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

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

California
- Monterey County Herald Obituary Index, 1995 to Recent

Colorado
- Adams County: Rose Hill Cemetery Burials (Orthodox Jewish Cemetery in Commerce City, Colorado)

Illinois
- Illinois Gravestones (over 90,000 entries)
- Cook County: see the next section
- Jefferson County Genealogy Indexes (includes cemetery burials and other items)
- McLean County: Some Old Gravestone Inscriptions in Bloomington and Randolph Townships
- Will County: Frankfort Area Obituary Index
- Williamson County: City of Marion Cemetery Burials Search
- Williamson County Illinois Historical Society Records (includes a Library Resource Index, which has cemetery burials; a Coroner's List Index, 1885-1904; and other items)

Illinois: Cook County
- Cook County: Graceland Cemetery Burial Search (in Chicago)
- Cook County: Bethania Cemetery Burial Records Search (in Justice, Illinois)
- Cook County: Park Ridge Public Library Obituaries Index
- Cook County Medical Examiner Virtual Cemetery (Includes names of indigent cremations and the burial locations of indigents buried by the Cook County medical examiner's office since 2012.)
See: Online Chicago & Cook County, Illinois Death Records & Indexes

Indiana
- Elkhart County Genealogical Society Indexes (includes indexes for deaths, cemetery burials, coroner's records, and other items)
- Lake County: Hammond Times Obituaries Index 1939-2016 (update: more years added)
- St. Joseph County: Cedar Grove Cemetery Inscriptions (Notre Dame, Indiana)
- Wabash County Cemeteries

- Indiana Veterans' Grave Registrations (for several counties)

Iowa
- Iowa Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880 at FamilySearch (lists people who died in the year prior to when the census was taken)
- Bremer County: Obituary Records from the Waverly Phoenix of Waverly, Iowa, 1892-1924
- Jefferson County Genweb Genealogy Website (includes cemetery burials and recent obituaries)
- Polk County Probate Case Files Index, 1846-1925
- Woodbury County Cemeteries

Kansas
- Sedgwick County: Wichita Death Certificate Index, 1887-1910 (from the Wichita Genealogical Society)
- Sedgwick County Cemeteries (some with burials indexes)
- Sedgwick County: Calvary Catholic Cemetery Burials (Wichita); scanned book from FamilySearch

Kentucky
- Fayette County: Lexington Public Library Funeral Notices Collection, 1806-1887
- Fayette County: Lexington Public Library Local History Index (indexes some local newspaper articles, including some death and funeral notices for significant people)
- Fayette County: Old Union Christian Church Cemetery Burials (in rural Lexington, Kentucky)
- Lawrence County Public Library Cemetery Records (scanned books)

Louisiana
- Louisiana Death Index from FamilySearch; covers 1911-1960 (update: years 1957-1960 added)
- Orleans Parish Vital Records, 1905-1913, 1955-1963 (from FamilySearch; includes births from 1905-1913, marriages for 1960, and deaths from 1955-1963; index and text-based results are available online; digital images of the records can be viewed at some LDS Family History Centers)

Maryland
- Baltimore: Suspicious Deaths in Mid-19th Century Baltimore (coroner's reports index from 1827, 1835-1860, 1864, and 1867)
- Baltimore: Mount Auburn Cemetery Burials (African American cemetery in Baltimore)

Michigan
- Cass County Cemeteries
- Midland Daily News Indexes (includes obituary indexes for some years)
- Midland County Cemeteries
- Midland County Obituary Index 1928-1950
- Monroe County Probate Court Search

- Wayne County: Northville Historic Records (includes local history indexes and a Northville cemetery index)
See: Online Detroit and Wayne County Death Records & Indexes

Missouri
- Cole County: Old City Cemetery Burials (Jefferson City)
- Putnam County Cemeteries

Nebraska
- Dawson County: Historic Farnam Obituaries and Cemetery Burials
- Gage County: Southern Gage County Cemetery Burials (from the Wymore Public Library)
- Scotts Bluff County: Fairview Cemetery Directory Listings (in Scottsbluff, Nebraska)

New Jersey
- New Jersey Death Indexes, 1901-1903 at Archive.org/from Reclaim the Records; scanned images of the indexes for each year

New Mexico
- Some Cemetery Records from Chaves and Lincoln Counties, New Mexico; digitized microfilm from FamilySearch; (compiled by the Daughters of the American Revolution, Roswell Chapter)
- Assorted Cemetery Burials from the New Mexico Genealogical Society (includes: Mount Calvary Cemetery, Bernalillo County; Some Valencia County Cemeteries; Santa Barbara Cemetery, Church of the Immaculate Conception, Albuquerque; and Fairview Cemetery, Santa Fe)

New York State
- New York State Death Indexes, 1880-1956 (at Archive.org/from Reclaim the Records; scanned images of the indexes for each year)
- New York State Genealogical Research Death Index, 1957 to June 1967 (update: March-June 1967 added)

- Albany County: Albany Rural Cemetery Grave Search
- Nassau County: St. Paul's Presbyterian Church Cemetery Burials (in Elmont, New York)
- Saratoga County: St. Joseph's Cemetery Interment Records, 1862-2013 (Waterford, NY)
- Seneca County: Lake View Cemetery Burials (Interlaken, New York)
- Suffolk County: Southampton Town's Historic Cemeteries Project

New York City
- New York City Death Index, 1949-1965 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
See: Online New York City Death Records Indexes and Obituaries

Ohio
- Cuyahoga County: Diocese of Cleveland Catholic Cemeteries Burial Search (update: now includes all 19 diocesan cemeteries)
See: Online Cleveland & Cuyahoga County, Ohio Death Records & Indexes

- Seneca County: Greenlawn Cemetery Burials Search (in Tiffin, Ohio)
- Union County Obituary Indexes and Oakdale Cemetery Records (from the Union County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society)
- Union County: Index to Probate Will Records 1852–1919 (from the Marysville Public Library)

Oklahoma
- Oklahoma County Cemeteries

Oregon
- Clackamas County: Sacred Heart Cemetery (Catholic cemetery in Lake Oswego, Oregon; incudes a Cemetery Diagram PDF with names of the burials, but no dates)
- Clackamas County: Lake Oswego Newspapers Index
- Klamath County: Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery Burial Search (in Klamath Falls, Oregon)

Pennsylvania
- Cumberland County: Carlisle Indian School Cemetery Burials
- Franklin County: Coyle Free Library Obituaries Index, 1990-2008
- Fulton County Cemetery Burials Index
- Wayne County Veterans Burial Database

South Dakota
- Minnehaha County: Woodlawn Cemetery Burials (in Sioux Falls, South Dakota)

