The Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records Directory has been updated with links to the following items...
Alaska
- Alaska Probate Index 1884-1959
Colorado
- Boulder Genealogical Society - Cemeteries and Obituaries - Updated (includes: Boulder Daily Camera Obituary Index 1970-1974; burial indexes for the following cemeteries: Columbia Cemetery, Green Mountain Cemetery, Hygiene Cemetery, Lyons Cemetery, "Roadside" Cemetery, Rowley Cemetery, Weisner Cemetery; and more)
- Pitkin County: Cemetery Records for Red Butte, Aspen Grove, Ute and Basalt Cemeteries
Florida
- Flagler County Genealogy Indexes (includes some obituaries and cemetery records)
Illinois
- DeKalb County Cemeteries and Genealogy Indexes
- DuPage County: Obituary Index, 1972-2009 for Burr Ridge, Darien and Willowbrook, Illinois
Indiana
- Marion County Wills Index
- Sullivan County Obituaries Indexes (for obituaries 1929-present, and obituaries and death notices 1870-1905; also has indexes for wills and marriages)
- Union County Genealogy Indexes (includes cemetery records, obituaries index and more)
Kansas
- Clay County Rural Cemeteries
- Clay County: Greenwood Cemetery Burials (Clay Center, KS)
- Russell County Cemeteries
- Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library Obituaries Index 1906-1935 and 1971-present with a few from 1936-1970 (update: more years added)
Kentucky
- Edmonson County: Mammoth Cave National Park Cemetery Database
Maryland
- Garrett County: Ruth Enlow Library Obituary Database, March 1877-1904
Massachusetts
- Middlesex County: Lowell Vital Records Indexes (Birth, Marriage, Death) from Local Newspapers
- Middlesex County Cemetery Projects
- Middlesex County: Lowell Cemetery Veterans Burial List
- Worcester County: Southborough Rural Cemetery Burials, and Southborough Vital Records 1727-1849
Michigan
- Monroe County: Monroe Evening News Obituaries Index (from the Monroe County Historical Commission Archives)
- Tuscola County: Cass City Cemetery Records and Digitized Newspapers
Minnesota
- Scott County Historical Society Newspaper Index - Marriages and Obituaries
Missouri (St. Louis)
- Gatewood Gardens Cemetery Burial Database (St. Louis)
- St. Louis City Wills Index, Volumes M-X, 1877-1894 (downloadable PDF file)
- Index to Names in the Annual Reports of the Coroner of Saint Louis, Missouri, for the Years 1894, 1895, 1896, and 1897
- See: Online St. Louis, Missouri Death Records, Indexes & Obituaries
Nebraska
- Cass County Cemetery Burials and other Genealogy Indexes
New Hampshire
- Belknap County: Town of Belmont Genealogy Indexes (includes death index 1887-2008 and other indexes)
- Hillsborough County: Amherst Historical Society Genealogy Indexes (includes death index 1884-1989 and other items)
New Mexico
- New Mexico Death Records Index 1889-1945 from FamilySearch Record Search (Pilot)
New York
- Dutchess County: Interments in Dutchess County Cemeteries before 1880
- Monroe County: Village of Churchville Cemetery Records Search
North Carolina
- Mecklenburg County: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Genealogy Indexes (includes some cemetery burials & early death notices)
- Wake County: Historic Oakwood Cemetery Burials (in Raleigh, NC)
- Wake County: Raleigh City Cemeteries Burial Databases (for City Cemetery and O'Rorke Cemetery)
- Wake County Wills Index 1771-1802
Ohio
- Fulton County Death Register Book 1 (1868-1886) transcriptions and images
- Wood County Cemetery Search
Oklahoma
- Oklahoma Cemeteries (a collection of cemetery transcriptions and photographs; coverage varies by county)
- Kingfisher County Cemeteries
- Muskogee Death and Newspaper Obituary Indexes 1916-2009 (update: more years added)
Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County: Index of Death Notices and Obituaries that Appeared in Pittsburgh Area Newspapers (ongoing project)
Texas
- Dallas County Probate Court - Search Case Records (recent)
- South Texas Area: Catholic Cemeteries of The Victoria Diocese (the Victoria Diocese comprises the counties of Calhoun, Colorado, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Lavaca, Matagorda, Victoria, Wharton and Fayette County west of the Colorado River)
- Tarrant County: Death Notices and Miscellaneous News Items from the Arlington Journal and Arlington Citizen 1897-1940 (does not include all years)
- Tarrant County: Arlington Cemetery Burials
Virginia
- Richmond: Burial Records of Jewish Cemeteries in Central Virginia
Washington
- Walla Walla County: City of Walla Walla Burial Search - for Mountain View Cemetery
- Wenatchee Area Obituary Index 1880-2008 (update: more years added)
Wisconsin
