guide and Index 1761-1900
- Dukes County History and Genealogy for the Town of Tisbury and the Island of Martha's Vineyard (includes some cemetery burials, marriage indexes and death indexes)
- Franklin Coounty Probate Guide and Index 1812-1925
Michigan
- Delta County Death Records Index 1865-2009
- Sanilac County: Sandusky District Library Obituary Database and Cemetery Records
Minnesota
- Crow Wing County: Evergreen Cemetery Association Directory of the Dead - Burials (Brainerd, MN)
- Stearns County: St. Cloud Daily Times Obituary Index 1928-recent
Missouri - St. Louis
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch Obituary Index: covers 1880-1930, 1942-1945, 1960-1969, and 1992-2010 (update: more years added)
- Westliche Post Obituaries Index 1879-1890 (some months missing); St. Louis German-language newspaper; (update: more years added)
- St. Louis City Wills Index, Books M-X (1877-1894) and Books Y–J2 (1895-1904); (update: more years added)
See: Online St. Louis, Missouri Death Records, Indexes & Obituaries
Montana
- Missoula County: Missoula City Cemetery Burials
Nevada
- Carson City Recorder Genealogy Indexes (includes birth and death records indexes 1887-1957)
New Jersey
- Bergen County New Jersey Cemeteries
New York
- Tompkins County Public Library: Indexes for Birth and Death Notices, Obituaries and Gravestone Inscriptions
North Carolina
- Davidson County: Lexington Dispatch Obituaries Indexes
Ohio
- The Ohio list was posted separately at: Recently Added Ohio Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemetery Burials
Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County: Pittsburgh City Deaths, 1870-1905 from FamilySearch (includes scanned images of the death records)
- Blair County: Alto-Reste Park Cemetery Burials (Altoona, PA)
- Butler County: Butler Area Public Library Online Obituary Database 1818-2010 (update: more years added)
- Erie County Public Library Obituary Index 1822-recent
- Northampton County: Bangor Daily News Genealogy Index 1917-1990 (for births, marriages, obituraries, and more)
- Philadelphia County: Laurel Hill Cemetery Burials (Philadelphia)
South Dakota
- Moody County Historical Society Cemetery Database
Utah
- Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949 from FamilySearch
Vermont
- Bennington Town Clerk Cemetery and Genealogy Indexes (includes deaths 1763-1850 and other indexes)
Virginia
- Fairfax County Genealogy and Historical Records Finding Aids (includes death certificate index 1912-1917; will books indexes 1742-1935; marriage book indexes 1853-1957; and other indexes)
Washington
- Cowlitz County Genealogy Indexes (includes indexes for cemeteries, probate records and wills)
Wisconsin
- Richland County: Newspaper Index of Names with Local Interest 1855-1900 (includes birth, marriage and death notices)
- Winnebago County: Riverside Cemetery Burials, 1841-1908, an incomplete list
- Winnebago County: Oakhill Cemetery Burials (Neenah, WI)
See: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
Alabama
- Madison County: Huntsville-Madison County Public Library Obituaries Index
- Madison County: Huntsville Cemeteries (has burial indexes for 5 cemeteries in or near Huntsville, Alabama, including Maple Hill Cemetery)
Alaska
- Anchorage Newspapers Obituary Index, 1981 through 10-1-2001
Arkansas
- Sebastian County Birth and Death Records Index from FamilySearch (indexes births and deaths from Sebastian County 1877-1929, and deaths from Fort Smith 1945-1963)
Connecticut
- New Haven Jewish Cemetery Association Burials Database
Florida
- Indian River County Library Obituary Indexes 1916-recent; for the Vero Beach Press Journal and other newspapers (update: more years added)
Georgia
- Sumter County Genealogy Indexes (includes indexes for cemeteries, death certificates and obituaries)
Idaho
- Ada County: Idaho Statesman Obituary Index 1968-Present; from the Boise Public Library (update: more years added)
Indiana
- Harrison County Public Library Obituary Index
Kansas
- Crawford County Vital Statistics Database - Birth and Death Records 1886-1911 and Tombstone Transcriptions 1860-1976
- Rice County: Sterling Cemetery Burials
Maine
- Knox County: Camden Public Library Local Cemetery Database
Massachusetts
- Berkshire County Probate Guide and Index 1761-1900
- Dukes County History and Genealogy for the Town of Tisbury and the Island of Martha's Vineyard (includes some cemetery burials, marriage indexes and death indexes)
- Franklin Coounty Probate Guide and Index 1812-1925
Michigan
- Delta County Death Records Index 1865-2009
- Sanilac County: Sandusky District Library Obituary Database and Cemetery Records
Minnesota
- Crow Wing County: Evergreen Cemetery Association Directory of the Dead - Burials (Brainerd, MN)
- Stearns County: St. Cloud Daily Times Obituary Index 1928-recent
Missouri - St. Louis
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch Obituary Index: covers 1880-1930, 1942-1945, 1960-1969, and 1992-2010 (update: more years added)
- Westliche Post Obituaries Index 1879-1890 (some months missing); St. Louis German-language newspaper; (update: more years added)