Texas
- Brown County Cemeteries (from the Pecan Valley Genealogical Society)
- Brown County Cemeteries (from the Brown County Historical Commission)
- Galveston County Death Index (c.1903-c.1970s)
- McLennan County Records Search (indexes some births, marriages and deaths)
- Wichita County: Wichita Falls Cemetery Burial Records (indexes for the four city owned cemeteries: Hillcrest, Lakeview, Riverside and Rosemont)

Virginia
- Accomac County: Gravestones of the Eastern Shore of Virginia (for Accomack County and Northampton County)
- New Kent County Death Index (also has indexes for marriages, church records and many other items)

Washington
- Washington Death Index 1965-2014 from FamilySearch

- Benton County: Tri-City Herald and Kennewick Courier Reporter Obituary Index from 1927-recent
- King County: Seattle Municipal Health Department Death Records, 1881-1907 (includes digital images of the death registers)
- King County Auditor Death Records, 1891-1907 (includes digital images of the death registers)
- Mason County: Shelton Memorial Park Cemetery Burials (Shelton, Washington)
- Snohomish County: Stillaguamish Valley Genealogical Society Death Index

Wisconsin
- Milwaukee County: Town of Milwaukee Union Cemetery Burial Records, 1917-1988 (Whitefish Bay; downloadable scanned book)
- Milwaukee County: Good Hope Cemetery Burials (in Greenfield, Wisconsin)
- St. Croix County Cemetery Burials

Wyoming
- Wyoming Death Certificates Index from 1909 to more than 50 years ago (update: more names added)

This is a list of the most recent additions. There are many more links for death records indexes at: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries

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
- Monterey County: Cementerio El Encinal Burial Search
- San Bernardino County: Ontario City Library Newspaper Index (includes obituaries and birth and marriage announcements)

Colorado
- Routt County: Bud Werner Library Genealogy Database (indexes some cemetery burials and obituaries; has some entries for Grand Junction; also has separate PDF files of deceased Steamboat Springs Veterans)

Connecticut
- Connecticut Death Records Index, 1897-1966 (update: year 1966 added)
- Fairfield County: Oak Lawn Cemetery Burials (Fairfield, Connecticut)
- Fairfield County: Shelton Cemetery Transcriptions
- New Haven County: Pine Grove Cemetery Burials in Ansonia, Connecticut
- New Haven County: Evergreen Cemetery Burial Records Search (New Haven, Connecticut)
- Tolland County: Bolton Center and Belknap (Quarryville) Cemetery Indexes
- Tolland County: Old North Burial Ground (Vernon, Connecticut)

Florida
- Orange County: Orlando Sentinel Obituary Indexes, 1949-1991
- Putnam County Cemeteries

Georgia
- Georgia Death Certificates 1928-1940 Index and Images (update: year 1940 added)
- Oconee County Probate Death Certificates Index, 1927-2010 (at Ancestry/requires payment)

Illinois
- Lake County: Mount Olivet Cemetery Burials (Zion, Illinois)
- Ogle County: Byron Obituary Index
- Will County: Compiled Records from Lockport Area Genealogical and Historical Society, 1811-1990 (at Ancestry/requires payment); includes cemetery books, church records, and other items

Indiana
- Indiana Death Certificates 1899-2011 at Ancestry (requires payment) index and scanned copies of the death certificates
- Dearborn County Newspaper Indexes, 1820s-1870s (indexes birth, marriage and death notices)
- Monroe County Death Records Index, c.1882-2014 (also includes a probate index and other items)
- Ohio County: Rising Sun Newspaper Index 1833-1860 (indexes births, marriages, divorces and deaths in Rising Sun newspapers)

Iowa
- Mahaska County: Forest Cemetery Burial Records (Oskaloosa, Iowa)
- Sioux County: Grace Hill Cemetery Burials (in Hawarden, Iowa)

Louisiana
- Louisiana Death Records Index 1911-1965 (update: year 1965 added)
- Louisiana Statewide Death Index 1900-1964 (at Ancestry/requires payment) also has some entries from 1819-1899 (update: more years added)
- Orleans Parish: New Orleans Times-Picayune Obituary Indexes (for various years; some years incomplete)

Maine
- Androscoggin County: Lewiston Area Cemetery Records
- Kennebec County: Burials in Augusta City Cemeteries

Massachusetts
- Middlesex County: Burials of St. Peter's Cemetery 1900-1913 (Lowell); also has Civil War Veterans Buried in Lowell Cemetery, and other items
- Middlesex County: Mount Auburn Catholic Cemetery (Sand Banks Cemetery) Burials and Veterans Graves (Watertown, Massachusetts)
- Middlesex County: Arlington Cemetery Burials (Watertown)

Michigan
- Eaton County: Delta Township Cemetery Burials

Missouri
- Missouri Death Certificates Index and Images 1910-1965 (includes free downloadable images of the death certificates) update: year 1965 added
- Andrew County Tombstone Transcriptions
- Callaway Obituary Index, 1990-mid 2012
- Cass County Cemetery Burials Index

Montana
- Ravalli County: Riverview Cemetery Interments (in Hamilton, Montana)

Nebraska
- Butler County Tombstones
- Douglas County: Omaha Area Cemetery Burials (has over 200,000 entries)
- Douglas County: Prospect Hill Cemetery Markers (Photos) in Omaha
- Pottawattamie County: Death, Cemetery and Obituary Indexes

Nevada
- Nevada Death Records, 1911-1965 (at Ancestry/requires payment) includes digitized copies of the death certificates

New Hampshire
- New Hampshire Death Certificates, 1938-1959 from FamilySearch (includes digitized images of the death certificates) update: collection is now indexed
- Carroll County: Lakeview Cemetery Burials (in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire)

New Jersey
- New Jersey Deaths (index), 1670-1988 at FamilySearch (indexes selected death records; not complete but has 650,000 entries)

New Mexico
- New Mexico Wills and Probate Records, 1801-1993 (at Ancestry/requires payment) for Sandoval, Soccoro and Valencia Counties; coverage varies by county

New York
- New York State Genealogical Research Death Index, 1957-July 1966 (update: entries for January-July, 1966 added)
- Allegany County Historical Society Genealogy Indexes (includes cemetery burials and obituaries)
- Herkimer County: Herkimer Evening Telegram Obituary Index
- Niagara County: Lockport Union Sun and Journal Obituary Index, 1900-1903 and 2007-2011
- Ontario County: Woodlawn Cemetery Burials (Canandaigua, New York)
- Oswego County: Town of Granby Cemeteries
- Rensselaer County: Town of Nassau Cemeteries
- Rensselaer County: Stephentown Cemeteries Name Index