- Outagamie County: Kaukauna Newspaper Index (for births, obituaries, weddings)
- Rock County Cemeteries
- Rock County: Janesville Gazette Obituaries Index, January 1981-May 1983; and January 1993-present (update: more years added)
See: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
Sunday, March 07, 2010
Friday, February 05, 2010
Online Genealogy Records Directories - Moving
Some of my online directories of genealogy indexes and records are moving to new URLs. Here is a list of some of the most popular, along with their new URLs. Please update any links you may have to these webpages. Thank you! -Joe
Online Birth and Marriage Records Indexes for the USA
was at: http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/vitalrecords.html
is now at:
http://www.germanroots.com/vitalrecords.html
What Passenger Lists Are Online?
Internet Sources for Transcribed Passenger Records and Indexes
was at: http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/onlinelists.html
is now at:
http://www.germanroots.com/onlinelists.html
Online Searchable Naturalization Indexes and Records (USA)
was at: http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/naturalization.html
is now at:
http://www.germanroots.com/naturalization.html
Finding U.S. Naturalization Records - a Genealogy Guide
was at: http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/naturalizationrecords.html
is now at:
http://www.germanroots.com/naturalizationrecords.html
Online Military Indexes and Databases - USA
was at: http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/military.html
was expanded into a separate website (in 2004):
http://www.militaryindexes.com/
Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records
was at: http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/deathrecords.html
was expanded into a separate website (in 2003):
http://www.deathindexes.com/
Thank you!
Online Birth and Marriage Records Indexes for the USA
was at: http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/vitalrecords.html
is now at:
http://www.germanroots.com/vitalrecords.html
What Passenger Lists Are Online?
Internet Sources for Transcribed Passenger Records and Indexes
was at: http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/onlinelists.html
is now at:
http://www.germanroots.com/onlinelists.html
Online Searchable Naturalization Indexes and Records (USA)
was at: http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/naturalization.html
is now at:
http://www.germanroots.com/naturalization.html
Finding U.S. Naturalization Records - a Genealogy Guide
was at: http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/naturalizationrecords.html
is now at:
http://www.germanroots.com/naturalizationrecords.html
Online Military Indexes and Databases - USA
was at: http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/military.html
was expanded into a separate website (in 2004):
http://www.militaryindexes.com/
Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records
was at: http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/deathrecords.html
was expanded into a separate website (in 2003):
http://www.deathindexes.com/
Thank you!
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
The German Roots (wee-monster) Website is Moving
If you have any links to my German Roots website, please update them - the old website will be going away soon. It was located at:
German Roots: German Genealogy Resources
http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/
It has moved to:
http://www.germanroots.com/
If you are linking to an interior webpage such as:
What Passenger Lists Are Online?
http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/onlinelists.html
Please change the URL to:
http://www.germanroots.com/onlinelists.html
Please change any other links to the old "wee-monster" website you may have.
Thank you kindly! :)
-Joe Beine
German Roots: German Genealogy Resources
http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/
It has moved to:
http://www.germanroots.com/
If you are linking to an interior webpage such as:
What Passenger Lists Are Online?
http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/onlinelists.html
Please change the URL to:
http://www.germanroots.com/onlinelists.html
Please change any other links to the old "wee-monster" website you may have.
Thank you kindly! :)
-Joe Beine
Sunday, January 10, 2010
How I Found Some Genealogy Records for My German Ancestors
Last year I obtained a marriage record from a church in Germany that was not available at the Family History Library. I thought this might be a helpful example of how you can sometimes find genealogy records by writing to churches or archives in Germany.