- St. Louis City Wills Index, Books M-X (1877-1894) and Books Y–J2 (1895-1904); (update: more years added)
See: Online St. Louis, Missouri Death Records, Indexes & Obituaries
Montana
- Missoula County: Missoula City Cemetery Burials
Nevada
- Carson City Recorder Genealogy Indexes (includes birth and death records indexes 1887-1957)
New Jersey
- Bergen County New Jersey Cemeteries
New York
- Tompkins County Public Library: Indexes for Birth and Death Notices, Obituaries and Gravestone Inscriptions
North Carolina
- Davidson County: Lexington Dispatch Obituaries Indexes
Ohio
- The Ohio list was posted separately at: Recently Added Ohio Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemetery Burials
Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County: Pittsburgh City Deaths, 1870-1905 from FamilySearch (includes scanned images of the death records)
- Blair County: Alto-Reste Park Cemetery Burials (Altoona, PA)
- Butler County: Butler Area Public Library Online Obituary Database 1818-2010 (update: more years added)
- Erie County Public Library Obituary Index 1822-recent
- Northampton County: Bangor Daily News Genealogy Index 1917-1990 (for births, marriages, obituraries, and more)
- Philadelphia County: Laurel Hill Cemetery Burials (Philadelphia)
South Dakota
- Moody County Historical Society Cemetery Database
Utah
- Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949 from FamilySearch
Vermont
- Bennington Town Clerk Cemetery and Genealogy Indexes (includes deaths 1763-1850 and other indexes)
Virginia
- Fairfax County Genealogy and Historical Records Finding Aids (includes death certificate index 1912-1917; will books indexes 1742-1935; marriage book indexes 1853-1957; and other indexes)
Washington
- Cowlitz County Genealogy Indexes (includes indexes for cemeteries, probate records and wills)
Wisconsin
- Richland County: Newspaper Index of Names with Local Interest 1855-1900 (includes birth, marriage and death notices)
- Winnebago County: Riverside Cemetery Burials, 1841-1908, an incomplete list
- Winnebago County: Oakhill Cemetery Burials (Neenah, WI)
See: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Recently Added Ohio Death Records Indexes and Cemetery Burials
Links to the items listed below were recently updated or added to: Online Ohio Death Records Indexes and Cemetery Burials
Ohio - General
- Ohio Obituaries Index 1810s-recent from the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center (update: more counties added)
Cleveland and Cincinnati
- Cuyahoga County: Lake View Cemetery Burials (Cleveland)
See: Online Cleveland & Cuyahoga County, Ohio Death Records & Indexes
- Hamilton County: Cincinnati Birth and Death Records 1865-1912 - includes digital images (update: more records added; database is now nearly finished)
See: Online Cincinnati & Hamilton County, Ohio Death Records & Indexes
Ohio Counties
- Butler County: Greenwood Cemetery Burials (Hamilton, OH)
- Bulter County Cemeteries and Other Genealogy Indexes
- Erie County: Milan Cemetery Burials (Milan, Ohio)
- Franklin County Cemeteries - Gravestone Photos (includes many old and abandoned cemeteries)
- Miami County Genealogy Indexes (includes cemetery, probate and marriage indexes; from the Troy Historical Society)
- Ross County Probate Court Archives - Genealogy Indexes (includes death records index 1888-1908, probate index 1798-1910, marriage records indexes, and other items)
For links to the above items and more Ohio death indexes, see:
Online Ohio Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemetery Burials
Ohio - General
- Ohio Obituaries Index 1810s-recent from the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center (update: more counties added)
Cleveland and Cincinnati
- Cuyahoga County: Lake View Cemetery Burials (Cleveland)
See: Online Cleveland & Cuyahoga County, Ohio Death Records & Indexes
- Hamilton County: Cincinnati Birth and Death Records 1865-1912 - includes digital images (update: more records added; database is now nearly finished)
See: Online Cincinnati & Hamilton County, Ohio Death Records & Indexes
Ohio Counties
- Butler County: Greenwood Cemetery Burials (Hamilton, OH)
- Bulter County Cemeteries and Other Genealogy Indexes
- Erie County: Milan Cemetery Burials (Milan, Ohio)
- Franklin County Cemeteries - Gravestone Photos (includes many old and abandoned cemeteries)
- Miami County Genealogy Indexes (includes cemetery, probate and marriage indexes; from the Troy Historical Society)
- Ross County Probate Court Archives - Genealogy Indexes (includes death records index 1888-1908, probate index 1798-1910, marriage records indexes, and other items)
For links to the above items and more Ohio death indexes, see:
Online Ohio Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemetery Burials
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Online Indexes for Death Records, Cemeteries and Obituaries (USA) - Latest Additions
The Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records website has been updated with links to the following items...
