This list kept getting longer and longer and so I thought, time to post it...
The Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records Directory has been updated with links to the following items...
Arizona
- Arizona Gravestone Photo Project (has over 61,000 gravestone photos from across Arizona)
California
- Early California Population Project (contains baptism, marriage, and burial records in the California mission registers from 1769-1850, documenting nearly 110,000 early residents)
- Lassen County Obituary Index (for various newspapers and years)
- Sacramento Historic City Cemetery Burials 1849-2000 (PDF file)
- Siskiyou County Obituary Index
Illinois
- Adams County: Quincy Historical Newspaper Archive 1835-1919 (update: more years added)
- Sangamon County: Oak Ridge Cemetery Interment Records, March 1858-July 1918 (in Springfield, IL)
Indiana
- Elkhart County: Wakarusa Public Library Obituaries
- Washington County: Crown Hill Cemetery Burials, Salem, Indiana
Kansas
- Norton County Cemeteries
- Norton County Obituaries Indexes
Kentucky
- Allen County Genealogy Database (includes some death indexes and cemetery burials)
Maine
- Cumberland County: Portland Diocese Catholic Cemetery Burials (ongoing project)
Massachusetts
- Worcester County: Worcester Evening Post Deaths Index 1897-1898 (with some from 1899)
Michigan
- Calhoun County Death Index, c. 1930s-recent
- Hillsdale County Cemeteries
- Kalamazoo County Genealogy Records (includes vital records, cemeteries, probate records and more)
- Oakland County: Machpelah Cemetery Jewish Burials (Ferndale, Michigan)
Mississippi
- Monroe County: Pearce Chapel Church Cemetery
Missouri
- Jefferson County Newspaper Index 1866-1910 (includes birth, marriage and death notices)
- St. Louis: St. Peter's Cemetery Burial Search (St. Peter's Evangelical United Church of Christ)
- St. Louis: Missouri History Museum Genealogy and Local History Index (includes: Missouri Republican death index, 1870-July 13, 1871 & 1880-July 2, 1881, also indexes many other sources)
- St. Louis County: Cemetery Records, St. Paul's Evangelical Church, Creve Coeur
Montana
- Lewis and Clark County: Helena Independent Record Obituary Index Jan-1984 to Dec-2006 (also has some cemetery indexes and other genealogy indexes)
- Yellowstone County: Vital Statistics from Early Billings Gazettes 1882-1901
New Jersey
- Monmouth County Archives Searchable Genealogy Databases (includes Coroner Inquests Index 1786-1915 and other indexes)
New York
- Franklin County Cemeteries
- Steuben County Cemeteries
North Carolina
- Craven County: New Bern Obituaries and Death Notices Index (update: several years added)
North Dakota
- Stark County: City of Dickinson Cemeteries Burial Database (PDF files)
Ohio
- Franklin County: Union Cemetery Burials, Columbus, Ohio
- Montgomery County: David's Cemetery Burials, Kettering, Ohio
- Washington County Genealogy (includes some burials and an index to 17,792 Obituaries 1987-1999)
Oklahoma
- Carter County Cemetery Burials
Oregon
- Multnomah County: Portland Historic Pioneer Cemeteries Search
Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia Jewish Exponent Obituary Database
Tennessee
- Tennessee Death Index 1914-1927 (Update: year 1927 added)
Vermont
- Vermont Probate Files 1791-1919 at FamilySearch Labs (not yet complete)
See: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
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Friday, June 09, 2006
St. Louis Genealogy Records and Sources
This article was updated on 13 September 2020.
"Now you go through Saint Louie... Joplin, Missouri... and Oklahoma City looks mighty pretty..." (from "Route 66" by Bobby Troupe)
St. Louis is the home of Budweiser, the unbeatable St. Louis Cardinals, the Gateway Arch, and the S.S. Admiral (once upon a time a great way to take a cruise on the Mississippi, later a floating casino, now scrapped). And it's a hub on the fabled Route 66 from Chicago to LA.
Your host, the Genealogy Roots Blogger, was born in St. Louis. Here are some of my favorite online St. Louis genealogy sources that you might find helpful if you've got St. Louis ancestors.
Basic Online Guide
Here you can find links to online indexes and sources for military records, probate records, cemeteries, church records, ordering vital records, and more... St. Louis, Missouri Genealogy Resources
St. Louis Death Records
This webpage has more than thirty links to various online St. Louis death indexes, including St. Louis Post-Dispatch obituaries, Catholic, military and Jewish cemetery databases, and more... Online St. Louis, Missouri Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries
I've already blogged about this database, but here it is again... Missouri State Archives Death Certificate Database, 1910-1969
St. Louis Marriage Records and Marriage Licenses
Missouri Military Records
The Missouri State Archives has a searchable database where you might find some of your Missouri military ancestors: Missouri Soldiers Database: War of 1812 - World War I
For more military records see: Online Military Indexes and Records
St. Louis Naturalization Records
There are some great online indexes for St. Louis naturalizations, done in the federal court or local courts. For information on these see... Finding St. Louis Naturalization Records
To New Orleans and up the Mississippi - Finding Immigration Records
Some immigrants to Missouri (and other nearby states) arrived at the port of New Orleans and traveled by riverboat up the Mississippi River to St. Louis. This was more common prior to the Civil War. After the Civil War many train lines were built, making it easier to travel from the East Coast to inland cities. The New Orleans Passenger Lists Quick Guide is a helpful starting place for locating New Orleans passenger records. For help with other ports see: Finding Passenger Lists 1820-1940s
St. Louis Genealogical Society
St. Louis Genealogical Society Members get access to a collection of online databases, including a large collection of St. Louis cemetery burials, indexes to some St. Louis church records and more.
Two Libraries
Both the St. Louis City and County libraries have genealogy resources within their walls and on their websites.
Population Shifts from the City to the County
St. Louis City and County separated from each other on August 22, 1876. At this webpage you can see how the population of St. Louis has shifted from the City to the County over time: Population of St. Louis City & County, Missouri, 1820-2010
And... Our Beloved St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis Cardinals Official Website
If you're just passing through, perhaps on your way from Chicago to L.A. on Route 66, be sure to stop at a Steak 'n Shake and order a Steakburger.
Happy Searching!
"Now you go through Saint Louie... Joplin, Missouri... and Oklahoma City looks mighty pretty..." (from "Route 66" by Bobby Troupe)
St. Louis is the home of Budweiser, the unbeatable St. Louis Cardinals, the Gateway Arch, and the S.S. Admiral (once upon a time a great way to take a cruise on the Mississippi, later a floating casino, now scrapped). And it's a hub on the fabled Route 66 from Chicago to LA.Your host, the Genealogy Roots Blogger, was born in St. Louis. Here are some of my favorite online St. Louis genealogy sources that you might find helpful if you've got St. Louis ancestors.
Basic Online Guide
Here you can find links to online indexes and sources for military records, probate records, cemeteries, church records, ordering vital records, and more... St. Louis, Missouri Genealogy Resources
St. Louis Death Records
This webpage has more than thirty links to various online St. Louis death indexes, including St. Louis Post-Dispatch obituaries, Catholic, military and Jewish cemetery databases, and more... Online St. Louis, Missouri Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries
I've already blogged about this database, but here it is again... Missouri State Archives Death Certificate Database, 1910-1969
St. Louis Marriage Records and Marriage Licenses
- City of St. Louis Marriage Licenses - Ordering Information
- St. Louis City (and some county): Marriage Records of St. Louis City and County, 1806-1965 digitized microfilm from FamilySearch
- St. Louis County: Marriage Records, 1877-1928; Index to Marriages, 1881-1933 (St. Louis County Recorder of Deeds) digitized microfilm from FamilySearch
Missouri Military Records
The Missouri State Archives has a searchable database where you might find some of your Missouri military ancestors: Missouri Soldiers Database: War of 1812 - World War I
For more military records see: Online Military Indexes and Records
St. Louis Naturalization Records
There are some great online indexes for St. Louis naturalizations, done in the federal court or local courts. For information on these see... Finding St. Louis Naturalization Records
To New Orleans and up the Mississippi - Finding Immigration Records
Some immigrants to Missouri (and other nearby states) arrived at the port of New Orleans and traveled by riverboat up the Mississippi River to St. Louis. This was more common prior to the Civil War. After the Civil War many train lines were built, making it easier to travel from the East Coast to inland cities. The New Orleans Passenger Lists Quick Guide is a helpful starting place for locating New Orleans passenger records. For help with other ports see: Finding Passenger Lists 1820-1940s
St. Louis Genealogical Society
St. Louis Genealogical Society Members get access to a collection of online databases, including a large collection of St. Louis cemetery burials, indexes to some St. Louis church records and more.
Two Libraries
Both the St. Louis City and County libraries have genealogy resources within their walls and on their websites.
- St. Louis County Public Library: Genealogy
- St. Louis City Library - Digital Collections and Obituaries Index
Population Shifts from the City to the County
St. Louis City and County separated from each other on August 22, 1876. At this webpage you can see how the population of St. Louis has shifted from the City to the County over time: Population of St. Louis City & County, Missouri, 1820-2010
And... Our Beloved St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis Cardinals Official Website
If you're just passing through, perhaps on your way from Chicago to L.A. on Route 66, be sure to stop at a Steak 'n Shake and order a Steakburger.
Happy Searching!
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Looking Around at Genealogy Blogs
Since starting this blog I decided to look around the "blogosphere" (yeah, that's what it's called) at some other genealogy-related blogs. When I come across a blog I find interesting or useful I'll occasionally tell you about it here. I'm going to start today with "Megan's Roots World."
Megan Smolenyak is a genealogy lecturer and writer. Her specialties are tracing families of servicemen killed or missing in Korea, World War II and Vietnam, and exploring genealogy and DNA. But she also writes and speaks about a variety of topics to help further your research. Like mine, her blog is a relatively new. You can see what she and her cool contributors are up to at... Megan's Roots World
More genealogy blogs I like can be found in my Mini Directory of Cool Genealogy Blogs
Megan Smolenyak is a genealogy lecturer and writer. Her specialties are tracing families of servicemen killed or missing in Korea, World War II and Vietnam, and exploring genealogy and DNA. But she also writes and speaks about a variety of topics to help further your research. Like mine, her blog is a relatively new. You can see what she and her cool contributors are up to at... Megan's Roots World
More genealogy blogs I like can be found in my Mini Directory of Cool Genealogy Blogs
Sunday, May 21, 2017
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...
Alaska
- Alaska Vital Records, 1816-1959 from FamilySearch -- index and digital images of births (1816-1912), marriages (1816-1959), and deaths (1816-1959) from the Alaska State Archives; not yet complete
Arizona
- Arizona Death Records Index 1870-1966 and Birth Index 1855-1941 (Update: year 1966 added to the death records and year 1941 added to the birth records)
- Maricopa County: Mesa City Cemetery Records, 1885-1960 (from FamilySearch; includes digitized images of the records)
Arkansas
- Pulaski County: Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Records, 1867-2013 (in Little Rock, Arkansas; from FamilySearch)
California
- Riverside County: Hemet-San Jacinto Genealogical Society Obituaries Index
- San Bernardino County: Agua Mansa Pioneer Cemetery Burials (in Colton CA)
- California Cemetery Transcriptions, 1850-1960 (at FamilySearch; Includes some cemeteries in Amador, Fresno, Los Angeles, Mariposa, Merced, Napa, Riverside, Sacramento, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Siskiyou, Solano, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tulare, Yolo, and Yuba counties. Coverage varies by cemetery.)
Colorado
- Denver Public Library Obituary Indexes 1922-2014 (update: year 1922 added)
- El Paso County: Pikes Peak Genealogical Society Cemetery Database
Georgia
- Georgia's Virtual Vault (includes Colonial Estate Records, Colonial Will Books, Colonial Wills, and other items)
Illinois
- Cook County: Archdiocese of Chicago Cemetery Records, 1864-1989, from FamilySearch
See: Online Chicago & Cook County, Illinois Death Records & Indexes
Indiana
- Allen County and Fort Wayne, Indiana Databases (update: more years added to the Fort Wayne and Allen County Area Obituary Index, 1837 to October 20, 2016)
- Allen County: St. John Cemetery Burials (Lutheran Cemetery in Fort Wayne)
- Hamilton County: Compiled Records From Hamilton East Public Library (at Ancestry/requires payment) includes Evans-Godby-Trout Funeral Home Records
- Pike County Cemeteries
Iowa
- Iowa Death Records, 1921-1940 from FamilySearch
- State Historical Society of Iowa Death Indexes c.1917-c.1939; PDF files for many Iowa counties; coverage varies by county (update: year 1939 added for some counties)
- Iowa Armed Forces Grave Registrations, ca. 1835-1998 from FamilySearch
- Lee County: Indexes for Deaths, Obituaries and Cemeteries
Kentucky
- Kentucky Death Certificates and Records 1852-1964 (at Ancestry/requires payment) includes digitized Kentucky death certificates from 1911-1964 (update: year 1964 added)
Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001 at FamilySearch; coverage varies by town
Michigan
- Macomb County: Mt. Elliott Cemetery Association Genealogy Search (in Clinton Twp, Michigan; for Mt. Elliott, Mt. Olivet, Resurrection, All Saints and Guardian Angel Cemeteries)
Missouri
- Missouri Death Certificates Index and Images 1910-1966 (update: year 1966 added)
- Saline County Cemeteries
- Saline County: Ridge Park Cemetery Burials (Marshall, MO)
- Saline County, Missouri Cemetery Index, 1840-1963 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
- St. Louis City Wills Indexes, 1816-1967 (update: more years added)
New Jersey
- New Jersey Death Records Index, June 1878-June 1895 (update: July 1894-June 1895 added)
- New Jersey Death Index, 1901-1903 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
New York
- New York State Genealogical Research Death Index, 1957-March 1967 (update: entries for January 1966 to March 1967 added)
- Tompkins County: Ithaca City Cemetery Records
- Ulster County: Poorhouse Burial Records Database (New Paltz, New York)
- Ulster County: Old Dutch Church Genealogy Records (First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Kingston, New York; includes graveyard burial records, 1696-1880, and other items)
North Carolina
- Cabarrus County: Independent Tribune Obituary Index 2001-2014 (also has indexes for delayed birth certificates, marriages and other items)
- Harnett County: Greenwood Cemetery Burials Search (Dunn, North Carolina)
Oklahoma
- Oklahoma State Vital Records Index - Births and Deaths (indexes births more than 20 years ago and deaths more than 5 years ago; copies of the records can be ordered for a fee if eligibility requirements are met)
Oregon
- Oregon Death Index, 1877-1952 (from FamilySearch; indexes selected death records from Oregon)
Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Death Certificates 1906-1964; at Ancestry/requires payment (update: year 1964 added)
- Pennsylvania Death Records Indexes 1906-1966 (update: year 1966 added)
- Northumberland County Cemeteries
Rhode Island
- Rhode Island Vital Records, 1846-1898, 1901-1953 (from FamilySearch; includes deaths, 1901-1953)
South Carolina
- Richland County: Indexes of Local History and Genealogy (includes South Carolina State Hospital Cemetery Survey Index, and Randolph Cemetery Survey -- African American Cemetery in Columbia, South Carolina)
Tennessee
- Bradley County Obituary Index 1865-Current (from the Cleveland Bradley County Library)
- Knox County Cross Index Search (indexes obituaries, wills, marriages and other items)
Texas
- Dallas County Probate Records, 1846-early 1900s (digitized images from the microfilm)
- Nolan County: Cemetery Burials and Other Genealogy Indexes
- Wise County: Cemetery Burials and Other Genealogy Indexes
- Yoakum County Cemeteries
Virginia
- Carroll County Death Register, 1855-1896
Wisconsin
- Door County Genealogy Indexes (includes a death index, 1857-1933, and some cemetery burials)
Social Security Death Index Page
- Social Security NUMIDENT Files, 1936-2007 from the National Archives
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 (USA)
Alaska
- Alaska Vital Records, 1816-1959 from FamilySearch -- index and digital images of births (1816-1912), marriages (1816-1959), and deaths (1816-1959) from the Alaska State Archives; not yet complete
Arizona
- Arizona Death Records Index 1870-1966 and Birth Index 1855-1941 (Update: year 1966 added to the death records and year 1941 added to the birth records)
- Maricopa County: Mesa City Cemetery Records, 1885-1960 (from FamilySearch; includes digitized images of the records)
Arkansas
- Pulaski County: Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Records, 1867-2013 (in Little Rock, Arkansas; from FamilySearch)
California
- Riverside County: Hemet-San Jacinto Genealogical Society Obituaries Index
- San Bernardino County: Agua Mansa Pioneer Cemetery Burials (in Colton CA)
- California Cemetery Transcriptions, 1850-1960 (at FamilySearch; Includes some cemeteries in Amador, Fresno, Los Angeles, Mariposa, Merced, Napa, Riverside, Sacramento, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Siskiyou, Solano, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tulare, Yolo, and Yuba counties. Coverage varies by cemetery.)