North Carolina
- Alamance County Area Obituary Indexes and Abstracts (has indexes for 1875-1914 and abstracts for 1915-1929)

Ohio
- Carroll County: Obituary Indexes, 1844-1868 and 1876-1880; and Cemetery Burials
- Clermont County Genealogical Society Death Index
- Licking County: Hartford Cemetery Burials
- Lucas County: Toledo-Lucas County Public Library - Blade Obituaries Index 1837-Present (update: more years added)
- Mahoning County: Poland Township Cemeteries
- Mahoning County Genealogy Indexes (includes Coroners Inquests, Estates Decedent Index, Youngstown City Death Records, 1892-1904, and other items)
- Pendleton County Birth, Marriage and Death Records Indexes (includes cemetery burials, obituaries and other items)
- Summit County: Glendale Cemetery Burials (in Akron)
- Summit County: Burials in East Liberty and Greensburg Cemeteries (Green, Ohio)
- Summit County: Mount Peace Cemetery Burials (in Akron)
- Summit County: Oakwood Cemetery Records (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio)

Oklahoma
- Jackson County: City of Altus Cemetery Database
- Jackson County Probate General Index, 1907-1920

Pennsylvania
- Lancaster County Archives Online Genealogy Indexes (includes indexes for death registers, coroner's inquests, veteran burials, wills and other items)
- Lancaster County: Old Chestnut Level Cemetery Burials (Drumore Township)

South Carolina
- South Carolina Death Records and Index 1915-1965 from FamilySearch; includes digitized images of the death records (update: more years added)
- South Carolina Probate Search (for the following counties: Barnwell, Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Jasper, Marlboro, Newberry, Saluda and York)
- Lexington County Public Library Newspaper Obituary/Death Notice Index

South Dakota
- South Dakota Death Index 1879-1955 (at Ancestry/requires payment) update: more years added

Texas
- Potter County Probate Index, 1901-2013 (at Ancestry/requires payment)

Utah
- Utah Death Certificates Index 1905-1965; includes free downloadable images of the death certificates (update: year 1965 added)

Vermont
- Washington County: Berlin Cemetery Indexes

Virginia
- Williamsburg: Virginia Gazette Obituary Index, 1930-2015 (from the Williamsburg Regional Library; includes PDF images of the obituaries; covers Williamsburg City, James City County, and York County)

Washington
- Washington Death Certificates Index 1907-1960 and 1965-2014 from the Washington State Digital Archives (update: years 1965-2014 added)
- Island County: Camwood Obituary Project (indexes obituaries from the Stanwood/Camano News)

West Virginia
- West Virginia Will Books, 1756-1971 (from FamilySearch; coverage varies by county; index is 20% complete)
- Wirt County Cemetery Burials and Obituaries

Wisconsin
- Barron County Cemeteries
- Dane County: Blooming Grove 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

Online Death Indexes, Obituaries, Cemeteries and Probate Records - Latest Additions and Updates

The Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records Directory has been updated with links to the following items...

California
- Los Angeles County: Antelope Valley Genealogical Society's Area Cemeteries (burials index for some cemeteries in Lancaster, Palmdale, Acton and Leona Valley)

District of Columbia
- District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1961 at FamilySearch; includes index and digitized images of the death certificates (update: years 1960 and 1961 added)

Florida
- Nassau County: Fernandina Death and Burial Records, 1896-1916

Georgia
- Georgia Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992 (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage varies by county

Idaho
- Idaho Death Index, 1890-1964 (at Ancestry/requires payment) update: years 1963 and 1964 added

Illinois
- Illinois Wills and Probate Records, 1772-1999 (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage varies by county
- Adams County: Card Index to Deaths, 1877-1990 (at FamilySearch)
- Cook County: Ancestry's (fee-based) probate database for Illinois includes indexed and digitized probate records for Cook County and Chicago c.1871-c.1923; See: Online Chicago and Cook County, Illinois Death Records and Indexes. Scroll down to the "Chicago and Cook County Probate Records and Indexes" section.
- Knox County: Galesburg Public Library Birth, Obituary, and Wedding Index, 2006-recent; from the Register Mail newspaper
- McLean County: Central Illinois Obituaries, 1850-1880 (from Bloomington, Illinois Newspapers)
- St. Clair County: Walnut Hill Cemetery Burials, 1855-2014 (Belleville, Illinois)

Indiana
- Benton County Cemeteries
- Grant County Death Certificates Index (from the Grant County Health Department)
- Greene County Death Records Index, 1895-1996
- Sullivan County Genealogy Indexes (Update: more indexes added, more years added to the obituary index)

Iowa
- Iowa Wills and Probate Records, 1758-1997 (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage varies by county
- Boone County Cemeteries
- Dallas County Cemeteries
- Iowa County Obituaries Index (also has other genealogy indexes)
- Webster County Death Certificate Index, 1925-1933

Kansas
- Franklin County: Obituaries in Ottawa, Kansas Newspapers 1965-2003
- Republic County: Belleville City Cemetery Burials

Louisiana
- Louisiana Death Records Index 1911-1964 (update: year 1964 added)

Maine
- Waldo County: Births, Deaths and Marriages Recorded in Town Reports (from the Belfast Free Library)

Michigan
- Washtenaw County: University of Michigan, Alumni Records - Necrology File Index (for students who died prior to 1965)

Minnesota
- Germanic Genealogy Society of Minnesota Cemetery Transcriptions (includes transcriptions for 8 primarily German cemeteries in Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Scott and Todd Counties)

Mississippi
- Mississippi Wills and Probate Records, 1780-1982 (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage varies by county

Missouri
- Missouri Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988 (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage varies by county

Missouri (St. Louis)
- St. Louis City Wills Indexes, 1816-1956 (update: more years added)
- Ancestry's (fee-based) Missouri Probate database includes indexed and digitized records for St. Louis City Probate Files c.1812-c.1898 and Wills c.1816-c.1967. See: Online St. Louis, Missouri Death Records, Indexes and Obituaries. Scroll down to the "St. Louis Probate Records and Wills" section.