Arizona
- Arizona Death Records Index 1844-1960 & Birth Index 1855-1935 (update: year 1960 added for deaths; 1935 added for births)
Arkansas
- Washington County Cemeteries
- Yell County Obituaries
California
- Los Angeles County: Long Beach History Index (includes some obituaries)
- Los Angeles County: Pioneer Cemetery Roster (in Sylmar, CA) from the San Fernando Valley Historical Society
See: Online Los Angeles County Death Indexes, Records and Obituaries
Colorado
- Park County Local History Archives - Genealogy Indexes (includes indexes for obituaries and marriages)
- Routt County History and Genealogy Indexes (includes: Routt County Burial Index and Database of Deceased Steamboat Springs Veterans)
Connecticut
- Hartford County: Ancient Burying Ground of Hartford - Burial List
- New Haven County: Uptown Burial Ground (Derby, CT)
- New Haven County: Oxford Cemetery Project
Delaware
- New Castle County: Catholic Diocese of Wilmington Burial Database Search (update: 2 cemeteries added)
District of Columbia
- District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1959 at FamilySearch (includes index and digitized images of the death certificates)
Georgia
- Glynn County Genealogy Indexes (includes some cemetery burials, obituaries and other items)
Indiana
- Indiana Resources from the Allen Public Library Genealogy Center (includes assorted cemetery or other death indexes for Adams, Allen, Grant, Hancock, Hendricks, Huntington, Jay, Madison, Marion, Noble, Posey, Wabash, Wells, and Whitley Counties)
Kansas
- Anderson County Genealogy Indexes and Obituaries (includes some obituary transcriptions from the Anderson County Advocate)
- Doniphan County Cemetery Burials
Louisiana
- Caddo Parish: City of Shreveport Cemeteries Database (includes: Greenwood Cemetery, Jewella Cemetery, Oakland Cemetery and Star Cemetery)
Maine
- York County: Obituaries Index for Sanford and Springvale Newspapers 1890s-present
Massachusetts
- Middlesex County: City of Newton Genealogy Indexes (includes Death Indexes 1635-1899)
Michigan
- Allegan County Genealogy Indexes (includes obituaries indexes and death certificates from Old Douglas Hospital)
- Isabella County: Riverside Cemetery Records (City of Mt. Pleasant)
- Wayne County: Detroit and Nearby: Mt. Elliott Cemetery Association Genealogy Search; See: Online Detroit and Wayne County Death Records & Indexes
Minnesota
- Blue Earth County: Mankato Free Press (and its predecessor newspapers) Obituaries Index (for assorted years with some gaps)
- Hennepin and Ramsey Counties: Minneapolis and St. Paul Death Records Index 1866-1916 (from FamilySearch)
Missouri
- Missouri Death Certificates Index and Images 1910-1960 (update: year 1960 added)
- Polk County Genealogical Society Obituaries Index
- Schuyler County Cemeteries
New York
- Chemung County Library Obituaries Indexes (for various years)
- Erie County Cemeteries: Indexes To Select Death Notices From The Buffalo, NY Area
- Ontario County: Victor Village Cemetery Index
- Steuben County Obituaries Index
North Carolina
- North Carolina Deaths 1931-1994 (index only) from FamilySearch
- County Records in the North Carolina State Archives (includes estate indexes for: Avery, Clay, Columbus, Gaston, Polk, Sampson, Swain, and Washington counties; and wills indexes for Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Cherokee, Cumberland, Davidson, Forsyth, Greene, Haywood, Hyde, Jackson, Mecklenburg, Pamlico, Richmond, Rowan, Stokes, and Wilkes counties) coverage varies by county
- New Hanover County Register of Deeds Death Certificates Index (also has indexes for Birth Certificates and Marriage Records)
- Randolph County: Asheboro Courier and Courier-Tribune Newspapers Obituaries Index 1903-1985
Ohio
- Hamilton County: Cincinnati Birth and Death Records, 1865-1912 for surnames "A" through "Fill" (more being added); includes digital images; See: Online Cincinnati & Hamilton County, Ohio Death Records & Indexes
- Lorain County: Westwood Cemetery Gravestone Inventory Database (in Oberlin, Ohio)