Colorado
- Denver Public Library Obituary Indexes 1922-2014 (update: year 1922 added)
- El Paso County: Pikes Peak Genealogical Society Cemetery Database
Georgia
- Georgia's Virtual Vault (includes Colonial Estate Records, Colonial Will Books, Colonial Wills, and other items)
Illinois
- Cook County: Archdiocese of Chicago Cemetery Records, 1864-1989, from FamilySearch
See: Online Chicago & Cook County, Illinois Death Records & Indexes
Indiana
- Allen County and Fort Wayne, Indiana Databases (update: more years added to the Fort Wayne and Allen County Area Obituary Index, 1837 to October 20, 2016)
- Allen County: St. John Cemetery Burials (Lutheran Cemetery in Fort Wayne)
- Hamilton County: Compiled Records From Hamilton East Public Library (at Ancestry/requires payment) includes Evans-Godby-Trout Funeral Home Records
- Pike County Cemeteries
Iowa
- Iowa Death Records, 1921-1940 from FamilySearch
- State Historical Society of Iowa Death Indexes c.1917-c.1939; PDF files for many Iowa counties; coverage varies by county (update: year 1939 added for some counties)
- Iowa Armed Forces Grave Registrations, ca. 1835-1998 from FamilySearch
- Lee County: Indexes for Deaths, Obituaries and Cemeteries
Kentucky
- Kentucky Death Certificates and Records 1852-1964 (at Ancestry/requires payment) includes digitized Kentucky death certificates from 1911-1964 (update: year 1964 added)
Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001 at FamilySearch; coverage varies by town
Michigan
- Macomb County: Mt. Elliott Cemetery Association Genealogy Search (in Clinton Twp, Michigan; for Mt. Elliott, Mt. Olivet, Resurrection, All Saints and Guardian Angel Cemeteries)
Missouri
- Missouri Death Certificates Index and Images 1910-1966 (update: year 1966 added)
- Saline County Cemeteries
- Saline County: Ridge Park Cemetery Burials (Marshall, MO)
- Saline County, Missouri Cemetery Index, 1840-1963 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
- St. Louis City Wills Indexes, 1816-1967 (update: more years added)
New Jersey
- New Jersey Death Records Index, June 1878-June 1895 (update: July 1894-June 1895 added)
- New Jersey Death Index, 1901-1903 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
New York
- New York State Genealogical Research Death Index, 1957-March 1967 (update: entries for January 1966 to March 1967 added)
- Tompkins County: Ithaca City Cemetery Records
- Ulster County: Poorhouse Burial Records Database (New Paltz, New York)
- Ulster County: Old Dutch Church Genealogy Records (First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Kingston, New York; includes graveyard burial records, 1696-1880, and other items)
North Carolina
- Cabarrus County: Independent Tribune Obituary Index 2001-2014 (also has indexes for delayed birth certificates, marriages and other items)
- Harnett County: Greenwood Cemetery Burials Search (Dunn, North Carolina)
Oklahoma
- Oklahoma State Vital Records Index - Births and Deaths (indexes births more than 20 years ago and deaths more than 5 years ago; copies of the records can be ordered for a fee if eligibility requirements are met)
Oregon
- Oregon Death Index, 1877-1952 (from FamilySearch; indexes selected death records from Oregon)
Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Death Certificates 1906-1964; at Ancestry/requires payment (update: year 1964 added)
- Pennsylvania Death Records Indexes 1906-1966 (update: year 1966 added)
- Northumberland County Cemeteries
Rhode Island
- Rhode Island Vital Records, 1846-1898, 1901-1953 (from FamilySearch; includes deaths, 1901-1953)
South Carolina
- Richland County: Indexes of Local History and Genealogy (includes South Carolina State Hospital Cemetery Survey Index, and Randolph Cemetery Survey -- African American Cemetery in Columbia, South Carolina)
Tennessee
- Bradley County Obituary Index 1865-Current (from the Cleveland Bradley County Library)
- Knox County Cross Index Search (indexes obituaries, wills, marriages and other items)
Texas
- Dallas County Probate Records, 1846-early 1900s (digitized images from the microfilm)
- Nolan County: Cemetery Burials and Other Genealogy Indexes
- Wise County: Cemetery Burials and Other Genealogy Indexes
- Yoakum County Cemeteries
Virginia
- Carroll County Death Register, 1855-1896
Wisconsin
- Door County Genealogy Indexes (includes a death index, 1857-1933, and some cemetery burials)
Social Security Death Index Page
- Social Security NUMIDENT Files, 1936-2007 from the National Archives
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 (USA)
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Online Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries - Latest Additions and Updates
The Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records Directory has been updated with links to the following items...
California
- Ventura County: Bardsdale Cemetery District Records (in Fillmore, California)
- Ventura County: Ivy Lawn Memorial Park Records (cemetery in Ventura, California)
Colorado
- Denver: Riverside Cemetery Burial Register Index, 1876-1963
- Denver Public Library Obituaries Indexes, 1924-2009 for the Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News (update: more years added)
- Douglas County Cemetery Photos (searchable database of headstones in Bear Cañon and Spring Valley Cemeteries)
- Lake County Cemetery Burial Indexes
District of Columbia
- The Oak Hill Cemetery Burials
Florida
- Hillsborough County: City of Tampa Cemetery Database (for Jackson Heights, Marti/Colon, Oaklawn, and Woodlawn Cemeteries)
- Hillsborough County: Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library History and Genealogy Records (includes Lord and Fernandez Funeral Home Records, and J L Reed Funeral Home Records)
Georgia
- Chatham County: Savannah, Georgia Vital Records Indexes and Cemetery Burials (at Ancestry/fee-based)
Idaho
- Idaho Death Records, 1890-1930 (at Ancestry/fee-based) includes scanned copies of the death certificates; most are for 1911-1930
- Ada County: Idaho Statesman Obituary Index 1959-Present from the Boise Public Library (update: more years added)
- Ada County: Dry Creek Cemetery Burials (Boise, Idaho)
Illinois
- Boone County: Ida Public Library Genealogy Indexes (includes Belvidere newspaper obituary index, Boone County death certificate indexes 1877-1955, and other items)
- Cook County Death Index 1878-1939, and Chicago Death Index 1959-1995 at FamilySearch (update: more years added). See: Online Chicago & Cook County, Illinois Death Records & Indexes
Iowa
- Iowa Gravestone Photo Project (update: now has over 1 million entries)
- Davis County Death Records Indexes, 1880-1900 (also has indexes for marriages and other items)
- Fayette County: Grandview Cemetery Records (from the Fayette Community Library)
- Polk County: Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery Burials (in Des Moines, Iowa)
- Polk County: Des Moines Municipal Cemeteries Interment Search
- Polk County: Des Moines Funeral Home Indexes and St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Cemetery Burials (from the Iowa Genealogical Society)
- Scott County: Pine Hill Cemetery Burials (in Davenport)
Kansas
- Johnson County: Olathe Memorial Cemetery Burials
- Osage County: Osage City Library Obituaries Index
- Riley County: Grave and Lot Locator for Sunrise and Sunset Cemeteries (in Manhattan, Kansas)
- Shawnee County: Historic Topeka Cemetery Burials Search
Kentucky
- Harrison County Funeral Home Indexes
Louisiana
- Louisiana Death Records Index 1911-1963 (update: year 1963 added)
- Calcasieu Parish Public Library Obituaries Indexes 2000-2012
Michigan
- Ottawa County: Holland Sentinel Vital Records and Obituaries Indexes (Vital records indexes include death notices, obituaries, birth announcements and other items.)
Minnesota
- Otter Tail County Historical Society Cemeteries and Obituaries
Mississippi
- Mississippi Death Index, November 1912-1943 (not complete for 1912-1921)
Missouri
- Buchanan County: St. Joseph Public Library Obituary Database (covers 1953-2011, but some years have not yet been added)
- Jackson County: Elmwood Cemetery Family History and Burial Information (in Kansas City, Missouri)
- Marion County Library Master Cemetery Index
Montana
- Cascade County: Great Falls Genealogy Society Indexes (includes cemetery burials, coroner's records and more)
- Gallatin County: Sunset Hills Cemetery Interactive Map Burials Search (in Bozeman, Montana)
- Yellowstone County Gravesite Locator (includes the following cemeteries: Boothill, Castle Butte, Custer, Mountview, Riverside, Scandia and Yellowstone County Veterans Cemetery)
New Jersey
- New Jersey Death Records Index, June 1878-June 1892 (update: 2 more years added)
New Mexico
- Hidalgo County Cemeteries
- San Juan County: Aztec Cemetery Burials (in Aztec, New Mexico)
- Santa Fe County: Fairview Cemetery Burials (in Santa Fe, New Mexico)
New York
- Livingston County Historian Genealogy Records Index (includes burials up to 1885 and other items)
North Dakota
- Burleigh County: St. Mary's Cemetery Burials (Catholic Diocese of Bismarck; two-thirds of the burials are Catholics)
- Morton County: Mandan Union Cemetery Burials
Ohio
- Diocese of Cleveland Catholic Cemeteries Burial Search (requires free registration; currently includes 4 cemeteries with more being worked on). See: Online Cleveland & Cuyahoga County, Ohio Death Records & Indexes
Oregon
- Marion County: Willamette Valley Death Records, 1838-2006 (at Ancestry/fee-based; a collection of various death records, including scanned copies of obituaries, cemetery burials and death certificates)
- Marion County: Lee Mission Cemetery Burial Search (Salem, Oregon)
Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County: Diocese of Pittsburgh Catholic Cemeteries Search
- Allegheny Cemetery - Burials Search (in Pittsburgh)
- Allegheny County: Henderson Cemetery Burials (in Acmetonia, Pennsylvania near Harmarville)
- Columbia County Genealogy Indexes (includes indexes for death certificates, obituaries, death notices and other items; from the Columbia County Historical and Genealogical Society)
- Lehigh County: Morning Call Online Obituary Index 1895-1983 (update: now complete) from the Allentown Public Library
Rhode Island
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence Cemetery Burials (update: 4 cemeteries added)
South Carolina
- Greenville County: Springwood and Richland Cemetery Viewer (City of Greenville); requires Flash; includes burials search
- Lexington County Public Library Obituary and Death Notice Index
Tennessee
- Davidson County: Calvary Catholic Cemetery Burials (Diocese of Nashville)
- Davidson County: Metropolitan Nashville/Davidson County Archives Genealogy Indexes; includes Wills Index 1783-1924, Nashville Globe Obituaries Index 1907-1918 (African American Newspaper), Birth and Marriage Indexes, and other items
Virginia
- Fauquier County: Fauquier Democrat/Times-Democrat Index (indexes births, marriages, deaths and other items; covers 1905-1983 with some years missing)
- Fredericksburg Historic Court Records (includes wills search 1782-1957)
- Loudoun County: Indexes for Births, Marriages, Deaths, Wills and other items (death index covers 1912-1917; wills index covers 1757-1946)
- Richmond City: Hollywood Cemetery Burials (also includes a database for Confederate soldiers buried in the cemetery)
Wyoming
- Big Horn Basin Cemeteries (includes cemetery burial listings in Big Horn County, Hot Springs County and Washakie County)
- Albany County: Greenhill Cemetery Burials (Laramie, Wyoming)
- Campbell County Cemeteries
- Johnson County Cemeteries and Obituaries (includes Willow Grove Cemetery burials and an index of obituaries published in the Buffalo Bulletin)
- Park County: Riverside Cemetery District Burials (in Cody, Wyoming)
- Platte County: Wheatland Cemetery Burials (includes gravestone photographs and PDFs of obituaries)
- Sublette County: Index to the Pinedale Roundup Newspaper of Sublette County, Wyoming 1904-1999
- Sublette County: Big Piney and LaBarge Area Cemeteries
- Sweetwater County: Rock Springs Cemetery Burials
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
California
- Ventura County: Bardsdale Cemetery District Records (in Fillmore, California)
- Ventura County: Ivy Lawn Memorial Park Records (cemetery in Ventura, California)
Colorado
- Denver: Riverside Cemetery Burial Register Index, 1876-1963
- Denver Public Library Obituaries Indexes, 1924-2009 for the Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News (update: more years added)
- Douglas County Cemetery Photos (searchable database of headstones in Bear Cañon and Spring Valley Cemeteries)
- Lake County Cemetery Burial Indexes
District of Columbia
- The Oak Hill Cemetery Burials
Florida
- Hillsborough County: City of Tampa Cemetery Database (for Jackson Heights, Marti/Colon, Oaklawn, and Woodlawn Cemeteries)
- Hillsborough County: Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library History and Genealogy Records (includes Lord and Fernandez Funeral Home Records, and J L Reed Funeral Home Records)
Georgia
- Chatham County: Savannah, Georgia Vital Records Indexes and Cemetery Burials (at Ancestry/fee-based)
Idaho
- Idaho Death Records, 1890-1930 (at Ancestry/fee-based) includes scanned copies of the death certificates; most are for 1911-1930
- Ada County: Idaho Statesman Obituary Index 1959-Present from the Boise Public Library (update: more years added)
- Ada County: Dry Creek Cemetery Burials (Boise, Idaho)
Illinois
- Boone County: Ida Public Library Genealogy Indexes (includes Belvidere newspaper obituary index, Boone County death certificate indexes 1877-1955, and other items)
- Cook County Death Index 1878-1939, and Chicago Death Index 1959-1995 at FamilySearch (update: more years added). See: Online Chicago & Cook County, Illinois Death Records & Indexes
Iowa
- Iowa Gravestone Photo Project (update: now has over 1 million entries)
- Davis County Death Records Indexes, 1880-1900 (also has indexes for marriages and other items)
- Fayette County: Grandview Cemetery Records (from the Fayette Community Library)
- Polk County: Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery Burials (in Des Moines, Iowa)
- Polk County: Des Moines Municipal Cemeteries Interment Search
- Polk County: Des Moines Funeral Home Indexes and St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Cemetery Burials (from the Iowa Genealogical Society)
- Scott County: Pine Hill Cemetery Burials (in Davenport)
Kansas
- Johnson County: Olathe Memorial Cemetery Burials
- Osage County: Osage City Library Obituaries Index
- Riley County: Grave and Lot Locator for Sunrise and Sunset Cemeteries (in Manhattan, Kansas)
- Shawnee County: Historic Topeka Cemetery Burials Search
Kentucky
- Harrison County Funeral Home Indexes
Louisiana
- Louisiana Death Records Index 1911-1963 (update: year 1963 added)
- Calcasieu Parish Public Library Obituaries Indexes 2000-2012
Michigan
- Ottawa County: Holland Sentinel Vital Records and Obituaries Indexes (Vital records indexes include death notices, obituaries, birth announcements and other items.)