Nebraska
- Cheyenne County: Greenwood Cemetery Burials (Sidney, Nebraska)

New Jersey
- New Jersey Probate Records, 1678-1980 at FamilySearch (free; browsable images only; not indexed; coverage varies by county; most end in 1920)
- New Jersey Wills and Probate Records, 1785-1924 (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage varies by county
- Essex County: Glendale Cemetery Burials (Bloomfield, New Jersey)
- Morris County Probated Estates Search

New York (State)
- New York Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage varies by county

New York City
- New York Wills and Probate Records at Ancestry (requires payment; coverage varies)
- New York County, New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1658-1880 at Ancestry (requires payment; some volumes are missing)
- New York Probate Records at FamilySearch (unindexed; does not include the present day Bronx; coverage varies)
- Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogates Office, City of New York 1665-1801

See the "Probate Records and Wills" section at: Online New York City Death Records Indexes and Obituaries

North Carolina
- North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970 from FamilySearch (images only; not yet indexed; coverage varies by county; most records are from 1800-1930)
- North Carolina Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998 (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage varies by county
- Cumberland County Cemeteries
- Gaston County: Genealogy and Local History Indexes (includes: Early Church Histories and Cemeteries of Gaston and Lincoln Counties Index, and other items)
- Northampton County Burials Database (lists over 4300 burials in Northampton County)

Ohio
- Diocese of Cleveland Catholic Cemeteries Burial Search (update: 3 cemeteries added); See: Online Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, Ohio Death Records and Indexes

Oregon
- Clackamas County: Clackamas Review Obituary Index, 1926-April, 1999 (city of Milwaukie)
- Multnomah County: Assorted Death Indexes (includes indexes for Portland death certificates 1889-1902, Multnomah County probate cases 1852-1939, St. Mary's Cemetery burials (catholic cemetery in Portland), some obituaries, and other items)

Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993 (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage varies by county

Tennessee
- Hamilton County: Chattanooga Public Library Newspapers Obituary Index 1897-2014 (updated: more years added)

Texas
- Williamson County Clerk Death Index Search (c. 1930s-recent; also has indexes for births and marriages)

Utah
- Utah Death Certificates Index 1905-1964; includes free downloadable images of the death certificates (update: years 1963 and 1964 added)
- Utah State Archives Online Death Indexes (includes Beaver County Death Registers Index, 1900-1905; Box Elder County: Garland City Cemetery Interment Registers Index, 1893-1961; Sanpete County Clerk Death Register, 1898-1905; Salt Lake County Coroners' Inquest Case Files Index, 1870-1871 and 1886-1937; Salt Lake County Probate Case Files Index, 1852-1896)

West Virginia
- West Virginia Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1978 (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage varies by county

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

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

Online Military Records and Indexes Website (USA) - Latest Updates

The Online U.S. Military Records and Indexes website has been updated with links to the following items...

War of 1812
 - War of 1812 Index to Pension Application Files, 1812-1910 from FamilySearch
 - Michigan: War of 1812 Pensioners Index, 1883

Spanish American War
 - Wisconsin Genealogy Spanish American War Database

Civil War
 - United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933 at FamilySearch
 - Kentucky: Battle of Perryville Casualty Database
 - North Carolina Confederate Soldiers Burial Database (ongoing project)
 - South Carolina: Confederate Rolls of South Carolina
 - Texas: United Confederate Veterans Robert E. Lee Camp No. 158 in Fort Worth (from the Fort Worth Library Digital Archives)
 - Washington: Civil War Veterans Buried In Washington State
 - Wisconsin Genealogy Civil War Database

World War I
 - Alaska WWI Military Service Records: Personnel Information and Death Statistics
 - Arkansas World War I Discharge Records Index
 - California: San Francisco World War I Enemy Alien Registration Affidavits, 1918, from FamilySearch
 - New York Soldiers of the Great War: Fallen New York Soldiers of World War One
 - Texas: A Short History and Photographic Record of the 359th Infantry Texas Brigade (scanned searchable book); primarily from 39 Northeast Texas counties, but some other counties are included

World War II
 - United States Marine Corps Casualty Card Databases (for World War II, the Interwar Period 1946-1950, and WWII War Dogs)
 - Arkansas First Registration Draft Cards, 1940-1945 from FamilySearch (index is not yet complete)
 - Louisiana First Registration Draft Cards, 1940-1945 from FamilySearch (not yet complete)

Vietnam War
 - Indiana Vietnam War Deaths

This is a list of the most recent additions. There are many more military indexes listed at: Online Military Indexes and Records

Online Birth and Marriage Records Indexes - Latest Additions and Updates

The Online Birth and Marriage Records Indexes List (USA) has recently been updated. Here are the latest additions and updates:

Arizona
 - Arizona Death Records Index 1844-1961 and Birth Index 1855-1936 (update: year 1961 added to death index and 1936 added to birth index)

Arkansas
 - Washington County Marriage Record Search 1845-1941 (includes scanned images)

California
 - California Birth Index 1905-1995 at FamilySearch
See: Online California Vital Records Indexes

Colorado
 - Colorado Statewide Marriage Index 1900-1939 at FamilySearch (browsable images)
See: Colorado Genealogy Records and Indexes on the Internet

Indiana
 - Indiana Marriage Records Index 1811-1959 from FamilySearch for assorted counties (update: more counties added)
See: Online Indiana Vital Records Indexes for Birth, Marriage & Death Records

Kentucky
 - Campbell County Marriage License Index

Louisiana
 - Caddo Parish & Shreveport Marriage Index, March 3, 1920-present (update: more years added)

Michigan
 - Michigan Births, 1867-1902 - Index and Images from FamilySearch
 - St. Joseph County Marriage Index 1889-1925

New Mexico
 - Bernalillo County Marriage Index 1888-Recent; includes Albuquerque

New York
 - New York City Birth Records Index 1880-1909 (update: more years added)
See: New York Vital Records Indexes & Genealogy Records on the Internet

Ohio
 - Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1994 at FamilySearch (does not include all counties; coverage varies by county)
 - Hamilton County: Cincinnati Birth and Death Records 1865-1912 (includes digital images)
 - Miami County Marriage Index 1807-1865
See: Online Ohio Vital Records Indexes

Pennsylvania
 - Pennsylvania Statewide Marriage Records 1885-1889
 - Bucks County Marriage Records Index 1885-present
 - Montgomery County Marriage License and Probate Case Search 1990s-present
See: Online Pennsylvania Vital Records Indexes - Birth, Marriage & Death Records

South Carolina
 - Richland County (includes Columbia) Marriage License Search, July 1911-present

Tennessee
 - Shelby County (Memphis) Marriages 1820-1970 and 1920-1989; partial; (update: more years added)

Texas
 - Williamson County Clerk - Search Birth, Marriage and Death Records
See: Online Texas Vital Records Indexes

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For links to the above items see: Online Birth and Marriage Records Indexes

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...

• 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

Florida
- 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

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

The Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records website has been updated with links to the following items...