- Sandusky County: McPherson Cemetery Burials (Clyde, Ohio)
- Summit County: Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library Obituary Index
Oklahoma
- Choctaw County Genealogy Indexes and Obituaries (includes obituaries from the Hugo Daily News, December 2003-June 2006)
- Creek County: Sapulpa Herald Obituary Index 1987-1995
- Oklahoma County: Edmond Newspapers Obituaries Index
Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County: McKeesport and Versailles Cemetery Burials
- Bedford County Historical Society: Pioneer Library Obituary Index
- Cambria County: Grandview Cemetery Burials (Johnstown, Pennsylvania)
- Northumberland County: Mount Carmel Area Public Library Obituary Index
South Carolina
- Greenville County Probate Search (recent)
South Dakota
- Lawrence County: Mt. Moriah Cemetery Burials (City of Deadwood)
Tennessee
- Knox County: Knoxville Obituaries Index 1991-present
Texas
- Cass County Cemeteries
- Fort Bend County Libraries Obituary Database
- Nacogdoches County: Cason Monk-Metcalf Digitized Funeral Registers 1900-1952
- Shelby County Genealogy Indexes (includes indexes for deaths, cemeteries, funeral homes and marriages)
Utah
- Utah County: Spanish Fork Cemetery Burials Search
Vermont
- Vermont Vital Records at FamilySearch (complete for 1871-1908; more years being added; includes town clerk transcriptions of births, marriages and deaths)
Virginia
- Lynchburg Obituaries Index 1837-1930 and Funeral Homes Index (from the Jones Memorial Library)
Washington
- Adams County Obituaries 1898-1964
- Whatcom County: Bayview Cemetery Records (in Bellingham) not yet complete
Wisconsin
- Calumet County Cemeteries and Genealogy Indexes
- Columbia County Cemeteries and Obituaries Indexes
- Fond du Lac County: Campbellsport Area Cemeteries
- Sheboygan County: City of Plymouth Cemeteries (for Woodlawn and Union Cemeteries)
- Sheboygan County: Immaculate Conception Cemetery Burials (in Sheboygan, WI)
- Sheboygan County Cemeteries and Genealogy Indexes
Wyoming
- Laramie County: Cheyenne Cemetery Burials; includes Lakeview Cemetery, Beth El Cemetery, International Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) Cemetery, Serenity Gardens (Columbarium), Mount Olivet (Catholic Cemetery), and Mount Sinai (Jewish Cemetery)
- Laramie County: Cheyenne Genealogical and Historical Society Vital Records Indexes (includes indexes for obituaries, Carpenter Cemetery burials, and Laramie County marriage records)
See: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
Arizona
- Arizona Death Records Index 1844-1960 & Birth Index 1855-1935 (update: year 1960 added for deaths; 1935 added for births)
Arkansas
- Washington County Cemeteries
- Yell County Obituaries
California
- Los Angeles County: Long Beach History Index (includes some obituaries)
- Los Angeles County: Pioneer Cemetery Roster (in Sylmar, CA) from the San Fernando Valley Historical Society
See: Online Los Angeles County Death Indexes, Records and Obituaries
Colorado
- Park County Local History Archives - Genealogy Indexes (includes indexes for obituaries and marriages)
- Routt County History and Genealogy Indexes (includes: Routt County Burial Index and Database of Deceased Steamboat Springs Veterans)
Connecticut
- Hartford County: Ancient Burying Ground of Hartford - Burial List
- New Haven County: Uptown Burial Ground (Derby, CT)
- New Haven County: Oxford Cemetery Project
Delaware
- New Castle County: Catholic Diocese of Wilmington Burial Database Search (update: 2 cemeteries added)
District of Columbia
- District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1959 at FamilySearch (includes index and digitized images of the death certificates)
Georgia
- Glynn County Genealogy Indexes (includes some cemetery burials, obituaries and other items)
Indiana
- Indiana Resources from the Allen Public Library Genealogy Center (includes assorted cemetery or other death indexes for Adams, Allen, Grant, Hancock, Hendricks, Huntington, Jay, Madison, Marion, Noble, Posey, Wabash, Wells, and Whitley Counties)