Minnesota
- Otter Tail County Historical Society Cemeteries and Obituaries
Mississippi
- Mississippi Death Index, November 1912-1943 (not complete for 1912-1921)
Missouri
- Buchanan County: St. Joseph Public Library Obituary Database (covers 1953-2011, but some years have not yet been added)
- Jackson County: Elmwood Cemetery Family History and Burial Information (in Kansas City, Missouri)
- Marion County Library Master Cemetery Index
Montana
- Cascade County: Great Falls Genealogy Society Indexes (includes cemetery burials, coroner's records and more)
- Gallatin County: Sunset Hills Cemetery Interactive Map Burials Search (in Bozeman, Montana)
- Yellowstone County Gravesite Locator (includes the following cemeteries: Boothill, Castle Butte, Custer, Mountview, Riverside, Scandia and Yellowstone County Veterans Cemetery)
New Jersey
- New Jersey Death Records Index, June 1878-June 1892 (update: 2 more years added)
New Mexico
- Hidalgo County Cemeteries
- San Juan County: Aztec Cemetery Burials (in Aztec, New Mexico)
- Santa Fe County: Fairview Cemetery Burials (in Santa Fe, New Mexico)
New York
- Livingston County Historian Genealogy Records Index (includes burials up to 1885 and other items)
North Dakota
- Burleigh County: St. Mary's Cemetery Burials (Catholic Diocese of Bismarck; two-thirds of the burials are Catholics)
- Morton County: Mandan Union Cemetery Burials
Ohio
- Diocese of Cleveland Catholic Cemeteries Burial Search (requires free registration; currently includes 4 cemeteries with more being worked on). See: Online Cleveland & Cuyahoga County, Ohio Death Records & Indexes
Oregon
- Marion County: Willamette Valley Death Records, 1838-2006 (at Ancestry/fee-based; a collection of various death records, including scanned copies of obituaries, cemetery burials and death certificates)
- Marion County: Lee Mission Cemetery Burial Search (Salem, Oregon)
Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County: Diocese of Pittsburgh Catholic Cemeteries Search
- Allegheny Cemetery - Burials Search (in Pittsburgh)
- Allegheny County: Henderson Cemetery Burials (in Acmetonia, Pennsylvania near Harmarville)
- Columbia County Genealogy Indexes (includes indexes for death certificates, obituaries, death notices and other items; from the Columbia County Historical and Genealogical Society)
- Lehigh County: Morning Call Online Obituary Index 1895-1983 (update: now complete) from the Allentown Public Library
Rhode Island
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence Cemetery Burials (update: 4 cemeteries added)
South Carolina
- Greenville County: Springwood and Richland Cemetery Viewer (City of Greenville); requires Flash; includes burials search
- Lexington County Public Library Obituary and Death Notice Index
Tennessee
- Davidson County: Calvary Catholic Cemetery Burials (Diocese of Nashville)
- Davidson County: Metropolitan Nashville/Davidson County Archives Genealogy Indexes; includes Wills Index 1783-1924, Nashville Globe Obituaries Index 1907-1918 (African American Newspaper), Birth and Marriage Indexes, and other items
Virginia
- Fauquier County: Fauquier Democrat/Times-Democrat Index (indexes births, marriages, deaths and other items; covers 1905-1983 with some years missing)
- Fredericksburg Historic Court Records (includes wills search 1782-1957)
- Loudoun County: Indexes for Births, Marriages, Deaths, Wills and other items (death index covers 1912-1917; wills index covers 1757-1946)
- Richmond City: Hollywood Cemetery Burials (also includes a database for Confederate soldiers buried in the cemetery)
Wyoming
- Big Horn Basin Cemeteries (includes cemetery burial listings in Big Horn County, Hot Springs County and Washakie County)
- Albany County: Greenhill Cemetery Burials (Laramie, Wyoming)
- Campbell County Cemeteries
- Johnson County Cemeteries and Obituaries (includes Willow Grove Cemetery burials and an index of obituaries published in the Buffalo Bulletin)
- Park County: Riverside Cemetery District Burials (in Cody, Wyoming)
- Platte County: Wheatland Cemetery Burials (includes gravestone photographs and PDFs of obituaries)
- Sublette County: Index to the Pinedale Roundup Newspaper of Sublette County, Wyoming 1904-1999
- Sublette County: Big Piney and LaBarge Area Cemeteries
- Sweetwater County: Rock Springs Cemetery Burials
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
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Happy First Birthday, Genealogy Roots Blog!
I've been doing this crazy genealogy blogging thing for a year now. I started this blog a year ago today. The original idea was to list updates to my various directories of online genealogy records. But then I started adding all sorts of unexpected things. And I made some new online friends from this.
So the Genealogy Roots Blog is now a toddler, just learning to walk...
I hope you've found some helpful genealogy sources from reading this blog. And thanks for stopping by.
So the Genealogy Roots Blog is now a toddler, just learning to walk...
I hope you've found some helpful genealogy sources from reading this blog. And thanks for stopping by.
Saturday, April 07, 2007
Illinois Genealogy: the Musical - Well, Sorta
Come on Feel the Illinoise!
Some thoughts on the great state of Illinois, having Illinois ancestors and an album called Illinois (this is actually a wacky CD review with a bit about genealogy - yeah, sneaky, I know)...
In 2005 a rather obscure musician/songwriter named Sufjan Stevens released an album called Illinois that is slowly making its way toward underground classic status. Apparently Mr. Stevens would like to make 50 such albums, one for each state, but he has quite a ways to go. In 2003 he released one for Michigan. And now just 48 states remain between him and immortality.
The first song on the Illinois album is called "Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois." And now you know that Highland is the Roswell of Illinois. My great great grandparents, Frank and Mary Appel, came (separately) from Germany and settled in Highland, Illinois in the middle of the 19th Century. Frank was briefly on the first Highland city council, but he didn't like it that pigs were roaming around everywhere, so he and the other councilmen passed a law banning livestock from the city limits. The local farmers didn't like this at all and Frank was not re-elected to the city council - he received a mere 6 votes in the election. Let this be a lesson to all you politicians out there who do stupid things. Instead he opened a saloon, which was probably frequented by space aliens and drunken pigs.
My favorite song on the Illinois CD is "Chicago" which is about the city where my brother was born. Ok, he was actually born in Cook County, in a place called Des Plaines, which is also where Ray Kroc started building his McDonald's restaurant chain.
The best thing about the album really, aside from all the melancholy songs and quirky arrangements, is the weird song titles. Here's one: "They are Night Zombies!! They are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh!" That's really one of the titles. It's an Illinois thing. You'll understand if you once lived there or live there now. Or if you have saloon-keeping great great grandfathers from Highland, Illinois, who were not liked by zombie pig farmers.
And if you're going to rhyme "Decatur" with "alligator" like Mr. Stevens does, well, I'm going to think you're cool. And I'm going to write a non-sensical genealogy blog post that has nothing to do with genealogy, but actually kinda does...
-former Cook County resident, Joe B.
You might be interested in...
Some thoughts on the great state of Illinois, having Illinois ancestors and an album called Illinois (this is actually a wacky CD review with a bit about genealogy - yeah, sneaky, I know)...
In 2005 a rather obscure musician/songwriter named Sufjan Stevens released an album called Illinois that is slowly making its way toward underground classic status. Apparently Mr. Stevens would like to make 50 such albums, one for each state, but he has quite a ways to go. In 2003 he released one for Michigan. And now just 48 states remain between him and immortality.
The first song on the Illinois album is called "Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois." And now you know that Highland is the Roswell of Illinois. My great great grandparents, Frank and Mary Appel, came (separately) from Germany and settled in Highland, Illinois in the middle of the 19th Century. Frank was briefly on the first Highland city council, but he didn't like it that pigs were roaming around everywhere, so he and the other councilmen passed a law banning livestock from the city limits. The local farmers didn't like this at all and Frank was not re-elected to the city council - he received a mere 6 votes in the election. Let this be a lesson to all you politicians out there who do stupid things. Instead he opened a saloon, which was probably frequented by space aliens and drunken pigs.My favorite song on the Illinois CD is "Chicago" which is about the city where my brother was born. Ok, he was actually born in Cook County, in a place called Des Plaines, which is also where Ray Kroc started building his McDonald's restaurant chain.
The best thing about the album really, aside from all the melancholy songs and quirky arrangements, is the weird song titles. Here's one: "They are Night Zombies!! They are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh!" That's really one of the titles. It's an Illinois thing. You'll understand if you once lived there or live there now. Or if you have saloon-keeping great great grandfathers from Highland, Illinois, who were not liked by zombie pig farmers.
And if you're going to rhyme "Decatur" with "alligator" like Mr. Stevens does, well, I'm going to think you're cool. And I'm going to write a non-sensical genealogy blog post that has nothing to do with genealogy, but actually kinda does...
-former Cook County resident, Joe B.
You might be interested in...
Saturday, November 17, 2007
A Small Collection of Online Genealogy Records
Over the last few years my various websites have accumulated a messy pile of transcribed genealogy records :) Most of these are ship passenger lists, but there are one or two other records as well. Many of the names are German and Irish, but other nationalities are also included. Even though these transcriptions are scattered around the web in a seemingly haphazard way -- there really is a method behind all of it I think, or I thought there was at the time :) -- you can search all of them from one place. Right here:
Search Some Cool, Obscure, Weird Genealogy Records and Passenger Lists
You can search by name, surname, keyword or name of ship. You can also search by topic - for example typing in naturalization records will return a list of webpages with information about how to find naturalization records. Try typing in census records or death records, that sort of thing.
Here's a list of many of the transcribed records included in the search:
About 150 New Orleans passenger lists - most from the 1840s (2 from the 1850s)
Some Baltimore passenger lists (and lists of ships to Baltimore) - from the 1830s
14 New York passenger lists - from the period 1820-1867
List of Passenger Ships from Ireland to America 1732-1749 (a few have names of passengers)
Antelope and Welcome reconstructed passenger lists (of William Penn's Fleet)
23 Pennsylvania German Pioneers Passenger Lists - from the period 1736-1807
List of Palatines from Germany to England in 1709 (most went on to America)
Passenger Arrivals in the US in the 4th Quarter of 1819
Passengers to Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia in 1823
Assorted Passengers to Savannah, Georgia 1866-1867
Some German Passengers Missed by Germans to America
Arizona World War One Alien Registration Index (partial)
Assorted Putzig, West Prussia Genealogy Records 1660-1890
Assorted Zarnowitz, West Prussia Genealogy Records 1800s
Hegensdorfer Auswanderer 1824-1893 (Emigrants from Hegensdorf, Germany)
None of this is comprehensive or amazing or anything, but a few people have found their ancestors in these records, maybe you will too, or maybe you'll find some useful tips if you search by topic.
Search Some Cool, Obscure, Weird Genealogy Records and Passenger Lists
You can search by name, surname, keyword or name of ship. You can also search by topic - for example typing in naturalization records will return a list of webpages with information about how to find naturalization records. Try typing in census records or death records, that sort of thing.
Here's a list of many of the transcribed records included in the search:
About 150 New Orleans passenger lists - most from the 1840s (2 from the 1850s)
Some Baltimore passenger lists (and lists of ships to Baltimore) - from the 1830s
14 New York passenger lists - from the period 1820-1867
List of Passenger Ships from Ireland to America 1732-1749 (a few have names of passengers)
Antelope and Welcome reconstructed passenger lists (of William Penn's Fleet)
23 Pennsylvania German Pioneers Passenger Lists - from the period 1736-1807
List of Palatines from Germany to England in 1709 (most went on to America)
Passenger Arrivals in the US in the 4th Quarter of 1819
Passengers to Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia in 1823
Assorted Passengers to Savannah, Georgia 1866-1867
Some German Passengers Missed by Germans to America
Arizona World War One Alien Registration Index (partial)
Assorted Putzig, West Prussia Genealogy Records 1660-1890
Assorted Zarnowitz, West Prussia Genealogy Records 1800s
Hegensdorfer Auswanderer 1824-1893 (Emigrants from Hegensdorf, Germany)
None of this is comprehensive or amazing or anything, but a few people have found their ancestors in these records, maybe you will too, or maybe you'll find some useful tips if you search by topic.
Friday, July 25, 2008
20 Things That Make Genealogy Fun
This is intended to be a bunch of silly nonsense. So please don't take it too seriously.
Your ancestors are named Anna Maria and Johann. You'll love it here: German Roots: German Genealogy Resources
Your ancestors are named Mary and James Patrick O'Connor: Irish Genealogy Resources
You've been playing the "Juan Baca Game..." New Mexico Genealogy Resources
Don't know what M237 means? You do now... National Archives Microfilm Publication M237: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, NY, 1820-1897, which of course, has been digitized.