My immigrant ancestors, August and Christine (Walter) Beine came to the US in 1880 with 7 of their children. August Beine was originally from a small German village called Grosseneder and Christine Walter came from another village called Siddinghausen. I have already researched their family lines in each of the villages, but I was not able to find their marriage record in either place. But I have a photocopy of a family document that gives the birth and baptismal dates of their German born children from the St. Nikolaus Catholic Parish in Stoppenberg, Germany. Stoppenberg was then a suburb and is now a neighborhood of the city of Essen. I always assumed the couple was married in Stoppenberg and recently I decided to pursue obtaining a copy of their marriage record.
The LDS Family History Library does not have microfilmed records for the St. Nikolaus Parish. So I needed to determine where the church's records, if available, were located. Essen is a Catholic diocese ("Bistum" in German), and using Google, I found the Essen diocese has a website: http://www.bistum-essen.de. From the website's contact link I sent an email asking where the St. Nikolaus parish records were today. I received a response saying the records were still at the St. Nikolaus church and was given an email address for the parish priest.
I emailed the parish priest, asking if I could obtain the marriage record of August Beine and Christine Walter, and the baptismal record of their son, also named August, who is my great grandfather. Three weeks later I received a response saying he had found the records I wanted and was sending copies. A few days later the photocopies arrived in the mail.
I had inquired about a fee in my email to the church, and the response was: "We don't get a fee for this service, but it would be nice if you can give a donation to a project of the Roman-Catholic parish in your town." So I made a donation to a local parish.
I have a family document that gave me the name of the town and parish in Germany. But you may not have something like this. Here's a list of other places where you might find the name of your ancestral village in Germany:
Tips for Finding Your German Immigrant Ancestor's Hometown in Germany
This article may help if you already know the name of the village or town:
Tips for Finding German Genealogy Records for your German-American Ancestor
The above photograph of the St. Nikolaus Catholic Church in Essen-Stoppenberg by Joe Beine, February, 2018
This article was updated on 8 March 2018
My immigrant ancestors, August and Christine (Walter) Beine came to the US in 1880 with 7 of their children. August Beine was originally from a small German village called Grosseneder and Christine Walter came from another village called Siddinghausen. I have already researched their family lines in each of the villages, but I was not able to find their marriage record in either place. But I have a photocopy of a family document that gives the birth and baptismal dates of their German born children from the St. Nikolaus Catholic Parish in Stoppenberg, Germany. Stoppenberg was then a suburb and is now a neighborhood of the city of Essen. I always assumed the couple was married in Stoppenberg and recently I decided to pursue obtaining a copy of their marriage record.
The LDS Family History Library does not have microfilmed records for the St. Nikolaus Parish. So I needed to determine where the church's records, if available, were located. Essen is a Catholic diocese ("Bistum" in German), and using Google, I found the Essen diocese has a website: http://www.bistum-essen.de. From the website's contact link I sent an email asking where the St. Nikolaus parish records were today. I received a response saying the records were still at the St. Nikolaus church and was given an email address for the parish priest.
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| St. Nikolaus Catholic Church in Essen-Stoppenberg |
I emailed the parish priest, asking if I could obtain the marriage record of August Beine and Christine Walter, and the baptismal record of their son, also named August, who is my great grandfather. Three weeks later I received a response saying he had found the records I wanted and was sending copies. A few days later the photocopies arrived in the mail.
I had inquired about a fee in my email to the church, and the response was: "We don't get a fee for this service, but it would be nice if you can give a donation to a project of the Roman-Catholic parish in your town." So I made a donation to a local parish.