Kansas
- Anderson County Genealogy Indexes and Obituaries (includes some obituary transcriptions from the Anderson County Advocate)
- Doniphan County Cemetery Burials
Louisiana
- Caddo Parish: City of Shreveport Cemeteries Database (includes: Greenwood Cemetery, Jewella Cemetery, Oakland Cemetery and Star Cemetery)
Maine
- York County: Obituaries Index for Sanford and Springvale Newspapers 1890s-present
Massachusetts
- Middlesex County: City of Newton Genealogy Indexes (includes Death Indexes 1635-1899)
Michigan
- Allegan County Genealogy Indexes (includes obituaries indexes and death certificates from Old Douglas Hospital)
- Isabella County: Riverside Cemetery Records (City of Mt. Pleasant)
- Wayne County: Detroit and Nearby: Mt. Elliott Cemetery Association Genealogy Search; See: Online Detroit and Wayne County Death Records & Indexes
Minnesota
- Blue Earth County: Mankato Free Press (and its predecessor newspapers) Obituaries Index (for assorted years with some gaps)
- Hennepin and Ramsey Counties: Minneapolis and St. Paul Death Records Index 1866-1916 (from FamilySearch)
Missouri
- Missouri Death Certificates Index and Images 1910-1960 (update: year 1960 added)
- Polk County Genealogical Society Obituaries Index
- Schuyler County Cemeteries
New York
- Chemung County Library Obituaries Indexes (for various years)
- Erie County Cemeteries: Indexes To Select Death Notices From The Buffalo, NY Area
- Ontario County: Victor Village Cemetery Index
- Steuben County Obituaries Index
North Carolina
- North Carolina Deaths 1931-1994 (index only) from FamilySearch
- County Records in the North Carolina State Archives (includes estate indexes for: Avery, Clay, Columbus, Gaston, Polk, Sampson, Swain, and Washington counties; and wills indexes for Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Cherokee, Cumberland, Davidson, Forsyth, Greene, Haywood, Hyde, Jackson, Mecklenburg, Pamlico, Richmond, Rowan, Stokes, and Wilkes counties) coverage varies by county
- New Hanover County Register of Deeds Death Certificates Index (also has indexes for Birth Certificates and Marriage Records)
- Randolph County: Asheboro Courier and Courier-Tribune Newspapers Obituaries Index 1903-1985
Ohio
- Hamilton County: Cincinnati Birth and Death Records, 1865-1912 for surnames "A" through "Fill" (more being added); includes digital images; See: Online Cincinnati & Hamilton County, Ohio Death Records & Indexes
- Lorain County: Westwood Cemetery Gravestone Inventory Database (in Oberlin, Ohio)
- Sandusky County: McPherson Cemetery Burials (Clyde, Ohio)
- Summit County: Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library Obituary Index
Oklahoma
- Choctaw County Genealogy Indexes and Obituaries (includes obituaries from the Hugo Daily News, December 2003-June 2006)
- Creek County: Sapulpa Herald Obituary Index 1987-1995
- Oklahoma County: Edmond Newspapers Obituaries Index
Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County: McKeesport and Versailles Cemetery Burials
- Bedford County Historical Society: Pioneer Library Obituary Index
- Cambria County: Grandview Cemetery Burials (Johnstown, Pennsylvania)
- Northumberland County: Mount Carmel Area Public Library Obituary Index
South Carolina
- Greenville County Probate Search (recent)
South Dakota
- Lawrence County: Mt. Moriah Cemetery Burials (City of Deadwood)
Tennessee
- Knox County: Knoxville Obituaries Index 1991-present
Texas
- Cass County Cemeteries
- Fort Bend County Libraries Obituary Database
- Nacogdoches County: Cason Monk-Metcalf Digitized Funeral Registers 1900-1952
- Shelby County Genealogy Indexes (includes indexes for deaths, cemeteries, funeral homes and marriages)
Utah
- Utah County: Spanish Fork Cemetery Burials Search
Vermont
- Vermont Vital Records at FamilySearch (complete for 1871-1908; more years being added; includes town clerk transcriptions of births, marriages and deaths)
Virginia
- Lynchburg Obituaries Index 1837-1930 and Funeral Homes Index (from the Jones Memorial Library)