The Fate of the 1890 Census Stupid cow!
This is a revised and reduced version of my original "25 Things that Make Genealogy Fun" list. So yeah basically I stole this from myself. Please don't bother with the original one. Note lack of link.
- In Germany all the women are named Anna Maria and all the men are named Johann. This was done to confuse genealogists.
- In Mexico all the women are named Maria and all the men are named Juan. This was done to confuse genealogists.
- In Ireland all the women are named Mary and all the men are named James Patrick O'Connor. This was done for "fun in the pub."
- In New Mexico the "Kevin Bacon Game" is called the "Juan Baca Game." No one knows who Juan Baca was, but everyone in New Mexico can trace their ancestors to him.
- In Boston the "Kevin Bacon Game" is called the "James Patrick O'Connor Game." And you're only allowed to play with a Boston accent. For tips on fine tuning your Boston accent see the Academy Award winning Martin Scorsese film, the Depahhted.
- The record you need is always at the end of the microfilm roll.
- The records at the beginning of the roll are clear and easy to read with beautiful penmenship. By the time you scroll to the end of the roll where the record you need is located, everything is a blurry mess.
- Oh nevermind. They're gonna digitize all of it soon anyway, right?
- You actually know what M237 means. You freak.
- All of your ancestors settled in Chicago. Whenever you can't find something about them you curse Mrs. O'Leary's cow.
- That same cow is probably responsible for the loss of the 1890 census.
- Stupid cow.
- You wonder why a non-profit religious organization can distribute National Archives microfilm better than the National Archives.
- You wish the founding fathers had thought up Social Security so the Social Security Death Index would begin around, oh, 1780 or so.
- When someone first tells you their last name you immediately convert it into a Soundex code. This kind of behavior is so not normal. Er wait a minute, since everything has been/will be digitized we don't need Soundex codes anymore, right?
- Your ancestors did not swim to America.
- You are not a Cherokee princess.
- None of your ancestors knew Jesse James.
- But my Apache princess ancestor knew Billy the Kid.
- So yeah, my ancestors are cooler than yours. Well of course everyone thinks that... Ok, number 19 is not really true.
Your ancestors are named Anna Maria and Johann. You'll love it here: German Roots: German Genealogy Resources
Your ancestors are named Mary and James Patrick O'Connor: Irish Genealogy Resources
You've been playing the "Juan Baca Game..." New Mexico Genealogy Resources
Don't know what M237 means? You do now... National Archives Microfilm Publication M237: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, NY, 1820-1897, which of course, has been digitized.
The Fate of the 1890 Census Stupid cow!
This is a revised and reduced version of my original "25 Things that Make Genealogy Fun" list. So yeah basically I stole this from myself. Please don't bother with the original one. Note lack of link.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Happy Birthday, Genealogy Roots Blog!
Oops! While I wasn't paying attention, the Genealogy Roots Blog quietly turned 2. Yesterday was the blog's second anniversary. My first post, about the Missouri Death Certificates Index, was on April 18, 2006.
So a humble and slightly late happy birthday to the Genealogy Roots Blog. A big thank you to everyone who reads this.
Also, we have some new subscribers who are coming over from the old Genealogy Roots Newsletter, which is being shut down and replaced by this blog. The newsletter that inspired this blog goes back to 2001. So welcome new subscribers. Thanks for dropping by.
Hello to Randy Seaver and Megan Smolenyak, who also started genealogy blogging in April 2006.
So a humble and slightly late happy birthday to the Genealogy Roots Blog. A big thank you to everyone who reads this.
Also, we have some new subscribers who are coming over from the old Genealogy Roots Newsletter, which is being shut down and replaced by this blog. The newsletter that inspired this blog goes back to 2001. So welcome new subscribers. Thanks for dropping by.
Hello to Randy Seaver and Megan Smolenyak, who also started genealogy blogging in April 2006.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Online Death Indexes and Records - Latest Additions and Updates
The Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records directory has been updated with links to the following items...
Alabama
- Alabama Death Index 1908-1974 from FamilySearch Labs
Alaska
- Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery Burials
Arkansas
- Arkansas Gravestones (has over 170,000 gravestone photos)
- Pike County Genealogy Records Indexes (includes some cemetery burials for Clark, Hot Spring, Montgomery and Pike Counties)
- Sebastian County Cemeteries
Colorado
- Arapahoe County: Columbine Genealogical & Historical Society Indexes (includes: Littleton Cemetery Interment Records 1869-1981, Nickels-Hill-Drinkwine Mortuary Records 1915-1950, Obituary Index for the Littleton Independent Newspaper/ongoing project, and other items)
Florida
- Florida Death Index 1877-1939 from FamilySearch Labs
Georgia
- Floyd County: City of Rome Cemeteries (3 city owned cemeteries can be searched for burials)
- Muscogee County: Columbus, Georgia Newspapers Obituary Project 1872-1918
Illinois
- Whiteside County: Sterling Daily Gazette Index from the Sterling Public Library (includes obituaries)
Indiana
- Cass County: Logansport Pharos Tribune Obituaries Index 1974-1980 and 1992-1999
- Cass County Cemeteries
- Henry County Death Records Index 1880-2000
- Howard County Cemeteries and Kokomo Tribune Obituary Index 1941-2008
- Miami County: WPA Death Index 1882-1920 (also includes cemeteries and other death indexes)
- Switzerland County: Vevay Newspaper Index 1840, 1853-1858 (births, marriages & deaths) ongoing project
Kansas
- Atchison County Online Cemetery Files
- Pratt County Cemeteries
Massachusetts
- Hampshire County: Burials in North and West Cemeteries in Amherst
- Nantucket County: Nantucket Grave Markers Database Search ("not comprehensive")
- Plymouth County: Plymouth Colony Archive Project (includes wills and probate inventories, 1600s)
Michigan
- Berrien County: Silverbrook Cemetery Grave Search (Niles, Michigan)
- Calhoun County: Albion Area Obituaries Index 2001-recent
- Van Buren County: Hartford Obituary Index (various years; also includes some cemeteries)
- Van Buren County: Paw Paw Township Cemetery Burials
Minnesota
- Ramsey County: Roselawn Cemetery Burials (Roseville, MN)
New Jersey
- Hudson County Genealogical Society - Genealogy Databases (includes indexes for newspaper death notices, cemetery burials and more)
- Warren County: Belvidere Apollo Obituary Index 1826-1899 (from the Warren County Public Library)
New Mexico
- Santa Fe and New Mexico Obituary Index 1870s to 2005 (not complete; for the second half of the 20th century covers Santa Fe only)
New York
- Fulton County Cemeteries
- Monroe County: Webster Union Cemetery Burials (Webster, New York)
- Nassau County: Town of Oyster Bay Genealogy Indexes (includes historic cemeteries, death index 1881-1920 and other items)
North Carolina
- North Carolina Deaths 1906-1930 from FamilySearch Labs (includes digitized images of the death records)
- Wake County: North Carolina Family Records Online (includes "Marriage and Death Notices from the Raleigh Register and North Carolina State Gazette: 1799-1893" and 220 family Bible records)
Oklahoma
- Logan County: Summit View Cemetery Burials (Guthrie, Oklahoma)
- Oklahoma County: Oklahoma City Oklahoman Obituaries Index 1972-2008 (some years missing; work in progress) also has deaths found in OKC City Directories 1918 & 1920-1923
Pennsylvania
- Delaware County: Arlington Cemetery Burials (Drexel Hill, PA)
South Carolina
- South Carolina Death Index 1915-1955 from FamilySearch Labs (includes digitized images of the death records from 1915-1943)
- Charleston County Probate Court: Estate/Will & Conservatorship/Guardianship Records Search
Tennessee
- Tennessee Death Index 1914-1928 (udpate: year 1928 added)
- Shelby County: Baron Hirsch Jewish Cemetery Burials (Memphis)
Texas
- Burnet County Obituary Index 1876-1910 (from the Burnet County Genealogical Society)
- Burnet County GenWeb - Genealogy Indexes (includes some cemetery transcriptions and obituary indexes)
- Liberty County Birth, Marriage and Death Index
- Williamson County Cemeteries
Vermont
- Northeast Kingdom Vermont Genealogy (has cemetery listings and other indexes for Caledonia County, Essex County and Orleans County)
See: The Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
Alabama
- Alabama Death Index 1908-1974 from FamilySearch Labs
Alaska
- Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery Burials
Arkansas
- Arkansas Gravestones (has over 170,000 gravestone photos)
- Pike County Genealogy Records Indexes (includes some cemetery burials for Clark, Hot Spring, Montgomery and Pike Counties)
- Sebastian County Cemeteries
Colorado
- Arapahoe County: Columbine Genealogical & Historical Society Indexes (includes: Littleton Cemetery Interment Records 1869-1981, Nickels-Hill-Drinkwine Mortuary Records 1915-1950, Obituary Index for the Littleton Independent Newspaper/ongoing project, and other items)
Florida
- Florida Death Index 1877-1939 from FamilySearch Labs
Georgia
- Floyd County: City of Rome Cemeteries (3 city owned cemeteries can be searched for burials)
- Muscogee County: Columbus, Georgia Newspapers Obituary Project 1872-1918
Illinois
- Whiteside County: Sterling Daily Gazette Index from the Sterling Public Library (includes obituaries)
Indiana
- Cass County: Logansport Pharos Tribune Obituaries Index 1974-1980 and 1992-1999
- Cass County Cemeteries
- Henry County Death Records Index 1880-2000
- Howard County Cemeteries and Kokomo Tribune Obituary Index 1941-2008
- Miami County: WPA Death Index 1882-1920 (also includes cemeteries and other death indexes)
- Switzerland County: Vevay Newspaper Index 1840, 1853-1858 (births, marriages & deaths) ongoing project
Kansas
- Atchison County Online Cemetery Files
- Pratt County Cemeteries
Massachusetts
- Hampshire County: Burials in North and West Cemeteries in Amherst
- Nantucket County: Nantucket Grave Markers Database Search ("not comprehensive")
- Plymouth County: Plymouth Colony Archive Project (includes wills and probate inventories, 1600s)
Michigan
- Berrien County: Silverbrook Cemetery Grave Search (Niles, Michigan)
- Calhoun County: Albion Area Obituaries Index 2001-recent
- Van Buren County: Hartford Obituary Index (various years; also includes some cemeteries)
- Van Buren County: Paw Paw Township Cemetery Burials
Minnesota
- Ramsey County: Roselawn Cemetery Burials (Roseville, MN)
New Jersey
- Hudson County Genealogical Society - Genealogy Databases (includes indexes for newspaper death notices, cemetery burials and more)
- Warren County: Belvidere Apollo Obituary Index 1826-1899 (from the Warren County Public Library)
New Mexico
- Santa Fe and New Mexico Obituary Index 1870s to 2005 (not complete; for the second half of the 20th century covers Santa Fe only)
New York
- Fulton County Cemeteries
- Monroe County: Webster Union Cemetery Burials (Webster, New York)
- Nassau County: Town of Oyster Bay Genealogy Indexes (includes historic cemeteries, death index 1881-1920 and other items)
North Carolina
- North Carolina Deaths 1906-1930 from FamilySearch Labs (includes digitized images of the death records)
- Wake County: North Carolina Family Records Online (includes "Marriage and Death Notices from the Raleigh Register and North Carolina State Gazette: 1799-1893" and 220 family Bible records)
Oklahoma
- Logan County: Summit View Cemetery Burials (Guthrie, Oklahoma)
- Oklahoma County: Oklahoma City Oklahoman Obituaries Index 1972-2008 (some years missing; work in progress) also has deaths found in OKC City Directories 1918 & 1920-1923
Pennsylvania
- Delaware County: Arlington Cemetery Burials (Drexel Hill, PA)
South Carolina
- South Carolina Death Index 1915-1955 from FamilySearch Labs (includes digitized images of the death records from 1915-1943)
- Charleston County Probate Court: Estate/Will & Conservatorship/Guardianship Records Search
Tennessee
- Tennessee Death Index 1914-1928 (udpate: year 1928 added)
- Shelby County: Baron Hirsch Jewish Cemetery Burials (Memphis)
Texas
- Burnet County Obituary Index 1876-1910 (from the Burnet County Genealogical Society)
- Burnet County GenWeb - Genealogy Indexes (includes some cemetery transcriptions and obituary indexes)
- Liberty County Birth, Marriage and Death Index
- Williamson County Cemeteries
Vermont
- Northeast Kingdom Vermont Genealogy (has cemetery listings and other indexes for Caledonia County, Essex County and Orleans County)
See: The Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
Tuesday, April 01, 2014
Online Death Records, Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries - Latest Additions and Updates
The Online Death Indexes and Records website has been updated with links to the following items...
Arizona
- Arizona Death Records Index 1844-1963 & Birth Index 1855-1938 (update: year 1963 added to the death index; year 1938 added to the birth index)
Arkansas
- Saline County Library Obituaries Index
California
- Alameda County: Berkeley Daily Gazette Obituary Index (for assorted years 1894-1979)
- Alameda County: Tri-Valley Newspapers Index of Obituaries 1874-2004 (Livermore area)
- Amador County Cemeteries
Connecticut
- See: Recently Added Connecticut Cemetery, Obituary and Death Records Indexes
Delaware
- Delaware Genealogy Collections Gateway: Death and Probate Records Indexes (includes indexes for death registers, coroner records, probate records and more)
- New Castle County Wills Search
Georgia
- Hall County: Alta Vista Cemetery Burials (Gainesville, Georgia)
Illinois
- Kane County Genealogy Indexes (for Birth Certificates 75 years or older; Marriage Licenses 50 years or older; and Death Certificates 20 years or older; requires free registration; copies of the records can be ordered online for a fee.)