Arizona
 - Arizona Death Records Index 1844-1960 & Birth Index 1855-1935 (update: year 1960 added for deaths; 1935 added for births)

Arkansas
 - Washington County Cemeteries
 - Yell County Obituaries

California
 - Los Angeles County: Long Beach History Index (includes some obituaries)
 - Los Angeles County: Pioneer Cemetery Roster (in Sylmar, CA) from the San Fernando Valley Historical Society

See: Online Los Angeles County Death Indexes, Records and Obituaries

Colorado
 - Park County Local History Archives - Genealogy Indexes (includes indexes for obituaries and marriages)
 - Routt County History and Genealogy Indexes (includes: Routt County Burial Index and Database of Deceased Steamboat Springs Veterans)

Connecticut
 - Hartford County: Ancient Burying Ground of Hartford - Burial List
 - New Haven County: Uptown Burial Ground (Derby, CT)
 - New Haven County: Oxford Cemetery Project

Delaware
 - New Castle County: Catholic Diocese of Wilmington Burial Database Search (update: 2 cemeteries added)

District of Columbia
 - District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1959 at FamilySearch (includes index and digitized images of the death certificates)

Georgia
 - Glynn County Genealogy Indexes (includes some cemetery burials, obituaries and other items)

Indiana
 - Indiana Resources from the Allen Public Library Genealogy Center (includes assorted cemetery or other death indexes for Adams, Allen, Grant, Hancock, Hendricks, Huntington, Jay, Madison, Marion, Noble, Posey, Wabash, Wells, and Whitley Counties)

Kansas
 - Anderson County Genealogy Indexes and Obituaries (includes some obituary transcriptions from the Anderson County Advocate)
 - Doniphan County Cemetery Burials

Louisiana
 - Caddo Parish: City of Shreveport Cemeteries Database (includes: Greenwood Cemetery, Jewella Cemetery, Oakland Cemetery and Star Cemetery)

Maine
 - York County: Obituaries Index for Sanford and Springvale Newspapers 1890s-present

Massachusetts
 - Middlesex County: City of Newton Genealogy Indexes (includes Death Indexes 1635-1899)

Michigan
 - Allegan County Genealogy Indexes (includes obituaries indexes and death certificates from Old Douglas Hospital)
 - Isabella County: Riverside Cemetery Records (City of Mt. Pleasant)
 - Wayne County: Detroit and Nearby: Mt. Elliott Cemetery Association Genealogy Search; See: Online Detroit and Wayne County Death Records & Indexes

Minnesota
 - Blue Earth County: Mankato Free Press (and its predecessor newspapers) Obituaries Index (for assorted years with some gaps)
 - Hennepin and Ramsey Counties: Minneapolis and St. Paul Death Records Index 1866-1916 (from FamilySearch)

Missouri
 - Missouri Death Certificates Index and Images 1910-1960 (update: year 1960 added)
 - Polk County Genealogical Society Obituaries Index
 - Schuyler County Cemeteries

New York
 - Chemung County Library Obituaries Indexes (for various years)
 - Erie County Cemeteries: Indexes To Select Death Notices From The Buffalo, NY Area
 - Ontario County: Victor Village Cemetery Index
 - Steuben County Obituaries Index

North Carolina
 - North Carolina Deaths 1931-1994 (index only) from FamilySearch
 - County Records in the North Carolina State Archives (includes estate indexes for: Avery, Clay, Columbus, Gaston, Polk, Sampson, Swain, and Washington counties; and wills indexes for Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Cherokee, Cumberland, Davidson, Forsyth, Greene, Haywood, Hyde, Jackson, Mecklenburg, Pamlico, Richmond, Rowan, Stokes, and Wilkes counties) coverage varies by county
 
 - New Hanover County Register of Deeds Death Certificates Index (also has indexes for Birth Certificates and Marriage Records)
 - Randolph County: Asheboro Courier and Courier-Tribune Newspapers Obituaries Index 1903-1985

Ohio
 - Hamilton County: Cincinnati Birth and Death Records, 1865-1912 for surnames "A" through "Fill" (more being added); includes digital images; See: Online Cincinnati & Hamilton County, Ohio Death Records & Indexes

 - Lorain County: Westwood Cemetery Gravestone Inventory Database (in Oberlin, Ohio)
 - Sandusky County: McPherson Cemetery Burials (Clyde, Ohio)
 - Summit County: Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library Obituary Index

Oklahoma
 - Choctaw County Genealogy Indexes and Obituaries (includes obituaries from the Hugo Daily News, December 2003-June 2006)
 - Creek County: Sapulpa Herald Obituary Index 1987-1995
 - Oklahoma County: Edmond Newspapers Obituaries Index
 
Pennsylvania
 - Allegheny County: McKeesport and Versailles Cemetery Burials
 - Bedford County Historical Society: Pioneer Library Obituary Index
 - Cambria County: Grandview Cemetery Burials (Johnstown, Pennsylvania)
 - Northumberland County: Mount Carmel Area Public Library Obituary Index
 
South Carolina
 - Greenville County Probate Search (recent)

South Dakota
 - Lawrence County: Mt. Moriah Cemetery Burials (City of Deadwood)

Tennessee
 - Knox County: Knoxville Obituaries Index 1991-present

Texas
 - Cass County Cemeteries
 - Fort Bend County Libraries Obituary Database
 - Nacogdoches County: Cason Monk-Metcalf Digitized Funeral Registers 1900-1952
 - Shelby County Genealogy Indexes (includes indexes for deaths, cemeteries, funeral homes and marriages)

Utah
 - Utah County: Spanish Fork Cemetery Burials Search

Vermont
 - Vermont Vital Records at FamilySearch (complete for 1871-1908; more years being added; includes town clerk transcriptions of births, marriages and deaths)

Virginia
 - Lynchburg Obituaries Index 1837-1930 and Funeral Homes Index (from the Jones Memorial Library)

Washington
 - Adams County Obituaries 1898-1964
 - Whatcom County: Bayview Cemetery Records (in Bellingham) not yet complete
 
Wisconsin
 - Calumet County Cemeteries and Genealogy Indexes
 - Columbia County Cemeteries and Obituaries Indexes
 - Fond du Lac County: Campbellsport Area Cemeteries
 - Sheboygan County: City of Plymouth Cemeteries (for Woodlawn and Union Cemeteries)
 - Sheboygan County: Immaculate Conception Cemetery Burials (in Sheboygan, WI)
 - Sheboygan County Cemeteries and Genealogy Indexes

Wyoming
 - Laramie County: Cheyenne Cemetery Burials; includes Lakeview Cemetery, Beth El Cemetery, International Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) Cemetery, Serenity Gardens (Columbarium), Mount Olivet (Catholic Cemetery), and Mount Sinai (Jewish Cemetery)
 - Laramie County: Cheyenne Genealogical and Historical Society Vital Records Indexes (includes indexes for obituaries, Carpenter Cemetery burials, and Laramie County marriage records)

See: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries

Online Birth and Marriage Records Indexes (USA) - Latest Additions

Links to the items listed below have been added to: Online Birth and Marriage Records Indexes or its supplementary state webpages.