Washington
- Adams County Obituaries 1898-1964
- Whatcom County: Bayview Cemetery Records (in Bellingham) not yet complete
Wisconsin
- Calumet County Cemeteries and Genealogy Indexes
- Columbia County Cemeteries and Obituaries Indexes
- Fond du Lac County: Campbellsport Area Cemeteries
- Sheboygan County: City of Plymouth Cemeteries (for Woodlawn and Union Cemeteries)
- Sheboygan County: Immaculate Conception Cemetery Burials (in Sheboygan, WI)
- Sheboygan County Cemeteries and Genealogy Indexes
Wyoming
- Laramie County: Cheyenne Cemetery Burials; includes Lakeview Cemetery, Beth El Cemetery, International Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) Cemetery, Serenity Gardens (Columbarium), Mount Olivet (Catholic Cemetery), and Mount Sinai (Jewish Cemetery)
- Laramie County: Cheyenne Genealogical and Historical Society Vital Records Indexes (includes indexes for obituaries, Carpenter Cemetery burials, and Laramie County marriage records)
See: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Online Birth and Marriage Records Indexes (USA) - Latest Additions
Links to the items listed below have been added to: Online Birth and Marriage Records Indexes or its supplementary state webpages.
Arkansas
- Craighead County: Marriage and Divorce Records Indexes
California
- California Birth Index 1905-1995
- San Mateo County Marriages Index 1853-1965
- Tulare County Marriage Indexes 1852-1909
See: Online California Vital Records Indexes
Colorado
- Douglas County Marriage Search 1874-current
- Ouray County Marriage License Index 1877-2010
- Pitkin County Marriage Records 1882-1930
See: Colorado Genealogy Records and Indexes on the Internet
Florida
- Florida: Search Official Records (public records search for about 60 Florida counties; includes some marriages; coverage varies by county)
See: Online Florida Vital Records Indexes
Georgia
- Muscogee County, Georgia Marriage Database 1845-1905
- Muscogee County Marriage Database 1845-1878 and Birth Register Database 1890-1900
Illinois
- Champaign County Historical and Genealogical Index (indexes some marriage licenses and other records)
Indiana
- Indiana Marriage Index 1993-2004 (update: 2 years added)
See: Online Indiana Vital Records Indexes
Iowa
- Scott County: Davenport Public Library Local Genealogy Database Search (indexes cemetery burials, obituaries, and other items)
Kansas
- Sedgwick County Marriage Affidavits Index (9 May 1870 to 25 Nov. 1933)
Louisiana
- Tangipahoa Parish: Clerk of Court - Marriages 1975-present
Maine
- Maine Marriage Index 1892-2009, except 1967-1976 (update: more years added)
Michigan
- Charlevoix County: Marriage Records Search
- Clinton County Marriage Record Search
- Emmet County Marriage Record Search 1857-recent
Mississippi
- Itawamba Historical Society Online Archives (includes marriage book abstracts 1837-1856, and other items)
- Lauderdale County: Online Bookshelf (includes women's marriage records index 1838-1940)
- Pike County Marriage License Search
Missouri
- Boone County Marriage License Search c.1980s-recent
- Daviess County Marriage Index 1837-1898 and Divorce Index 1842-1896
- Greene County Marriage Records Search
- Howard County Marriage Records Indexes
- McDonald County: Mariage Licenses Index, October 1865 to December 2009
See: Online Missouri Vital Records Indexes
New Jersey
- New Jersey Marriage Records Indexes 1665-1799 and 1848-1878 (update: more years added)
New York
- Monroe County: City of Rochester Historic Marriage Records Search 1876-1943 (update: more years added)
See: New York Vital Records Indexes & Genealogy Records on the Internet
North Carolina
- Mecklenburg County Divorce Index 1846-1969
See: North Carolina Vital Records Indexes on the Internet
Ohio
- Cuyahoga County Birth Corrections (1873-1908), and Affidavits (1860-1897)
- Hamilton County Probate Court - Archived Records Search (includes wills, estates, birth index books, marriages and other records)
- Lake County Marriage Records Index 1840-1915
See: Online Ohio Vital Records Indexes