- Lake County Genealogical Records Index (indexes birth, marriage and death records prior to January 1, 1916)
Kansas
- Phillips County: Fairview Cemetery Records (Phillipsburg, Kansas)
- Shawnee County: Mount Auburn Cemetery Burials (Topeka, Kansas)
Kentucky
- Boyle County Genealogy and Vital Records Indexes (includes indexes for deaths, obituaries, cemeteries, marriages and more; also has some genealogy indexes for Casey County)
Massachusetts
- Hampden County: Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887 from FamilySearch
- Worcester County: Worcester City Death Certificates Search 1978-present
Michigan
- Kent County: Burials in 8 Grand Rapids City Cemeteries
- Ottawa County: Pilgrim Home Cemetery and Graafschap Cemetery Burials (Holland, Michigan; the city of Holland is in Ottawa and Allegan Counties)
Minnesota
- Wilkin County Historical Society Obituaries Index
Mississippi
- Alcorn County Cemeteries
- Prentiss County Obituaries and Cemeteries
- Tishomingo County: Cutshall Funeral Home Records (Iuka, Mississippi); for assorted years 1929-1990
Missouri
- Missouri Death Certificates Index and Images 1910-1963 (update: year 1963 added)
Nebraska
- Douglas County: Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Omaha Genealogy Lookup
New Jersey
- New Jersey Death Records Index, June 1878-June 1890 (update: more years added)
New York
- New York State Genealogical Research Death Index 1957-1963; does not include New York City (update: year 1963 added)
- Monroe County: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Burials (in Rochester, New York) and Ascension Garden Burials (in Henrietta, New York)
North Carolina
- North Carolina WPA Cemetery Survey Records - Tombstone Transcription Project
Ohio
- Ohio Obituaries Index 1810s-recent from the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center (update: several more counties added)
- Ashtabula County Genealogical Society Gravestone Photos Project
- Preble County: Mound Hill Cemetery Burials (Eaton, Ohio)
Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Death Records Indexes 1906-1963 (update: year 1963 added)
- Bucks County Genealogical Society Database (includes births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials)
- Montgomery County and Bucks County: Mennonite Heritage Center Cemetery Database (has nearly 86,000 burial records from 125 cemeteries)
South Carolina
- South Carolina Death Index 1915-1963 (update: year 1963 added)
Texas
- Bexar County: San Antonio Death Records Index, 1873-1926, and Birth Records Index, 1896-1936 (includes scanned copies of the birth and death indexes)
Wisconsin
- Richland County Cemeteries (also has Richland Observer Obituary Index 1970 to recent)
- Richland County: Richland Center Cemetery and Bowen Cemetery Burials (Richland Center, Wisconsin)
This is a list of the most recent additions. There are links for many more death records indexes at: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
Arizona
- Arizona Death Records Index 1844-1963 & Birth Index 1855-1938 (update: year 1963 added to the death index; year 1938 added to the birth index)
Arkansas
- Saline County Library Obituaries Index
California
- Alameda County: Berkeley Daily Gazette Obituary Index (for assorted years 1894-1979)
- Alameda County: Tri-Valley Newspapers Index of Obituaries 1874-2004 (Livermore area)
- Amador County Cemeteries
Connecticut
- See: Recently Added Connecticut Cemetery, Obituary and Death Records Indexes
Delaware
- Delaware Genealogy Collections Gateway: Death and Probate Records Indexes (includes indexes for death registers, coroner records, probate records and more)
- New Castle County Wills Search
Georgia
- Hall County: Alta Vista Cemetery Burials (Gainesville, Georgia)
Illinois
- Kane County Genealogy Indexes (for Birth Certificates 75 years or older; Marriage Licenses 50 years or older; and Death Certificates 20 years or older; requires free registration; copies of the records can be ordered online for a fee.)
- Lake County Genealogical Records Index (indexes birth, marriage and death records prior to January 1, 1916)
Kansas
- Phillips County: Fairview Cemetery Records (Phillipsburg, Kansas)
- Shawnee County: Mount Auburn Cemetery Burials (Topeka, Kansas)
Kentucky
- Boyle County Genealogy and Vital Records Indexes (includes indexes for deaths, obituaries, cemeteries, marriages and more; also has some genealogy indexes for Casey County)
Massachusetts
- Hampden County: Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887 from FamilySearch
- Worcester County: Worcester City Death Certificates Search 1978-present
Michigan
- Kent County: Burials in 8 Grand Rapids City Cemeteries
- Ottawa County: Pilgrim Home Cemetery and Graafschap Cemetery Burials (Holland, Michigan; the city of Holland is in Ottawa and Allegan Counties)
Minnesota
- Wilkin County Historical Society Obituaries Index
Mississippi
- Alcorn County Cemeteries
- Prentiss County Obituaries and Cemeteries
- Tishomingo County: Cutshall Funeral Home Records (Iuka, Mississippi); for assorted years 1929-1990
Missouri
- Missouri Death Certificates Index and Images 1910-1963 (update: year 1963 added)
Nebraska
- Douglas County: Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Omaha Genealogy Lookup
New Jersey
- New Jersey Death Records Index, June 1878-June 1890 (update: more years added)
New York
- New York State Genealogical Research Death Index 1957-1963; does not include New York City (update: year 1963 added)
- Monroe County: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Burials (in Rochester, New York) and Ascension Garden Burials (in Henrietta, New York)
North Carolina
- North Carolina WPA Cemetery Survey Records - Tombstone Transcription Project
Ohio
- Ohio Obituaries Index 1810s-recent from the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center (update: several more counties added)
- Ashtabula County Genealogical Society Gravestone Photos Project
- Preble County: Mound Hill Cemetery Burials (Eaton, Ohio)
Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Death Records Indexes 1906-1963 (update: year 1963 added)
- Bucks County Genealogical Society Database (includes births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials)
- Montgomery County and Bucks County: Mennonite Heritage Center Cemetery Database (has nearly 86,000 burial records from 125 cemeteries)
South Carolina
- South Carolina Death Index 1915-1963 (update: year 1963 added)
Texas
- Bexar County: San Antonio Death Records Index, 1873-1926, and Birth Records Index, 1896-1936 (includes scanned copies of the birth and death indexes)
Wisconsin
- Richland County Cemeteries (also has Richland Observer Obituary Index 1970 to recent)
- Richland County: Richland Center Cemetery and Bowen Cemetery Burials (Richland Center, Wisconsin)
This is a list of the most recent additions. There are links for many more death records indexes at: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
Sunday, February 24, 2019
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, 1870-1968; and Birth Certificates, 1855-1943 (update: year 1968 added to the death records and year 1943 added to the birth records)
- Arizona Obituaries (a collection of over 85,000 transcribed Arizona obituaries, c. 2006-recent)
- Gila County Cemetery Records, 1927-1994 (from FamilySearch; for Dudleyville, Ft. Grant, Mammoth, Superior, Ray, and Hayden cemeteries; coverage may vary by cemetery)
- Pinal County GenWeb (includes some cemetery burials; death index, 1887-1908, and other items)
California
- Fresno County: Selma Cemetery District Burial Search
- Kern County Cemeteries
- Kern County: Bakersfield Californian Obituaries Indexes, 2001-2002
- Los Angeles: California County Birth and Death Records at FamilySearch (includes some digitized Los Angeles death certificates from c.1905-c.1963) For info see: Online Los Angeles, California Death Records and Indexes
- Sacramento Cemetery Records, 1900-1959 from FamilySearch
- Sacramento County: Sylvan Cemetery Burials Search (Citrus Heights, CA)
- San Francisco County Genealogy Records, 1824-1997 from FamilySearch (includes coroner's records, probate indexes, marriage licenses, and other items; coverage varies by type of record)
Colorado
- Boulder County: Longmont Genealogical Society Projects (includes Shaw Mortuary Burial Records, Longmont Ledger Newspaper Index (births, marriages, and deaths), some cemetery burials, and other items)
- Denver County Probate Case Files, 1900-1925 at FamilySearch; digitized images only
- El Paso County: Roman Catholic Diocese of Colorado Springs Sacramental Records, 1800-1967 (at Ancestry/requires payment) includes baptism, marriage and burial records for parishes in Colorado Springs and nearby cities; coverage varies by parish
Connecticut
- Connecticut Vital Records Prior to 1850 (Barbour Index) from FamilySearch
Delaware
- Delaware Vital Records Indexes, 1650-1974 at FamilySearch (includes birth, marriage, death, bible, and cemetery indexes; coverage varies by place and type of record; includes images of the index cards)
Georgia
- Georgia Death Certificates, 1928-1942 Index and Images at FamilySearch (update: years 1941 and 1942 added)
Hawaii
- Hawaii, Kauai County Obituaries, 1982-2010 from FamilySearch
Idaho
- Idaho: County Birth and Death Records, 1883-1929 at FamilySearch (Includes digitized birth and death registers for Ada, Bannock, Bingham, Blaine, Bonner, Bonneville, Boundary, Canyon, Cassia, Clearwater, Elmore, Fremont, Kootenai, Latah, Nez Perce, Owyhee, Shoshone, Twin Falls and Washington counties. Coverage varies by county.)
- Idaho County Records from FamilySearch (for Butte, Cassia, Elmore, Gooding, Lemhi, Lincoln, Madison, Minidoka and Twin Falls Counties; some of these have probate records or coroner's records or other items of genealogical interest; some of the records may not yet be indexed)
- Bonneville County: Rose Hill Cemetery Records, 1800-2007 (Idaho Falls) from FamilySearch
Illinois
- Cook County: Southern Cook County Obituaries, ca. 1970-1990 from FamilySearch; compiled by the South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society
- LaSalle County: Local Newspaper Indexes (includes indexes for some deaths and obituaries; from the Peru Public Library)
- Macon County: Decatur Public Library Collections, 1879-2007 from FamilySearch (includes obituary indexes, 1879-2007)
- Madison County: Collinsville Herald Assorted Obituaries (date range not given)
- Marion County: Elmwood Cemetery Transcriptions, 1853-2009 from FamilySearch (in Centralia, Illinois)
- Marion County: Elmwood Cemetery Grave Listing (in Centralia, Illinois)
- McHenry Plaindealer Obituary Indexes, August 1875 through April 1890 (ongoing project); and 1949-1984 (1950 is missing); from the McHenry Public Library District
- Stephenson County: Cedarville Cemetery Record Index from FamilySearch
- Stephenson County: Lena Park Cemetery Transcriptions, 1854-1983 from FamilySearch
Indiana
- Adams County: Adams Public Library: Index for the Decatur Daily Democrat (includes obituaries)
- Lake County: Crown Point Community Library Obituary Index
- Ripley County: Greendale Cemetery Records, 1861-2007 (Osgood, Indiana) from FamilySearch
- Steuben County Obituaries (assorted)
Iowa
- Allamakee County Historical Society Genealogy Indexes (includes indexes for wills/probates and coroner's inquests)
- Monroe County: Card Index of Births, Deaths and Marriages from Newspaper Clippings, 1898-2015 from FamilySearch
Kansas
- Leavenworth County Deaths, 1891-1911 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
Kentucky
- Jefferson County: Louisville Cemetery Index Cards, 1840-1988 from FamilySearch
- Trimble County Obituaries, 1928-1989
Louisiana
- Louisiana Tombstone Inscriptions, 1812-1970 at FamilySearch (for assorted cemeteries in Louisiana; coverage varies by parish and cemetery)
Maine
- Knox County Cemetery Records, ca. 1800-2007 at FamilySearch
- Maine, Tombstone Inscriptions, Surname Index, 1620-2014 at FamilySearch (for assorted cemeteries in Maine; has 129,000 entries)
Maryland
- Baltimore, Loudon Park Cemetery Records, 1853-1986 at FamilySearch
Michigan
- Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006 at FamilySearch (indexed collection of scanned obituaries from some public libraries in Michigan; has over 1 million images)
- Michigan Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880 at FamilySearch
Minnesota
- Minnesota: County Deaths, 1850-2001 at FamilySearch (coverage varies by county; some counties have very few or no records) (update: images have now been indexed)
- Clay and Steele County Obituaries, 1865-2006 at FamilySearch
- Wright County, City of St. Michael and Frankfort Township, Birth and Death Records, 1900-1953 from FamilySearch (includes some entries prior to 1900)
- Yellow Medicine County Death Records, 1872-1910
Montana
- Montana Genealogy Records for Various Counties from FamilySearch (for Beaverhead, Big Horn, Cascade, Chouteau, Flathead, Granite, Judith Basin, Lake, Meagher, Pondera, Rosebud, Sanders, Sweet Grass, Teton, Toole, and Yellowstone Counties; some of these have death certificates or probate records and other items of genealogical interest; some of the records have not yet been indexed)
- Deer Lodge County: Anaconda, Cemetery Records, 1878-2005 from FamilySearch
- Mineral County Obituaries, 1870-2010 from FamilySearch
New Hampshire
- Hillsborough County: Manchester Cemetery Records, 1800-2007 from FamilySearch
- Hillsborough County, Manchester, Obituaries, 1800-2007 from FamilySearch
- Hillsborough County: Woodlawn and Edgewood Cemetery Search (Nashua, NH)
- Merrimack County: Concord Public Library Obituary Index, 1971-recent
- Rockingham County: Derry News Obituary Index, c. 1880-recent (from the Derry Public Library)
- Strafford County: Rochester Public Library Obituary Indexes (for the Rochester Courier, 1884-1993; the Rochester Times, 1993-2017; and Fosters Daily Democrat, 2015-ongoing)
New Jersey
- New Jersey Death Records Indexes, May 1848-June 1899 from the NJ State Archives (update: July 1897-June 1899 added)
- Hudson County: Holy Name Cemetery, Card Index of Interment, 1849-1984 from FamilySearch; Catholic Cemetery in Jersey City
New Mexico
- Grant County Catholic Church Records (and other records) (digitized microfilm from FamilySearch)
New York State
- New York State Genealogical Research Death Index, 1957 to 1968 (update: February to December 1968 added)
- New York State Death Index, 1880-1956 at Ancestry/requires payment (update: 1852-1944 added for the city of Buffalo)
- Chautauqua County Cemetery Indexes
- Jefferson County Vital Records, 1847-1849
- Tompkins County Cemeteries
- Yates County Cemeteries
North Carolina
- North Carolina 1930s Works Project Administration (WPA) Cemetery Surveys (from the North Carolina Digital Collections; some counties not included)
Ohio
- Carroll County Veteran Grave Registrations, 1817-1980 from FamilySearch
- Clark County: Ferncliff Cemetery Burials (in Springfield, Ohio)
- Clermont County: Mt. Moriah Cemetery Burials Search (in Union Township)
- Columbiana County: Salem News Obituaries Index 1936-2018, and Grandview Cemetery Association Burial Database (update: more years added to the obituaries index)
- Coshocton County: Coshocton Public Library Genealogy and Local History (includes Index of Estates, 1811-1960; and other items)
- Hamilton County, Ohio Morgue Records, 1887-1930
- Hamilton County: Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati Burials Database
- Hamilton County: Mt. Washington Cemetery Burials
- Hancock County Probate Court Search (includes estates and marriages)
- Licking County: Hartford (Croton) Township Records, 1881-1962 (Burial Records and Cemetery Deeds) from FamilySearch
- Trumbull County: Bloomfield Township, Brownwood Cemetery Records, 1824-2012 from FamilySearch
- Washington County: Marietta Cemetery Records, 1788-2013 from FamilySearch
Oregon
- Deschutes County: Bend Bulletin Newspaper Indexes, 1903-1994 (update: more years added)
- Linn County Death Certificates, c.1903-1965 (indexed) includes digitized images of the death certificates (also has an index for obituaries and other items)
- Marion County: Oregon State Hospital List of Unclaimed Cremains
- Tillamook County Obituaries Index, 1871-recent (update: more years added)
- Umatilla County: Olney Cemetery Records (Pendleton, Oregon)
Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Death Records Indexes, 1906-1968 (update: year 1968 added)
- Schuylkill County: Schuylkill Haven, Funeral Home Obituary Cards, 1914-2007 at FamilySearch
Texas
- Bexar County Vital Records Index (Births and Deaths) (Date range not given, but it appears to cover c.1940s-c.2000s for births and c.1960s-c.2000s for deaths.)