I have a family document that gave me the name of the town and parish in Germany. But you may not have something like this. Here's a list of other places where you might find the name of your ancestral village in Germany:
Tips for Finding Your German Immigrant Ancestor's Hometown in Germany
This article may help if you already know the name of the village or town:
Tips for Finding German Genealogy Records for your German-American Ancestor
The above photograph of the St. Nikolaus Catholic Church in Essen-Stoppenberg by Joe Beine, February, 2018
This article was updated on 8 March 2018
Saturday, January 02, 2010
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
- Madison County: City of Huntsville Cemetery Burials Search
Arkansas
- Carroll County Historical and Genealogical Society - Cemetery Grave Marker Index
- Yell County Cemetery Records
Connecticut
- Fairfield County Cemeteries
Florida
- Broward County: Jewish Cemeteries (ongoing project) presently has Jewish burials in Evergreen Cemetery, Fort Lauderdale (Excel file)
Georgia
- Georgia Non-Indexed Death Certificates, 1928-1930
Idaho
- Canyon County: City of Nampa Cemetery Interment Database
Indiana
- Clark County Cemeteries
Kansas
- Cherokee County Obituary Index 2000-2007
Massachusetts
- Essex County: Spring Grove Cemetery Burials (Andover, MA)
Michigan
- Ogemaw County Death Records Index
- Saint Clair County: Lakeside Cemetery Records Search (Port Huron, Michigan)
Minnesota
- Hennepin County: Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery - Burial Search
- Mower County Cemeteries
- Pennington County: Historic St. Pauli Church, Thief River Falls, Minnesota (includes baptisms, funerals and other listings)
Mississippi
- Adams County: Natchez Jewish Cemetery List
Missouri
- Gentry and Worth Counties: Cemetery Transcriptions (PDF files)
- Saint Louis County: Cold Water Cemetery Burials (DAR Cemetery in Florissant, MO); See: Online St. Louis, Missouri Death Records, Indexes & Obituaries
Nebraska
- Adams County: Hastings Regional Center Cemetery Records, 1889-1959
New Hampshire
- Hillsborough County: Cemeteries of Bedford, NH
- Hillsborough County: Pelham Historical Society Genealogy On-Line Library (includes early town clerk vital records, cemetery inscriptions and more)
New Mexico
- Bernalillo County Cemeteries
- Chaves County Cemeteries
- Dona Ana County Cemeteries and Funeral Home Records
- Lincoln County Cemeteries and Deaths 1913-1919
- Lincoln County: Catholic Funeral Records from St. Rita Parish, Carrizozo, Nov 1897-April 1956
- Socorro County Cemeteries
New York
- Erie County Lodge Cemetery Records (Jewish Cemetery in Buffalo, NY)
- Rockland County Cemetery Records Search
Ohio
- Ohio Obituaries Index 1810s-present from the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center; for selected counties (update: 300,000 more entries added; now has 1.5 million entries)
- Hamilton County Ohio Wills Index, 1791-1901 (PDF files)
- Hamilton County Probate Court: Probate Case and Archived Records Search (includes births, marriages, wills, naturalizations and more; some unindexed)
- For the above two see: Online Cincinnati & Hamilton County, Ohio Death Records & Indexes
South Carolina
- South Carolina Death Index 1915-1958 (update: year 1958 added)
Tennessee
- Tennessee Death Index 1914-1930 (update: years 1929 and 1930 added)
- Knox County Death Records and Obituaries Indexes (includes: Index of Obituaries Published in The Hickory Daily Record, 1915-1989; Funeral Records from Shuford Funeral Home, 1908-1957; Knox County, TN Death Records, 1914-1925)
Texas
- Franklin County News Archive 1870-Sept 1875 (includes some obituaries)
- Lamar County Death and Cemetery Records Database
Utah
- Utah Death Certificates Index 1904-1958 (update: more years added)
West Virginia
- Cabell County: Huntington, West Virginia Newspapers Obituary Indexes (PDF files)
- Mercer County: Walnut Grove Cemetery Burials (in Bluefield, West Virginia)
Wisconsin
- Douglas County Cemeteries
- Shawano County Genealogy Indexes (includes cemetery burials, obituaries and more)
See: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
Alabama
- Madison County: City of Huntsville Cemetery Burials Search
Arkansas
- Carroll County Historical and Genealogical Society - Cemetery Grave Marker Index
- Yell County Cemetery Records
Connecticut
- Fairfield County Cemeteries
Florida