Arkansas
 - Craighead County: Marriage and Divorce Records Indexes

California
 - California Birth Index 1905-1995
 - San Mateo County Marriages Index 1853-1965
 - Tulare County Marriage Indexes 1852-1909
See: Online California Vital Records Indexes

Colorado
 - Douglas County Marriage Search 1874-current
 - Ouray County Marriage License Index 1877-2010
 - Pitkin County Marriage Records 1882-1930
See: Colorado Genealogy Records and Indexes on the Internet

Florida
 - Florida: Search Official Records (public records search for about 60 Florida counties; includes some marriages; coverage varies by county)
See: Online Florida Vital Records Indexes

Georgia
 - Muscogee County, Georgia Marriage Database 1845-1905
 - Muscogee County Marriage Database 1845-1878 and Birth Register Database 1890-1900
 
Illinois
 - Champaign County Historical and Genealogical Index (indexes some marriage licenses and other records)
 
Indiana
 - Indiana Marriage Index 1993-2004 (update: 2 years added)
See: Online Indiana Vital Records Indexes

Iowa
 - Scott County: Davenport Public Library Local Genealogy Database Search (indexes cemetery burials, obituaries, and other items)
 
Kansas
 - Sedgwick County Marriage Affidavits Index (9 May 1870 to 25 Nov. 1933)
 
Louisiana
 - Tangipahoa Parish: Clerk of Court - Marriages 1975-present

Maine
 - Maine Marriage Index 1892-2009, except 1967-1976 (update: more years added)

Michigan
 - Charlevoix County: Marriage Records Search
 - Clinton County Marriage Record Search
 - Emmet County Marriage Record Search 1857-recent

Mississippi
 - Itawamba Historical Society Online Archives (includes marriage book abstracts 1837-1856, and other items)
 - Lauderdale County: Online Bookshelf (includes women's marriage records index 1838-1940)
 - Pike County Marriage License Search

Missouri
 - Boone County Marriage License Search c.1980s-recent
 - Daviess County Marriage Index 1837-1898 and Divorce Index 1842-1896
 - Greene County Marriage Records Search
 - Howard County Marriage Records Indexes
 - McDonald County: Mariage Licenses Index, October 1865 to December 2009
See: Online Missouri Vital Records Indexes
 
New Jersey
 - New Jersey Marriage Records Indexes 1665-1799 and 1848-1878 (update: more years added)
 
New York
 - Monroe County: City of Rochester Historic Marriage Records Search 1876-1943 (update: more years added)
See: New York Vital Records Indexes & Genealogy Records on the Internet

North Carolina
 - Mecklenburg County Divorce Index 1846-1969
See: North Carolina Vital Records Indexes on the Internet

Ohio
 - Cuyahoga County Birth Corrections (1873-1908), and Affidavits (1860-1897)
 - Hamilton County Probate Court - Archived Records Search (includes wills, estates, birth index books, marriages and other records)
 - Lake County Marriage Records Index 1840-1915
See: Online Ohio Vital Records Indexes

Oklahoma
 - Creek County Marriage Index November 1907-March 1921
 - Oklahoma County Marriage Records Index 1889-1951
 
Pennsylvania
 - Philadelphia City Marriage Records Search (recent)

Tennessee
 - Nashville and Davidson County Records Online (inlcudes links to marriage indexes and many other items)
 - Knox County Marriage Records Index 1901-1950

Texas
 - Dallas County Marriage Records Search 1964-present
See: Online Texas Vital Records Indexes

Wisconsin
 - Milwaukee County Marriage Certificates 1822-1876
 
See: Online Birth and Marriage Records Indexes

Online Military Records and Indexes Website - Latest Updates

The Online Military Records, Indexes and Databases of Soldiers Directory has been updated with the following links...

Revolutionary War
 - General Section: Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogy Databases

Civil War
 - General Section: The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (searchable multi-volume scanned Civil War book series)
 - Colorado Territory Civil War Volunteer Records
 - Connecticut Civil War Manuscripts Project (from the Connecticut Historical Society Library)
 - Michigan: Department of Michigan, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (includes databases for graves and GAR records)
 - Missouri: State Historical Society of Missouri, the Civil War in Missouri
 - Missouri: Index to the List of Union Veterans Buried in and about St. Louis
 - New Jersey Civil War Treasury Vouchers, 1861-1865
 - North Carolina: Index of Confederate Section Burials at Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, NC
 
World War I
 - Hawaii World War I Service Records - Army and Navy
 - Kansas WWI and Military Indexes (includes Kansas World War I Bounty Claims Index and Kansas Soldiers of the Great War)
 - Michigan: Kalamazoo County World War One Veterans
 - Missouri History Museum: Genealogy Index (includes index of Casualties, European War, July 20, 1918-September 8, 1939; and index of Persons Who Enlisted in St. Louis City and County Who Died in Service)
 - Nebraska WWI Draft Registration Cards Database 1917-1918
 - New Jersey World War I Casualties Database (includes descriptive cards and photographs)

World War II
 - World War II Draft Cards (Fourth Registration) Indexed for Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas and Wisconsin at FamilySearch (includes digitized images)
 - Kansas WWII and Military Indexes (includes Kansas World War II Selective Service Index, Kansas World War II Army Casualties, Kansas World War II Oral Histories, Kansas Burials/Memorials at World War II Military Cemeteries Operated by the American Battle Monuments Commission)
 - Missouri: St. Louis in World War II Casualties, October 1941-March 1943, scrapbook index
 - International Section... Russia: Soviet Union WWII Prisoners of War Database
 
See: Military Indexes and Records

Recently Added Online Birth and Marriage Records Indexes

Links to the items listed below were recently added to: Online Birth and Marriage Records Indexes or its supplementary state webpages.