- Bexar County Cemeteries (some with burial indexes)
- Bexar County: San Antonio Cemetery Records, 1893-2007 from FamilySearch (includes records from the Odd Fellows Cemetery, Old City Cemetery, and San Jose Burial Park)
- Comanche County Records, 1858-1955 from FamilySearch (includes digitized death records, c.1904 to 1982 (not yet indexed), and other items)
- Harris County: Historic Hollywood Cemetery Records, 1895-2008 (Houston) from FamilySearch
- Mills County Clerk Records, 1841-1985 from FamilySearch (includes digitized death records, 1903-1985, and other genealogy records; many of the items are not indexed, but images of the records can be browsed)
- Swisher County Genealogy Records, 1879-2012 at FamilySearch (includes death records or registers, 1903-1989 with some years missing; an index to deaths, 1903-2012; and other items; coverage varies by type of record; not yet complete)
Utah
- Utah Death Certificates Index, 1905-1967 (update: year 1967 added)
Virginia
- Virginia Death Certificates, June 1912-1987 from FamilySearch
- Virginia Death Records Index, 1912-2014; and Death Certificates, 1912-1991 at Ancestry/requires payment (update: years 1988-1991 added to the digitized death certificates)
- Virginia, Jewish Cemetery Records Index, ca. 1800-1986 from FamilySearch
- Charlotte County Cemetery Indexes (also has other genealogy indexes; from the Charlotte County Historical and Genealogical Society)
- Fluvanna County: Colbert Funeral Home Records, 1929-1976 from FamilySearch
- Lynchburg: Diuguid Funeral Home records, 1820-1971 from FamilySearch (Index and images of records from Old City and Spring Hill Cemeteries, Lynchburg, Virginia)
Washington
- Washington (State) Death Certificates, 1907-1960 from FamilySearch (update: most entries now have images)
- Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960 (digitized microfilm from FamilySearch)
- Washington Death Index, 1960-1964 (digitized microfilm from FamilySearch; surnames are arranged by Soundex code)
- Clallam County Genealogical Society Obituaries Database
West Virginia
- West Virginia Death Index, 1853-1970 at FamilySearch; includes statewide death index for 1917-1956, and a county death index for 1853-1970 (appears to end c. 1973); coverage for the county death index varies by county; entries in this database link to images offsite
- West Virginia Death Records and Index, 1853-1968; coverage varies by county (update: year 1968 added)
Wisconsin
- Winnefox Vital Records Index (indexes vital records from newspapers in Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette, Waushara, and Winnebago Counties; coverage varies by county)
- Manitowoc Genealogy and Local History Database (includes a death notice and obituary index, 2017-current, and other items; ongoing project)
- Manitowoc County: Cemetery Records of Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
- Waupaca County Cemeteries and Obituaries
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
Arizona
- Arizona Death Certificates, 1870-1968; and Birth Certificates, 1855-1943 (update: year 1968 added to the death records and year 1943 added to the birth records)
- Arizona Obituaries (a collection of over 85,000 transcribed Arizona obituaries, c. 2006-recent)
- Gila County Cemetery Records, 1927-1994 (from FamilySearch; for Dudleyville, Ft. Grant, Mammoth, Superior, Ray, and Hayden cemeteries; coverage may vary by cemetery)
- Pinal County GenWeb (includes some cemetery burials; death index, 1887-1908, and other items)
California
- Fresno County: Selma Cemetery District Burial Search
- Kern County Cemeteries
- Kern County: Bakersfield Californian Obituaries Indexes, 2001-2002
- Los Angeles: California County Birth and Death Records at FamilySearch (includes some digitized Los Angeles death certificates from c.1905-c.1963) For info see: Online Los Angeles, California Death Records and Indexes
- Sacramento Cemetery Records, 1900-1959 from FamilySearch
- Sacramento County: Sylvan Cemetery Burials Search (Citrus Heights, CA)
- San Francisco County Genealogy Records, 1824-1997 from FamilySearch (includes coroner's records, probate indexes, marriage licenses, and other items; coverage varies by type of record)
Colorado
- Boulder County: Longmont Genealogical Society Projects (includes Shaw Mortuary Burial Records, Longmont Ledger Newspaper Index (births, marriages, and deaths), some cemetery burials, and other items)
- Denver County Probate Case Files, 1900-1925 at FamilySearch; digitized images only
- El Paso County: Roman Catholic Diocese of Colorado Springs Sacramental Records, 1800-1967 (at Ancestry/requires payment) includes baptism, marriage and burial records for parishes in Colorado Springs and nearby cities; coverage varies by parish
Connecticut
- Connecticut Vital Records Prior to 1850 (Barbour Index) from FamilySearch
Delaware
- Delaware Vital Records Indexes, 1650-1974 at FamilySearch (includes birth, marriage, death, bible, and cemetery indexes; coverage varies by place and type of record; includes images of the index cards)
Georgia
- Georgia Death Certificates, 1928-1942 Index and Images at FamilySearch (update: years 1941 and 1942 added)
Hawaii
- Hawaii, Kauai County Obituaries, 1982-2010 from FamilySearch
Idaho
- Idaho: County Birth and Death Records, 1883-1929 at FamilySearch (Includes digitized birth and death registers for Ada, Bannock, Bingham, Blaine, Bonner, Bonneville, Boundary, Canyon, Cassia, Clearwater, Elmore, Fremont, Kootenai, Latah, Nez Perce, Owyhee, Shoshone, Twin Falls and Washington counties. Coverage varies by county.)
- Idaho County Records from FamilySearch (for Butte, Cassia, Elmore, Gooding, Lemhi, Lincoln, Madison, Minidoka and Twin Falls Counties; some of these have probate records or coroner's records or other items of genealogical interest; some of the records may not yet be indexed)
- Bonneville County: Rose Hill Cemetery Records, 1800-2007 (Idaho Falls) from FamilySearch
Illinois
- Cook County: Southern Cook County Obituaries, ca. 1970-1990 from FamilySearch; compiled by the South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society
- LaSalle County: Local Newspaper Indexes (includes indexes for some deaths and obituaries; from the Peru Public Library)
- Macon County: Decatur Public Library Collections, 1879-2007 from FamilySearch (includes obituary indexes, 1879-2007)
- Madison County: Collinsville Herald Assorted Obituaries (date range not given)
- Marion County: Elmwood Cemetery Transcriptions, 1853-2009 from FamilySearch (in Centralia, Illinois)
- Marion County: Elmwood Cemetery Grave Listing (in Centralia, Illinois)
- McHenry Plaindealer Obituary Indexes, August 1875 through April 1890 (ongoing project); and 1949-1984 (1950 is missing); from the McHenry Public Library District
- Stephenson County: Cedarville Cemetery Record Index from FamilySearch
- Stephenson County: Lena Park Cemetery Transcriptions, 1854-1983 from FamilySearch
Indiana
- Adams County: Adams Public Library: Index for the Decatur Daily Democrat (includes obituaries)
- Lake County: Crown Point Community Library Obituary Index
- Ripley County: Greendale Cemetery Records, 1861-2007 (Osgood, Indiana) from FamilySearch
- Steuben County Obituaries (assorted)
Iowa
- Allamakee County Historical Society Genealogy Indexes (includes indexes for wills/probates and coroner's inquests)
- Monroe County: Card Index of Births, Deaths and Marriages from Newspaper Clippings, 1898-2015 from FamilySearch
Kansas
- Leavenworth County Deaths, 1891-1911 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
Kentucky
- Jefferson County: Louisville Cemetery Index Cards, 1840-1988 from FamilySearch
- Trimble County Obituaries, 1928-1989
Louisiana
- Louisiana Tombstone Inscriptions, 1812-1970 at FamilySearch (for assorted cemeteries in Louisiana; coverage varies by parish and cemetery)
Maine
- Knox County Cemetery Records, ca. 1800-2007 at FamilySearch
- Maine, Tombstone Inscriptions, Surname Index, 1620-2014 at FamilySearch (for assorted cemeteries in Maine; has 129,000 entries)
Maryland
- Baltimore, Loudon Park Cemetery Records, 1853-1986 at FamilySearch
Michigan
- Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006 at FamilySearch (indexed collection of scanned obituaries from some public libraries in Michigan; has over 1 million images)
- Michigan Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880 at FamilySearch
Minnesota
- Minnesota: County Deaths, 1850-2001 at FamilySearch (coverage varies by county; some counties have very few or no records) (update: images have now been indexed)
- Clay and Steele County Obituaries, 1865-2006 at FamilySearch
- Wright County, City of St. Michael and Frankfort Township, Birth and Death Records, 1900-1953 from FamilySearch (includes some entries prior to 1900)
- Yellow Medicine County Death Records, 1872-1910
Montana
- Montana Genealogy Records for Various Counties from FamilySearch (for Beaverhead, Big Horn, Cascade, Chouteau, Flathead, Granite, Judith Basin, Lake, Meagher, Pondera, Rosebud, Sanders, Sweet Grass, Teton, Toole, and Yellowstone Counties; some of these have death certificates or probate records and other items of genealogical interest; some of the records have not yet been indexed)
- Deer Lodge County: Anaconda, Cemetery Records, 1878-2005 from FamilySearch
- Mineral County Obituaries, 1870-2010 from FamilySearch
New Hampshire
- Hillsborough County: Manchester Cemetery Records, 1800-2007 from FamilySearch
- Hillsborough County, Manchester, Obituaries, 1800-2007 from FamilySearch
- Hillsborough County: Woodlawn and Edgewood Cemetery Search (Nashua, NH)
- Merrimack County: Concord Public Library Obituary Index, 1971-recent
- Rockingham County: Derry News Obituary Index, c. 1880-recent (from the Derry Public Library)
- Strafford County: Rochester Public Library Obituary Indexes (for the Rochester Courier, 1884-1993; the Rochester Times, 1993-2017; and Fosters Daily Democrat, 2015-ongoing)
New Jersey
- New Jersey Death Records Indexes, May 1848-June 1899 from the NJ State Archives (update: July 1897-June 1899 added)
- Hudson County: Holy Name Cemetery, Card Index of Interment, 1849-1984 from FamilySearch; Catholic Cemetery in Jersey City
New Mexico
- Grant County Catholic Church Records (and other records) (digitized microfilm from FamilySearch)
New York State
- New York State Genealogical Research Death Index, 1957 to 1968 (update: February to December 1968 added)
- New York State Death Index, 1880-1956 at Ancestry/requires payment (update: 1852-1944 added for the city of Buffalo)
- Chautauqua County Cemetery Indexes
- Jefferson County Vital Records, 1847-1849
- Tompkins County Cemeteries
- Yates County Cemeteries
North Carolina
- North Carolina 1930s Works Project Administration (WPA) Cemetery Surveys (from the North Carolina Digital Collections; some counties not included)
Ohio
- Carroll County Veteran Grave Registrations, 1817-1980 from FamilySearch
- Clark County: Ferncliff Cemetery Burials (in Springfield, Ohio)
- Clermont County: Mt. Moriah Cemetery Burials Search (in Union Township)
- Columbiana County: Salem News Obituaries Index 1936-2018, and Grandview Cemetery Association Burial Database (update: more years added to the obituaries index)
- Coshocton County: Coshocton Public Library Genealogy and Local History (includes Index of Estates, 1811-1960; and other items)
- Hamilton County, Ohio Morgue Records, 1887-1930
- Hamilton County: Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati Burials Database
- Hamilton County: Mt. Washington Cemetery Burials
- Hancock County Probate Court Search (includes estates and marriages)
- Licking County: Hartford (Croton) Township Records, 1881-1962 (Burial Records and Cemetery Deeds) from FamilySearch
- Trumbull County: Bloomfield Township, Brownwood Cemetery Records, 1824-2012 from FamilySearch
- Washington County: Marietta Cemetery Records, 1788-2013 from FamilySearch
Oregon
- Deschutes County: Bend Bulletin Newspaper Indexes, 1903-1994 (update: more years added)
- Linn County Death Certificates, c.1903-1965 (indexed) includes digitized images of the death certificates (also has an index for obituaries and other items)
- Marion County: Oregon State Hospital List of Unclaimed Cremains
- Tillamook County Obituaries Index, 1871-recent (update: more years added)
- Umatilla County: Olney Cemetery Records (Pendleton, Oregon)
Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Death Records Indexes, 1906-1968 (update: year 1968 added)
- Schuylkill County: Schuylkill Haven, Funeral Home Obituary Cards, 1914-2007 at FamilySearch
Texas
- Bexar County Vital Records Index (Births and Deaths) (Date range not given, but it appears to cover c.1940s-c.2000s for births and c.1960s-c.2000s for deaths.)
- Bexar County Cemeteries (some with burial indexes)
- Bexar County: San Antonio Cemetery Records, 1893-2007 from FamilySearch (includes records from the Odd Fellows Cemetery, Old City Cemetery, and San Jose Burial Park)
- Comanche County Records, 1858-1955 from FamilySearch (includes digitized death records, c.1904 to 1982 (not yet indexed), and other items)
- Harris County: Historic Hollywood Cemetery Records, 1895-2008 (Houston) from FamilySearch
- Mills County Clerk Records, 1841-1985 from FamilySearch (includes digitized death records, 1903-1985, and other genealogy records; many of the items are not indexed, but images of the records can be browsed)
- Swisher County Genealogy Records, 1879-2012 at FamilySearch (includes death records or registers, 1903-1989 with some years missing; an index to deaths, 1903-2012; and other items; coverage varies by type of record; not yet complete)
Utah
- Utah Death Certificates Index, 1905-1967 (update: year 1967 added)
Virginia
- Virginia Death Certificates, June 1912-1987 from FamilySearch
- Virginia Death Records Index, 1912-2014; and Death Certificates, 1912-1991 at Ancestry/requires payment (update: years 1988-1991 added to the digitized death certificates)
- Virginia, Jewish Cemetery Records Index, ca. 1800-1986 from FamilySearch
- Charlotte County Cemetery Indexes (also has other genealogy indexes; from the Charlotte County Historical and Genealogical Society)
- Fluvanna County: Colbert Funeral Home Records, 1929-1976 from FamilySearch
- Lynchburg: Diuguid Funeral Home records, 1820-1971 from FamilySearch (Index and images of records from Old City and Spring Hill Cemeteries, Lynchburg, Virginia)
Washington
- Washington (State) Death Certificates, 1907-1960 from FamilySearch (update: most entries now have images)
- Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960 (digitized microfilm from FamilySearch)
- Washington Death Index, 1960-1964 (digitized microfilm from FamilySearch; surnames are arranged by Soundex code)
- Clallam County Genealogical Society Obituaries Database
West Virginia
- West Virginia Death Index, 1853-1970 at FamilySearch; includes statewide death index for 1917-1956, and a county death index for 1853-1970 (appears to end c. 1973); coverage for the county death index varies by county; entries in this database link to images offsite
- West Virginia Death Records and Index, 1853-1968; coverage varies by county (update: year 1968 added)
Wisconsin
- Winnefox Vital Records Index (indexes vital records from newspapers in Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette, Waushara, and Winnebago Counties; coverage varies by county)
- Manitowoc Genealogy and Local History Database (includes a death notice and obituary index, 2017-current, and other items; ongoing project)
- Manitowoc County: Cemetery Records of Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
- Waupaca County Cemeteries and Obituaries
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, June 28, 2015
Online Indexes for Death Records, Cemeteries and Obituaries - Latest Additions
The Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records Website has been updated with the following new links and updates...