- Broward County: Jewish Cemeteries (ongoing project) presently has Jewish burials in Evergreen Cemetery, Fort Lauderdale (Excel file)
Georgia
- Georgia Non-Indexed Death Certificates, 1928-1930
Idaho
- Canyon County: City of Nampa Cemetery Interment Database
Indiana
- Clark County Cemeteries
Kansas
- Cherokee County Obituary Index 2000-2007
Massachusetts
- Essex County: Spring Grove Cemetery Burials (Andover, MA)
Michigan
- Ogemaw County Death Records Index
- Saint Clair County: Lakeside Cemetery Records Search (Port Huron, Michigan)
Minnesota
- Hennepin County: Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery - Burial Search
- Mower County Cemeteries
- Pennington County: Historic St. Pauli Church, Thief River Falls, Minnesota (includes baptisms, funerals and other listings)
Mississippi
- Adams County: Natchez Jewish Cemetery List
Missouri
- Gentry and Worth Counties: Cemetery Transcriptions (PDF files)
- Saint Louis County: Cold Water Cemetery Burials (DAR Cemetery in Florissant, MO); See: Online St. Louis, Missouri Death Records, Indexes & Obituaries
Nebraska
- Adams County: Hastings Regional Center Cemetery Records, 1889-1959
New Hampshire
- Hillsborough County: Cemeteries of Bedford, NH
- Hillsborough County: Pelham Historical Society Genealogy On-Line Library (includes early town clerk vital records, cemetery inscriptions and more)
New Mexico
- Bernalillo County Cemeteries
- Chaves County Cemeteries
- Dona Ana County Cemeteries and Funeral Home Records
- Lincoln County Cemeteries and Deaths 1913-1919
- Lincoln County: Catholic Funeral Records from St. Rita Parish, Carrizozo, Nov 1897-April 1956
- Socorro County Cemeteries
New York
- Erie County Lodge Cemetery Records (Jewish Cemetery in Buffalo, NY)
- Rockland County Cemetery Records Search
Ohio
- Ohio Obituaries Index 1810s-present from the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center; for selected counties (update: 300,000 more entries added; now has 1.5 million entries)
- Hamilton County Ohio Wills Index, 1791-1901 (PDF files)
- Hamilton County Probate Court: Probate Case and Archived Records Search (includes births, marriages, wills, naturalizations and more; some unindexed)
- For the above two see: Online Cincinnati & Hamilton County, Ohio Death Records & Indexes
South Carolina
- South Carolina Death Index 1915-1958 (update: year 1958 added)
Tennessee
- Tennessee Death Index 1914-1930 (update: years 1929 and 1930 added)
- Knox County Death Records and Obituaries Indexes (includes: Index of Obituaries Published in The Hickory Daily Record, 1915-1989; Funeral Records from Shuford Funeral Home, 1908-1957; Knox County, TN Death Records, 1914-1925)
Texas
- Franklin County News Archive 1870-Sept 1875 (includes some obituaries)
- Lamar County Death and Cemetery Records Database
Utah
- Utah Death Certificates Index 1904-1958 (update: more years added)
West Virginia
- Cabell County: Huntington, West Virginia Newspapers Obituary Indexes (PDF files)
- Mercer County: Walnut Grove Cemetery Burials (in Bluefield, West Virginia)
Wisconsin
- Douglas County Cemeteries
- Shawano County Genealogy Indexes (includes cemetery burials, obituaries and more)
See: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
Thursday, November 12, 2009
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
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
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
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
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
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
Monday, June 01, 2009
Millvina Dean, Last Survivor of the Titanic, Dies
Elizabeth Gladys "Millvina" Dean, the last survivor of the Titanic sinking, died on May 31 at age 97. She was nine weeks old when her family boarded the Titanic in 1912. Her mother and brother also survived the sinking. Her father died in the tragedy. You can read more here: Millvina Dean, last remaining survivor of the Titanic, dies aged 97
The above image is a portion of the Carpathia passenger list showing the three surviving members of the Dean family, siblings Bertram and Elizabeth (two-month-old Eliza) and their mother Georgette (Ettie). The Carpathia rescued 705 of the Titanic's survivors and brought them to New York on April 18, 1912. See: Partial List of Survivors of the Titanic who were taken aboard the Carpathia at the U.S. National Archives website.