Alabama
- Madison County Marriage License Index 1809-Feb 1973 (update: more years added)

Delaware
- Delaware State Birth Records, 1861-1908 from FamilySearch Labs (not yet complete)

Hawaii
- Hawaii State Archives Genealogy Indexes (includes some marriage indexes)

Indiana
- Indiana Marriage Records Index 1811-1959 from FamilySearch Labs; presently includes Adams, Blackford, Decatur, Franklin, Henry, Huntington, Owen, Rush, and Sullivan counties (coverage may vary by county)
- Montgomery County Marriage Records Index (includes PDF images of the records)
- Shelby County Birth and Marriage Indexes
See: Online Indiana Vital Records Indexes for Birth, Marriage & Death Records

Kansas
- Kansas Marriage Index, 1854-1861 (not complete)

Louisiana
- Orleans Parish Birth Records Index -- for births over 100 years ago
- Orleans Parish Marriage Records Index -- for marriages over 50 years ago

Maryland
- Washington County Marriages Index 1861-1949, 1950-2007

Michigan
- Michigan Birth Records 1867-1902 and Michigan Marriages 1868-1925 at FamilySearch Labs
- Clinton County Genealogy Records Indexes -- includes newspaper indexes for births to 1900, marriages 1863-1940

Nebraska
- Sarpy County Marriage License Search 1987-present

New Jersey
- Monmouth County Marriage Index 1790-1890

New York
- New York City Birth Records Index 1901-1907
- Nassau County Marriage Index 1908-1936
See: New York Vital Records Indexes & Genealogy Records on the Internet

Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia Marriage Indexes 1885-1951 from FamilySearch Labs
- Westmoreland County Marriage License Search 1885-present

South Carolina
- Greenville County Marriage License Index

Tennessee
- Hamilton County Marriage License Index Search (includes Chattanooga) presently covers 1857-1919 and 1985-2008

Texas
- Colorado County Marriage Records Index 1837-1886
- El Paso County Marriage Records Search 1963-current (also has birth & death records searches)
- Liberty County Birth, Marriage and Death Index
See: Online Texas Vital Records Indexes

See: Online Birth and Marriage Records Indexes

Online Indexes for Obituaries and Death Records - Latest Additions

The Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records Directory has been updated with links to the following items...

California
- San Diego Public Library's Digital Library - Includes Obituaries Indexes (indexes obituaries and death notices in the San Diego Union, 1868-1915; and the San Diego Herald, 1851-1860)

Colorado
- Denver Death Index 1870-1909 (update: years 1906-1909 added)
- Larimer County Genealogical Society - Online Databases (includes indexed scanned obituaries 1980s-1990s)
- Mesa County Cemetery Records
- Weld County: City of Evans Cemetery Burials

Georgia
- Clarke County: Oconee Hill Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions (Athens)
- Richmond County: African American Funeral Programs from the East Central Georgia Regional Library (mostly from the Augusta, Georgia area)

Illinois
- Cook County: The Roll of Honor, Containing the Names of Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines of All the Wars of Our Country Who Are Buried in the Cemeteries of Cook County (scanned searchable book from 1922)
- See: Online Chicago & Cook County, Illinois Death Records & Indexes

- La Salle County Genealogy Guild Record Search (includes indexes for some obituaries, probate records and others)

Indiana
- Shelby County Genealogy Indexes - Cemeteries, Obituaries & More

Louisiana
- Louisiana Death Index 1850-1875, 1894-1954 from FamilySearch Labs
- Orleans Parish: New Orleans Obituary Index 1804-1972

Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Death Records 1906-1915 (update: covers 1841-1915 and 1921-1924) from FamilySearch; includes scanned images of the death registers and certificates)

Michigan
- Michigan Death Records Collection 1897-1920 (update: now 99% complete)
- Arenac County Historical Society Obituaries Indexes (also includes other genealogy indexes)
- Arenac County Cemetery Inscriptions Index
- Jackson County Death Indexes 1886-1899 and 1900-1901 (list of names only, no dates)
- Monroe County: Monroe Commercial Obituary Index 1870-1873 and 1877-1879
- Van Buren County GenWeb Site (includes a death index 1935-1945 and some cemetery burials)

Minnesota
- Hubbard County Cemeteries (includes Greenwood Cemetery, largest cemetery in Park Rapids, MN)

Missouri (St. Louis)
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch Obituary Index (update: more years added; includes 1880-1930, 1942-1945, 1960-1964, and 1992-2008)
- Westliche Post Obituaries Index 1880-1887 - St. Louis German Language Newspaper (update: more years added)
- See: Online St. Louis, Missouri Death Records, Indexes & Obituaries

New Hampshire
- Hillsborough County: Cemetery Records of Hillsborough, NH (includes 19 Municipal Cemeteries and Gravesites)

North Carolina
- Onslow County Death Index 1982-2008 (also has indexes for births 1976-recent, marriages 1962-recent, and more)

North Dakota
- Fargo Forum Obituaries Database, 1892-1909 & Nov. 1982-1995 (update: more years added)

Ohio
- Erie County: Oakland Cemetery Burials (Sandusky, Ohio)
- Lucas County: Mt. Carmel Cemetery Index (in Toledo, OH) surnames only
- Summit County: Akron Beacon Journal Obituaries Index 1937-2008 (update: several years added)
- Wood County Sentinel Obituaries Index 1867-1876 (newspaper from Bowling Green, Ohio)

Oregon
- Benton County Genealogical Society Newspaper Project - names published in Benton County newspapers 1865-1925 (work in progress) includes some deaths
- Marion County: Burials in Pioneer Cemeteries
- Multnomah County: Historic Pioneer Cemeteries - Burial Search

Pennsylvania
- Dauphin County: Harrisburg Newspaper Index - Marriages & Deaths from 4 Newspapers, 1799-1827

Tennessee
- Blount County Death Records Database (includes more than 42,000 entries from Blount County newspapers and funeral home records)
- Davidson County: Death Notices in Nashville Newspapers 1855-1907 (not complete)

Texas
- Gillespie County: Fredericksburg Genealogical Society Indexes (includes cemetery burials index and obituaries index 1980-2004)

Virginia
- African American Cemeteries in Albemarle and Amherst Counties - Burial Search

Washington
- Benton County: Tri-City Herald Obituaries Index 2000-March 2009
- Thurston County: Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery Burials (in Tumwater, Washington)

General Obituaries
Added to the general obituaries webpage...
- Necrology Index of Obituary Listings for Congregational Clergy and Missionaries
- Evangelical Messenger Obituary Index 1900-1912

See: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries

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

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

Louisiana Death Index Now Online

The state of Louisiana now has an online death index that presently covers the years 1911-1969. You can order copies of the death certificates by mail for a fee. The database also includes a few entries prior to 1911, but copies of some earlier records may not be available. See: Louisiana Death Records Index, 1911-1969

For more online Louisiana death indexes see: Directory of Online Louisiana Death Records Indexes and Obituaries

Thanks to Elizabeth for letting me know about the Louisiana database.

Ports, Immigrants, and Passenger Records

Whether they arrived by ship from Europe, Asia or somewhere else, or whether they came across the Canadian or Mexican borders, our immigrant ancestors usually came to the USA through a port of entry. Beginning in 1820 (and much later for the land border ports) their names were usually recorded on some kind of record for that port. These records are sometimes called "ship manifests" or "passenger lists" or "immigration records" or "alien arrivals" or something similar. Many of these records or copies of them have survived and they are kept at the National Archives (over the years some have been lost or destroyed). Quite a few of them have been microfilmed and some of these microfilms have been digitized and put online.