Alabama
- Lawrence County Archives - Genealogy Indexes (includes indexes for cemeteries, marriages, wills and more)
- Mobile County: Magnolia Cemetery Interment Cards, 1836-1995
Alaska
- Alaska Deaths Index Database (derived from a variety of sources)
Arizona
- Arizona Death Records Index 1870-1964 and Birth Index 1855-1939 (update: year 1964 added to death records; year 1939 added to birth records)
California
- California Death Index 1905-1939 at FamilySearch (update: now indexed by name)
- Alameda County Cemeteries
Colorado
- Denver Public Library Obituaries Indexes 1923-2014 (update: years 1923 and 2010-2014 added)
Connecticut
- Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2012 (update: years 2002-2012 added; at Ancestry/requires payment)
Florida
- Escambia County: St. Michael's Cemetery Burials (Pensacola)
- Escambia County GenWeb Site - Genealogy Indexes (includes Pensacola News Journal obituaries indexes, Fisher-Pou Funeral Home index, probate indexes, and more)
- Pasco County: West Pasco Historical Society Obituary Database (also has a burial list for Pine Hill Cemetery)
Illinois
- Illinois, Soldier Burial Places, 1774-1974 from FamilySearch
- Cook County: see the next section
- Kane County: Aurora Public Library Beacon Obituary Index
- Kane County: Elgin Newspapers Vital Records Surname Search
- Winnebago County: Burials at Cedar Bluff Cemetery, Rockford, Illinois
Illinois: Cook County and Chicago
- Cook County Death Index 1878-1939 and 1955-1994 at FamilySearch (Update: more years added; 1910-1915 and 1955-1994 are for Chicago only)
- Cook County: Vital Records Index from Chicago Newspapers 1833-1851
See: Online Chicago & Cook County, Illinois Death Records & Indexes
Indiana
- Daviess County: Washington Times Herald Obituaries, 1984-2012 (from FamilySearch; includes obituaries from Daviess, Martin, Pike and Knox Counties)
- Fulton County: Akron Birth, Marriage and Death Indexes from Newspapers
- Hamilton County Cemetery and Newspaper Databases (the newspaper database indexes birth, marriage and death notices, and obituaries)
- Marion County Cemetery Burials Database (from the Genealogical Society of Marion County)
- Noble County Genealogy Indexes (includes births and deaths 1882-1938, cemetery burials, obituaries, wills and more)
Kansas
- Kansas Gravestone Photo Project
- Cherokee County Obituaries Index, 1868-2007
- Woodson County Death Index, 1853-1926
Kentucky
- Kentucky Death Index 2000-2012 (this is a new index that adds 12 years to the already available indexes for Kentucky)
- Kentucky Probate Records, 1727-1990 from FamilySearch (browsable images; most of the images have not yet been indexed; wills from Caldwell, Henry, Hickman, Russell and Trimble counties are currently indexed.)
Maine
- Maine: Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990 (from FamilySearch)
- Kennebec County: Albion Cemeteries Index
- Waldo County: Town of Unity Cemetery Search
Massachusetts
- Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920 from FamilySearch (includes births, marriages and deaths, 1916-1920, and state amendments to vital records, 1841-1920; not yet complete)
- Barnstable County: Burials in Cataumet and Pocasset Cemeteries (Bourne, Massachusetts)
- Barnstable County: List of Headstones in Old Town Burying Grounds (Sandwich, Massachusetts)
- Essex County: City of Amesbury Cemeteries (includes a database for burials at Union Cemetery and Mt. Prospect Cemetery)
- Essex County: Old Burial Hill Gravestone Index (in Marblehead, Massachusetts)
- Hampden County: Longmeadow Cemetery Records
- Middlesex County: Chelmsford Newspapers Obituary Search
- Norfolk County: Knollwood Memorial Park Burial Search (Canton, Massachusetts)
- Norfolk County: Village Cemetery and Brookdale Cemetery Burials (in Dedham, Massachusetts)
- Norfolk County: Weymouth Town Vital Records to the Year 1850 (includes births, marriages and deaths)
- Suffolk County: St. Michael Cemetery Burials (Boston)
- Worcester County: Inscriptions from the West Street Cemetery in Fitchburg, Massachusetts (1798-1879)
Michigan
- Michigan Death Records 1897-1952 from the Archives of Michigan (update: 1921-1952 added) includes images of the death records from 1897-1939
- Michigan Gravestone Photo Project
- Eaton County: Charlotte Shopping Guide Obituaries 1997-2013 (from the Charlotte Community Library)
- Eaton County Genealogical Society Databases (includes cemetery burials, probate packet files index and other items)
- Livingston County: Village of Pinckney Cemetery Burials
- Otsego County: City of Gaylord Cemeteries (includes burial indexes for Fairview Cemetery and Bagley Cemetery)
Minnesota
- Minnesota: County Deaths, 1850-2001 at FamilySearch (not yet indexed; some counties not included; coverage varies by county)
Missouri
- Missouri Death Certificates Index and Images 1910-1964 (update: year 1964 added)
- Barry County Cemeteries
- Cape Girardeau Municipal Cemeteries (includes burial indexes for Fairmount, New Lorimier and Old Lorimier Cemeteries)
- Jefferson County Probate Files Index (date range not given)
- St. Louis: see the next section
- Warren County Probate Files Listing to 1900
Missouri: St. Louis
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch Obituary Index (covers 1880-1930, 1942-1945, 1960-1970, and 1992-2014) (update: years 2012, 2013 and 2014 added)
- St. Louis County: Greenwood Cemetery Burials 1874-1908 (in Hillsdale, Missouri)
- St. Louis City Wills Indexes, 1852-1946 (update: years 1852-1866 and 1932-1946 added)
See: Online St. Louis, Missouri Death Records, Indexes & Obituaries
Nebraska
- Jefferson County Genealogy Indexes (includes a Funeral Register from Fairbury, Nebraska, and other items)
New Jersey
- Morris County: Presbyterian Church in Morristown Historic Graveyard Burials
New Mexico
- Catron County: Mogollon Cemetery Archives
New York
- New York State Genealogical Research Death Index 1957-1964; does not include New York City (update: May-Dec 1964 and Jan-May 1965 entries added)
- Erie County: Forest Lawn Group of Cemeteries Search (includes Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo; St. Matthew's Cemetery in West Seneca; Lakeside Cemetery in Hamburg; Williamsville Cemetery; and cremations at Buffalo Cremation)
- Genesee County Obituary Indexes (for assorted years 1898-2008)
- New York City: see the next section
- Suffolk County: Index to Birth, Marriage and Death Announcements in The Long Island Advance, 1879-1926 (from the Patchogue-Medford Library)
- Suffolk County: Mattituck-Laurel Library Genealogy Resources (includes Suffolk Times Obituary Index, Gildersleeve Scrapbook Obituaries Index, and other items)
New York City
- All Boroughs: New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949 from FamilySearch (includes Manhattan 1795-1949, Bronx 1898-1948, Brooklyn 1847-1949, Queens 1898-1949, and Richmond 1898-1949)
- Brooklyn and Queens: Diocese of Brooklyn Catholic Cemeteries (includes burial indexes for two cemeteries in Queens, one in Brooklyn and one in Nassau County)
See: Online New York City Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
Ohio
- Columbiana County: Salem News Obituaries Index 1943-2014, and Grandview Cemetery Association Burial Database (update: more years added to the obituaries index)
- Summit County Cemetery Records
Oklahoma
- Oklahoma On Demand Court Records (includes indexes for probate records and marriage licenses for many Oklahoma counties)
Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Death Records Indexes 1906-1964 (update: year 1964 added)
- Lancaster County: Mounty Bethel Cemetery Burials (Columbia, Pennsylvania)
Rhode Island
- Newport County: Little Compton Cemeteries Index
- Newport County: God's Little Acre Colonial African Cemetery - Burial Markers
- Washington County: Charlestown Index of Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1738-1849
South Carolina
- South Carolina Death Index 1915-1964 (update: year 1964 added)
Utah
- Utah Death Certificates 1904-1962 (update: year 1962 added; also has unindexed images for 1963)
Vermont
- Franklin County: Town of Fairfax Cemeteries
- Orange County: Town of West Fairlee Cemetery Plot Report (includes burials and plot owners)
- Washington County: Town of Barre Cemeteries (includes cemetery inscriptions for Wilson and Maplewood Cemeteries)
- Windsor County: Bridgewater Cemeteries
- Windsor County: Hartland Cemeteries
- Windsor County: Woodstock Cemetery Index
Virginia
- Virginia Death Records Index, 1912-2014 (at Ancestry/requires payment) includes images of the death certificates from 1912-1987. Ancestry also has Virginia Birth Records, 1864-1999, and Virginia Marriage Records, 1936-2014 (with images for some years).
Washington
- King County: Lake View Cemetery Burials Index (Seattle)
Wyoming
- Natrona County: Highland Cemetery Burial Records Search (in Casper, Wyoming)
This is a list of the most recent additions and updates. There are many more links for death records indexes at: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
Alabama
- Lawrence County Archives - Genealogy Indexes (includes indexes for cemeteries, marriages, wills and more)
- Mobile County: Magnolia Cemetery Interment Cards, 1836-1995
Alaska
- Alaska Deaths Index Database (derived from a variety of sources)
Arizona
- Arizona Death Records Index 1870-1964 and Birth Index 1855-1939 (update: year 1964 added to death records; year 1939 added to birth records)
California
- California Death Index 1905-1939 at FamilySearch (update: now indexed by name)
- Alameda County Cemeteries
Colorado
- Denver Public Library Obituaries Indexes 1923-2014 (update: years 1923 and 2010-2014 added)
Connecticut
- Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2012 (update: years 2002-2012 added; at Ancestry/requires payment)
Florida
- Escambia County: St. Michael's Cemetery Burials (Pensacola)
- Escambia County GenWeb Site - Genealogy Indexes (includes Pensacola News Journal obituaries indexes, Fisher-Pou Funeral Home index, probate indexes, and more)
- Pasco County: West Pasco Historical Society Obituary Database (also has a burial list for Pine Hill Cemetery)
Illinois
- Illinois, Soldier Burial Places, 1774-1974 from FamilySearch
- Cook County: see the next section
- Kane County: Aurora Public Library Beacon Obituary Index
- Kane County: Elgin Newspapers Vital Records Surname Search
- Winnebago County: Burials at Cedar Bluff Cemetery, Rockford, Illinois
Illinois: Cook County and Chicago
- Cook County Death Index 1878-1939 and 1955-1994 at FamilySearch (Update: more years added; 1910-1915 and 1955-1994 are for Chicago only)
- Cook County: Vital Records Index from Chicago Newspapers 1833-1851
See: Online Chicago & Cook County, Illinois Death Records & Indexes
Indiana
- Daviess County: Washington Times Herald Obituaries, 1984-2012 (from FamilySearch; includes obituaries from Daviess, Martin, Pike and Knox Counties)
- Fulton County: Akron Birth, Marriage and Death Indexes from Newspapers
- Hamilton County Cemetery and Newspaper Databases (the newspaper database indexes birth, marriage and death notices, and obituaries)
- Marion County Cemetery Burials Database (from the Genealogical Society of Marion County)
- Noble County Genealogy Indexes (includes births and deaths 1882-1938, cemetery burials, obituaries, wills and more)
Kansas
- Kansas Gravestone Photo Project
- Cherokee County Obituaries Index, 1868-2007
- Woodson County Death Index, 1853-1926
Kentucky
- Kentucky Death Index 2000-2012 (this is a new index that adds 12 years to the already available indexes for Kentucky)
- Kentucky Probate Records, 1727-1990 from FamilySearch (browsable images; most of the images have not yet been indexed; wills from Caldwell, Henry, Hickman, Russell and Trimble counties are currently indexed.)