Oklahoma
- Creek County Marriage Index November 1907-March 1921
- Oklahoma County Marriage Records Index 1889-1951
Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia City Marriage Records Search (recent)
Tennessee
- Nashville and Davidson County Records Online (inlcudes links to marriage indexes and many other items)
- Knox County Marriage Records Index 1901-1950
Texas
- Dallas County Marriage Records Search 1964-present
See: Online Texas Vital Records Indexes
Wisconsin
- Milwaukee County Marriage Certificates 1822-1876
See: Online Birth and Marriage Records Indexes
Arkansas
- Craighead County: Marriage and Divorce Records Indexes
California
- California Birth Index 1905-1995
- San Mateo County Marriages Index 1853-1965
- Tulare County Marriage Indexes 1852-1909
See: Online California Vital Records Indexes
Colorado
- Douglas County Marriage Search 1874-current
- Ouray County Marriage License Index 1877-2010
- Pitkin County Marriage Records 1882-1930
See: Colorado Genealogy Records and Indexes on the Internet
Florida
- Florida: Search Official Records (public records search for about 60 Florida counties; includes some marriages; coverage varies by county)
See: Online Florida Vital Records Indexes
Georgia
- Muscogee County, Georgia Marriage Database 1845-1905
- Muscogee County Marriage Database 1845-1878 and Birth Register Database 1890-1900
Illinois
- Champaign County Historical and Genealogical Index (indexes some marriage licenses and other records)
Indiana
- Indiana Marriage Index 1993-2004 (update: 2 years added)
See: Online Indiana Vital Records Indexes
Iowa
- Scott County: Davenport Public Library Local Genealogy Database Search (indexes cemetery burials, obituaries, and other items)
Kansas
- Sedgwick County Marriage Affidavits Index (9 May 1870 to 25 Nov. 1933)
Louisiana
- Tangipahoa Parish: Clerk of Court - Marriages 1975-present
Maine
- Maine Marriage Index 1892-2009, except 1967-1976 (update: more years added)
Michigan
- Charlevoix County: Marriage Records Search
- Clinton County Marriage Record Search
- Emmet County Marriage Record Search 1857-recent
Mississippi
- Itawamba Historical Society Online Archives (includes marriage book abstracts 1837-1856, and other items)
- Lauderdale County: Online Bookshelf (includes women's marriage records index 1838-1940)
- Pike County Marriage License Search
Missouri
- Boone County Marriage License Search c.1980s-recent
- Daviess County Marriage Index 1837-1898 and Divorce Index 1842-1896
- Greene County Marriage Records Search
- Howard County Marriage Records Indexes
- McDonald County: Mariage Licenses Index, October 1865 to December 2009
See: Online Missouri Vital Records Indexes
New Jersey
- New Jersey Marriage Records Indexes 1665-1799 and 1848-1878 (update: more years added)
New York
- Monroe County: City of Rochester Historic Marriage Records Search 1876-1943 (update: more years added)
See: New York Vital Records Indexes & Genealogy Records on the Internet
North Carolina
- Mecklenburg County Divorce Index 1846-1969
See: North Carolina Vital Records Indexes on the Internet
Ohio
- Cuyahoga County Birth Corrections (1873-1908), and Affidavits (1860-1897)
- Hamilton County Probate Court - Archived Records Search (includes wills, estates, birth index books, marriages and other records)
- Lake County Marriage Records Index 1840-1915
See: Online Ohio Vital Records Indexes
Oklahoma
- Creek County Marriage Index November 1907-March 1921
- Oklahoma County Marriage Records Index 1889-1951
Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia City Marriage Records Search (recent)
Tennessee
- Nashville and Davidson County Records Online (inlcudes links to marriage indexes and many other items)
- Knox County Marriage Records Index 1901-1950
Texas
- Dallas County Marriage Records Search 1964-present
See: Online Texas Vital Records Indexes
Wisconsin
- Milwaukee County Marriage Certificates 1822-1876
See: Online Birth and Marriage Records Indexes
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