Here are the twelve most popular ports used by immigrants to the United States from 1820-1920 based on number of immigrant arrivals...

• New York, New York
• Boston, Massachusetts
• Baltimore, Maryland
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• New Orleans, Louisiana
• San Francisco, California
• Key West, Florida
• Portland-Falmouth, Maine
• Galveston, Texas
• Passamaquoddy, Maine
• New Bedford, Massachusetts
• Providence, Rhode Island

But there are many more ports where immigrants arrived.

Four years ago I made a webpage that listed all the ports I could find that have published immigrant arrival records. The page has been updated several times. I've been spending the last three days updating the webpage again - I added more ports and updated others - because the National Archives continues to publish more records of immigrant arrivals at ports. And more continue to go online.

You won't find every port here, but you will find a lot of them. They're arranged alphabetically by state. Included are links to lists of microfilm or research guides or finding aids or online records or whatever I could find to help you find your ancestor's name in the records of that port.

U.S. Immigration Ports and Their Available Records or Passenger Lists 1820-1957

If you aren't sure where your ancestor arrived, you might find this guide helpful: Tips for Determining Your Ancestor's Port of Arrival

Book Review: The Source - A Guidebook to American Genealogy

You may not be aware that before Ancestry was a provider of online genealogy databases and family trees, they published genealogy books. In 2006 they updated one of their major reference works (and later put it online as a wiki -- see below). The Source - A Guidebook to American Genealogy (edited by Loretto Dennis Szucs and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking) is now available in a third edition. It has been expanded and revised to include both online and offline resources. The Source is essentially a guidebook through the vast maze of records created about people over time and place. We like to call these genealogy records.

The early chapters cover the basics of genealogy research, using offline records, and the Internet. Then there are separate chapters on the following types of genealogy records: businesses and other organizations, census records, church records, court records, city and other directories, immigration records, land records, military records, newspapers, and vital records. Special guides include: African American research, colonial English, colonial Spanish (for Arizona, California, Florida, Louisiana, New Mexico and Texas), Hispanic, Jewish American, Native American, and urban research (for finding lost people in large cities).

Descriptions of Two Chapters
Rather than try and cover this entire book - it's over 900 pages long - here's a brief look at two of the book's chapters...

Immigration Records... The chapter on immigration records has useful information about ship passenger lists, border crossings (from Canada), naturalization records, alien registrations and passports. This section was put together by some of the best experts in the field of immigration records, including Kory Meyerink and INS historian Marian Smith. Genealogy speaker and author Megan Smolenyak contributed a helpful four-and-a-half page guide to using the Ellis Island Database. And they even recommend a visit to my own online Guide to Passenger Lists on the Internet.

A section called "American Sources for Documenting Immigrants" suggests helpful places to look for records that document immigrants, some of which might name that all important place (village, town, city) where your immigrant ancestor came from. Knowing this can help you pursue further research in foreign records. A later section covers foreign sources that also might help determine immigrant origins.

Census Records... The chapter on census records discusses the importance of the census to genealogy research, and has tips for searching in census records online and off. Questions asked in each census are given for each census year, along with specific research tips. Two small sections offer "Suggestions for Microfilm Searches" and "Suggestions for Online Searches." There are also two helpful tables for dealing with census indexes - "frequently misread letters" and "phonetic substitutes." Microfilm and soundex are discussed for offline searching.

There is also a section on non-population schedules and special censuses, including mortality schedules, veterans schedules, state and local censuses, African American and Native American censuses, and others. A helpful table at the end of the chapter, "Potential Census Substitutes," offers suggestions for other types of records to look for.

This book is like having several specialized guides combined into one large work. You could build a fine genealogy reference library by starting here.

The Source: Book and Online Versions

Order a copy of the book from Amazon: The Source: A Guidebook Of American Genealogy

A digitized version of The Source can be found online at: The Source - A Guidebook to American Genealogy Wiki

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Ancestry adds some World War II Draft Registration Cards

Ancestry has put some digitized images of World War II Draft Registration Cards online, and they are indexed by name (this database requires a fee-based subscription). These draft cards are from the Fourth Registration, which was conducted on 27 April 1942 - this is the only registration currently available to the public. This registration was for men born 28 April 1877 to 16 February 1897 (and not already in the military). It is sometimes referred to as "the old man's registration." These WWII draft cards are presently available online at Ancestry for the following states... Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, DC, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, New York City, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

NOTE: the Fourth registration ("old man's registration") records for the following states were destroyed and are not available: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.

For a list of links to free and fee-based World War II indexes and records, including Ancestry's fee-based WWII Draft Cards database, see: Online World War Two Indexes and Records - USA

For information on World War ONE draft cards see: World War One Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918

This article was updated on 2 March 2018.

New Additions - Online Birth and Marriage Indexes

The following links were recently added to Online Birth and Marriage Records Indexes ...

California...
- Shasta County Marriage Records Index 1854-1930

Colorado...
- La Plata County Marriage Records Index from 6/19/1877 through 7/2/1959

- Colorado Historical Records Index - includes...
-- Boulder County Birth Index 1892-1906
-- Denver (City) Birth Index 1875-1906
-- Elbert County Birth Index 1869-1906
-- Kit Carson County Birth Report Register 1892-1907

Florida...
- Brevard County, Florida Marriage License Application Inquiry 1999-current - also includes historical marriage records 1938-1998

Indiana...
- Indiana Marriage Index 1993-2000

Kentucky...
- Fayette County Kentucky Birth Index 1911-1930

Louisiana...
- Caddo Parish Marriage Index 1937-present

Maryland...
- Howard County, Maryland Marriage Licenses 1860-1939

Minnesota...
- Minnesota Birth Certificate Index 1900-1911 (updated)

New York...
- New York City Brides Index - various years (ongoing project)

North Dakota...
- Grand Forks County Marriage License Search, November 1875 - June 1914

Oregon...
- Multnomah County Marriage Records Index 1850s-1904

Vermont...
- Early Vermont Marriages from Berlin, Burlington & Montpelier

West Virginia...
- West Virginia Vital Records Indexes - includes birth indexes for 3 counties & marriage indexes for 6 counties; more are being added

Wisconsin...
- Wisconsin Pre-1907 Vital Records Index -- covers 1852 to September 30, 1907 (most entries date from 1880; includes some entries prior to 1852)
- Milwaukee County Marriage Records 1822-1876