Maine
- Maine: Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990 (from FamilySearch)
- Kennebec County: Albion Cemeteries Index
- Waldo County: Town of Unity Cemetery Search
Massachusetts
- Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920 from FamilySearch (includes births, marriages and deaths, 1916-1920, and state amendments to vital records, 1841-1920; not yet complete)
- Barnstable County: Burials in Cataumet and Pocasset Cemeteries (Bourne, Massachusetts)
- Barnstable County: List of Headstones in Old Town Burying Grounds (Sandwich, Massachusetts)
- Essex County: City of Amesbury Cemeteries (includes a database for burials at Union Cemetery and Mt. Prospect Cemetery)
- Essex County: Old Burial Hill Gravestone Index (in Marblehead, Massachusetts)
- Hampden County: Longmeadow Cemetery Records
- Middlesex County: Chelmsford Newspapers Obituary Search
- Norfolk County: Knollwood Memorial Park Burial Search (Canton, Massachusetts)
- Norfolk County: Village Cemetery and Brookdale Cemetery Burials (in Dedham, Massachusetts)
- Norfolk County: Weymouth Town Vital Records to the Year 1850 (includes births, marriages and deaths)
- Suffolk County: St. Michael Cemetery Burials (Boston)
- Worcester County: Inscriptions from the West Street Cemetery in Fitchburg, Massachusetts (1798-1879)
Michigan
- Michigan Death Records 1897-1952 from the Archives of Michigan (update: 1921-1952 added) includes images of the death records from 1897-1939
- Michigan Gravestone Photo Project
- Eaton County: Charlotte Shopping Guide Obituaries 1997-2013 (from the Charlotte Community Library)
- Eaton County Genealogical Society Databases (includes cemetery burials, probate packet files index and other items)
- Livingston County: Village of Pinckney Cemetery Burials
- Otsego County: City of Gaylord Cemeteries (includes burial indexes for Fairview Cemetery and Bagley Cemetery)
Minnesota
- Minnesota: County Deaths, 1850-2001 at FamilySearch (not yet indexed; some counties not included; coverage varies by county)
Missouri
- Missouri Death Certificates Index and Images 1910-1964 (update: year 1964 added)
- Barry County Cemeteries
- Cape Girardeau Municipal Cemeteries (includes burial indexes for Fairmount, New Lorimier and Old Lorimier Cemeteries)
- Jefferson County Probate Files Index (date range not given)
- St. Louis: see the next section
- Warren County Probate Files Listing to 1900
Missouri: St. Louis
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch Obituary Index (covers 1880-1930, 1942-1945, 1960-1970, and 1992-2014) (update: years 2012, 2013 and 2014 added)
- St. Louis County: Greenwood Cemetery Burials 1874-1908 (in Hillsdale, Missouri)
- St. Louis City Wills Indexes, 1852-1946 (update: years 1852-1866 and 1932-1946 added)
See: Online St. Louis, Missouri Death Records, Indexes & Obituaries
Nebraska
- Jefferson County Genealogy Indexes (includes a Funeral Register from Fairbury, Nebraska, and other items)
New Jersey
- Morris County: Presbyterian Church in Morristown Historic Graveyard Burials
New Mexico
- Catron County: Mogollon Cemetery Archives
New York
- New York State Genealogical Research Death Index 1957-1964; does not include New York City (update: May-Dec 1964 and Jan-May 1965 entries added)
- Erie County: Forest Lawn Group of Cemeteries Search (includes Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo; St. Matthew's Cemetery in West Seneca; Lakeside Cemetery in Hamburg; Williamsville Cemetery; and cremations at Buffalo Cremation)
- Genesee County Obituary Indexes (for assorted years 1898-2008)
- New York City: see the next section
- Suffolk County: Index to Birth, Marriage and Death Announcements in The Long Island Advance, 1879-1926 (from the Patchogue-Medford Library)
- Suffolk County: Mattituck-Laurel Library Genealogy Resources (includes Suffolk Times Obituary Index, Gildersleeve Scrapbook Obituaries Index, and other items)
New York City
- All Boroughs: New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949 from FamilySearch (includes Manhattan 1795-1949, Bronx 1898-1948, Brooklyn 1847-1949, Queens 1898-1949, and Richmond 1898-1949)
- Brooklyn and Queens: Diocese of Brooklyn Catholic Cemeteries (includes burial indexes for two cemeteries in Queens, one in Brooklyn and one in Nassau County)
See: Online New York City Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
Ohio
- Columbiana County: Salem News Obituaries Index 1943-2014, and Grandview Cemetery Association Burial Database (update: more years added to the obituaries index)
- Summit County Cemetery Records
Oklahoma
- Oklahoma On Demand Court Records (includes indexes for probate records and marriage licenses for many Oklahoma counties)
Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Death Records Indexes 1906-1964 (update: year 1964 added)
- Lancaster County: Mounty Bethel Cemetery Burials (Columbia, Pennsylvania)
Rhode Island
- Newport County: Little Compton Cemeteries Index
- Newport County: God's Little Acre Colonial African Cemetery - Burial Markers
- Washington County: Charlestown Index of Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1738-1849
South Carolina
- South Carolina Death Index 1915-1964 (update: year 1964 added)
Utah
- Utah Death Certificates 1904-1962 (update: year 1962 added; also has unindexed images for 1963)
Vermont
- Franklin County: Town of Fairfax Cemeteries
- Orange County: Town of West Fairlee Cemetery Plot Report (includes burials and plot owners)
- Washington County: Town of Barre Cemeteries (includes cemetery inscriptions for Wilson and Maplewood Cemeteries)
- Windsor County: Bridgewater Cemeteries
- Windsor County: Hartland Cemeteries
- Windsor County: Woodstock Cemetery Index
Virginia
- Virginia Death Records Index, 1912-2014 (at Ancestry/requires payment) includes images of the death certificates from 1912-1987. Ancestry also has Virginia Birth Records, 1864-1999, and Virginia Marriage Records, 1936-2014 (with images for some years).
Washington
- King County: Lake View Cemetery Burials Index (Seattle)
Wyoming
- Natrona County: Highland Cemetery Burial Records Search (in Casper, Wyoming)
This is a list of the most recent additions and updates. There are many more links for death records indexes at: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
Monday, November 10, 2008
Online Death Records and Indexes - New Additions and Updates
The Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records Directory has been updated with links to the following items...
Alabama
- Dale County: Ozark Dale County Public Library Obituary Database
Arkansas
- Saline County Cemeteries
California
- Butte County Obituary Indexes (presently includes surnames beginning with A-F only)
- Butte County Vital Records Index 1854-1897 (from local newspapers)
Illinois
- JGSI Online Death Index Project - includes some Jewish Cemeteries in the Chicago Area
- Lake County: Cook Memorial Public Library Obituary Index 1894-March 10, 1988 from the Lake County Independent and Waukegan Weekly Sun, Libertyville Independent and Independent Register
Kansas
- Edwards County Cemetery Burial Records Directory 1881 to Present (also has other genealogy indexes)
- Labette County Obituaries Index 1990-2008 (also has marriages and anniversaries index 1990-2005)
- McPherson County: McPherson Public Library Obituary Index 1872-present
- Miami County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes 1885-1911
Kentucky
- Daviess County: Owensboro Area Obituary Index and Abstracts, 1842-present (ongoing project)
- Henderson County Public Library Obituary Finder 1984-present
Louisiana
- Louisiana Death Index 1911-1956 (includes some earlier entries)
- Grant Parish: Liberty Chapel Cemetery Burials (in Williana)
Maine
- York County: Burials in the First Parish Cemetery of York, Maine
Maryland
- Records of Jewish Cemeteries in Maryland (PDF files of cemetery burials in various Jewish cemeteries in Maryland)
Michigan
- Southwest Michigan Obituary Index (work in progress - has 89,000 entries; for Allegan, Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo and Van Buren counties)
- Emmet County Clerk Death Record Search
- Saginaw County: City of Saginaw Cemeteries Search
Minnesota
- St. Louis County: Hibbing Cemetery Database (PDF files)
Nebraska
- Nebraska Gravestone Photos -- over 80,000 gravestone photos from across Nebraska
New York
- Allegany County: Woodlawn Cemetery Burials -- in Almond, New York
- New York City/Queens: Mt. Lebanon Cemetery Burials (Glendale, New York)
North Carolina
- Cherokee County Genealogy Records -- includes some cemetery burials and a death index 1913-1927
Ohio
- Huron County: Willard Memorial Library Obituary and Birth Announcement Indexes
- Montgomery County Genealogical Society Cemetery Index
Oklahoma
- Coal County Obituaries Index and other Genealogy Indexes
Pennsylvania
- Clarion County: Eccles-Lesher Memorial Library Burials Database
- Somerset County: Obituary Notices Published in Several County Newspapers, 1970-2004
South Dakota
- Lake County: Obituary Index of the Madison Daily Leader 1930-2007
Tennessee
- Tennessee Death Index 1914-1926 (Update: year 1926 added)
West Virginia
- Wood County: Burials in Some Parkersburg Pioneer Cemeteries
Wisconsin
- Newspaper Index for Dunn, Pepin & Barron Counties from 1862-1930 (indexes announcements of births, deaths, anniversaries, and probate notices listed in the local newspapers; also has Dunn County cemetery indexes and other items)
- Fond du Lac County: Ripon Obituaries and Cemetery Records
Wyoming
- Lincoln County: Star Valley Historical Society Obituaries and Headstones
- Niobrara County Library Genealogy Archive: Obituaries and Cemetery Burials -- also has birth records
See: Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records
Alabama
- Dale County: Ozark Dale County Public Library Obituary Database
Arkansas
- Saline County Cemeteries
California
- Butte County Obituary Indexes (presently includes surnames beginning with A-F only)
- Butte County Vital Records Index 1854-1897 (from local newspapers)
Illinois
- JGSI Online Death Index Project - includes some Jewish Cemeteries in the Chicago Area
- Lake County: Cook Memorial Public Library Obituary Index 1894-March 10, 1988 from the Lake County Independent and Waukegan Weekly Sun, Libertyville Independent and Independent Register
Kansas
- Edwards County Cemetery Burial Records Directory 1881 to Present (also has other genealogy indexes)
- Labette County Obituaries Index 1990-2008 (also has marriages and anniversaries index 1990-2005)
- McPherson County: McPherson Public Library Obituary Index 1872-present
- Miami County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes 1885-1911
Kentucky
- Daviess County: Owensboro Area Obituary Index and Abstracts, 1842-present (ongoing project)
- Henderson County Public Library Obituary Finder 1984-present
Louisiana
- Louisiana Death Index 1911-1956 (includes some earlier entries)
- Grant Parish: Liberty Chapel Cemetery Burials (in Williana)
Maine
- York County: Burials in the First Parish Cemetery of York, Maine
Maryland
- Records of Jewish Cemeteries in Maryland (PDF files of cemetery burials in various Jewish cemeteries in Maryland)
Michigan
- Southwest Michigan Obituary Index (work in progress - has 89,000 entries; for Allegan, Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo and Van Buren counties)
- Emmet County Clerk Death Record Search
- Saginaw County: City of Saginaw Cemeteries Search
Minnesota
- St. Louis County: Hibbing Cemetery Database (PDF files)
Nebraska
- Nebraska Gravestone Photos -- over 80,000 gravestone photos from across Nebraska
New York
- Allegany County: Woodlawn Cemetery Burials -- in Almond, New York
- New York City/Queens: Mt. Lebanon Cemetery Burials (Glendale, New York)
North Carolina
- Cherokee County Genealogy Records -- includes some cemetery burials and a death index 1913-1927
Ohio
- Huron County: Willard Memorial Library Obituary and Birth Announcement Indexes
- Montgomery County Genealogical Society Cemetery Index
Oklahoma
- Coal County Obituaries Index and other Genealogy Indexes
Pennsylvania
- Clarion County: Eccles-Lesher Memorial Library Burials Database
- Somerset County: Obituary Notices Published in Several County Newspapers, 1970-2004
South Dakota
- Lake County: Obituary Index of the Madison Daily Leader 1930-2007
Tennessee
- Tennessee Death Index 1914-1926 (Update: year 1926 added)
West Virginia
- Wood County: Burials in Some Parkersburg Pioneer Cemeteries
Wisconsin
- Newspaper Index for Dunn, Pepin & Barron Counties from 1862-1930 (indexes announcements of births, deaths, anniversaries, and probate notices listed in the local newspapers; also has Dunn County cemetery indexes and other items)
- Fond du Lac County: Ripon Obituaries and Cemetery Records
Wyoming
- Lincoln County: Star Valley Historical Society Obituaries and Headstones
- Niobrara County Library Genealogy Archive: Obituaries and Cemetery Burials -- also has birth records
See: Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records
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
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
Friday, August 08, 2008
Mamma Mia! and the Joy of Choosing Your Own Ancestors
Yesterday I went with my mom to see the movie Mamma Mia!. I am such a good son, taking my mother to see this completely ridiculous campy musical extravaganza. I also saw the Broadway musical version last year with my mom and two other friends. And now I'm going to admit that I'm an Abba fan. I've liked them since I was a young sprog and they were still together making records. And all married to each other. And I honestly thought I would hate Mamma Mia!. But I admit I liked the thing. It's just so silly and uplifting and fun. And it's filled with Abba songs. Tons of them. The movie is just about as much fun as the stage musical. And Meryl Streep looks like she's having a blast throughout.
So now I know what you're thinking: What does Mamma Mia! have to do with genealogy? C'mon theatergoers, it's soooo obvious. The girl has three dads! And she doesn't know which one is really her dad. Sophie's mom had brief affairs with three men right in a row some twenty years ago. And now Sophie, who's about to be married, wants to know who her dad is. So she invites all three to the wedding. And they all show up. Mayhem and Abba songs ensue. C'mon if you had three dads wouldn't you dance around and start singing "Voulez-Vous" for no reason? While most of us are trying to figure out who our great great great great grandparents are, this poor girl has three potential dads lined up in a row and she doesn't know which one is the right guy. Hey, even own her mother, Meryl Streep, doesn't know. Now before you can say, "DNA test," please consider this: there are no Abba songs about DNA. Nope. Nothing about genetics either, or genealogy, or having three dads. And consider this: Sophie's dad is one of the following...
1. Remington Steele
2. Mr. Darcy himself
3. Some sea-faring Swedish guy
Er, actually that would be:
1. Pierce Brosnan
2. Colin Frith or Firth I can never remember which
3. A fine Swedish actor whose name I can't spell
Now would you have a DNA test, or perhaps just choose Mr. Darcy? Personally I think I'd run off with Sophie, who is just as cute as can be. Er wait a minute I've gone off track here. So pretend for a moment that you get to pick your ancestors. It would make genealogy sooo much easier. Yeah, I'm not sure if I'd want that Jane Austen dude as an ancestor, so I'm going with Remington Steele. Even if he can't sing. And for my grandparents... hmmm... let's see...
All right now back to some real genealogy. Everyone go click on some links over on the right side.
So now I know what you're thinking: What does Mamma Mia! have to do with genealogy? C'mon theatergoers, it's soooo obvious. The girl has three dads! And she doesn't know which one is really her dad. Sophie's mom had brief affairs with three men right in a row some twenty years ago. And now Sophie, who's about to be married, wants to know who her dad is. So she invites all three to the wedding. And they all show up. Mayhem and Abba songs ensue. C'mon if you had three dads wouldn't you dance around and start singing "Voulez-Vous" for no reason? While most of us are trying to figure out who our great great great great grandparents are, this poor girl has three potential dads lined up in a row and she doesn't know which one is the right guy. Hey, even own her mother, Meryl Streep, doesn't know. Now before you can say, "DNA test," please consider this: there are no Abba songs about DNA. Nope. Nothing about genetics either, or genealogy, or having three dads. And consider this: Sophie's dad is one of the following...1. Remington Steele
2. Mr. Darcy himself
3. Some sea-faring Swedish guy
Er, actually that would be:
1. Pierce Brosnan
2. Colin Frith or Firth I can never remember which
3. A fine Swedish actor whose name I can't spell
Now would you have a DNA test, or perhaps just choose Mr. Darcy? Personally I think I'd run off with Sophie, who is just as cute as can be. Er wait a minute I've gone off track here. So pretend for a moment that you get to pick your ancestors. It would make genealogy sooo much easier. Yeah, I'm not sure if I'd want that Jane Austen dude as an ancestor, so I'm going with Remington Steele. Even if he can't sing. And for my grandparents... hmmm... let's see...
All right now back to some real genealogy. Everyone go click on some links over on the right side.
Monday, January 30, 2012
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 State Hospital Cemeteries Burial Log
- 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 State Hospital Cemeteries Burial Log
- 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
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