James Cameron, director of the popular film, Titanic, along with two of the film's stars, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, donated money to help pay Millvina Dean's nursing home costs in her last days.
For information on Titanic passenger records see the New York section at... What Passenger Lists are Online?
For more on Titanic survivors see the Titanic category on the right side.
The above image is a portion of the Carpathia passenger list showing the three surviving members of the Dean family, siblings Bertram and Elizabeth (two-month-old Eliza) and their mother Georgette (Ettie). The Carpathia rescued 705 of the Titanic's survivors and brought them to New York on April 18, 1912. See: Partial List of Survivors of the Titanic who were taken aboard the Carpathia at the U.S. National Archives website.
James Cameron, director of the popular film, Titanic, along with two of the film's stars, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, donated money to help pay Millvina Dean's nursing home costs in her last days.
For information on Titanic passenger records see the New York section at... What Passenger Lists are Online?
For more on Titanic survivors see the Titanic category on the right side.
Friday, May 15, 2009
FamilySearch Labs adds Death Indexes for 4 Southern States
The FamilySearch Labs website has recently added death indexes (some with digitized images) for four Southern states. These are:
Alabama Deaths 1908-1974
Florida Deaths 1877-1939
North Carolina Deaths 1906-1930 (with images)
South Carolina Deaths 1915-1943 (with images)
South Carolina Deaths 1944-1955
These indexes are now available at FamilySearch Record Search
Formerly at: FamilySearch Labs Record Search
For more death indexes for these states see:
This article was updated on 8 January 2011.
Alabama Deaths 1908-1974
Florida Deaths 1877-1939
North Carolina Deaths 1906-1930 (with images)
South Carolina Deaths 1915-1943 (with images)
South Carolina Deaths 1944-1955
These indexes are now available at FamilySearch Record Search
Formerly at: FamilySearch Labs Record Search
For more death indexes for these states see:
- Online Alabama Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
- Online Florida Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
- Online North Carolina Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
- Online South Carolina Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
This article was updated on 8 January 2011.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Search Strategies for Finding Ship Passenger Lists 1820-1940s
This article was updated on 22 December 2018.
Here are some suggestions for finding your immigrant ancestors on a ship passenger list (or manifest) for their arrival in the United States from 1820 to the 1940s (1950s for some ports).
Search Tips
If you're having difficulty finding your ancestor's passenger list you might try a more specific search at each port. If you don't know the arrival port or don't know where to start, you can find some ideas at: Tips for Determining Your Ancestor's Probable Port of Arrival
Some ship passenger indexes have been created for various ethnic groups and these may be helpful as alternate resources if you can't find your immigrant ancestor in other indexes.
Here are some suggestions for finding your immigrant ancestors on a ship passenger list (or manifest) for their arrival in the United States from 1820 to the 1940s (1950s for some ports).
Search Tips
- Clues in the Census: the 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930 US federal censuses have a column for year of arrival for immigrants. This can help narrow down the search. Be careful as census records may contain errors.
- Naturalization Records: Naturalization records created September 27, 1906 and later will usually give the name of the ship, port and date of arrival. Naturalization records before that usually do not give this information (although some might). You may sometimes find errors in these records.
- Be sure to try alternate spellings of names when searching online databases or other indexes.
If you're having difficulty finding your ancestor's passenger list you might try a more specific search at each port. If you don't know the arrival port or don't know where to start, you can find some ideas at: Tips for Determining Your Ancestor's Probable Port of Arrival
- Finding Passenger Lists and Immigration Records 1820-1940s is a basic research guide for finding passenger records, listed by the major ports and some of the smaller ports
- Ship Passenger Lists and Records on the Internet lists some Internet sources for transcribed passenger records and indexes
- New York Indexes and the Ellis Island Database...
The largest port where immgrants arrived in the U.S. is New York. Most people with European immigrant ancestors will probably want to search New York arrivals first, unless they know their immigrant ancestor arrived elsewhere. Here are some tools and articles which may be helpful for finding New York passenger arrivals: - New York Passenger Lists Research Guide
- Ellis Island Database: for New York arrivals 1892-1924
- Castle Garden Database indexes some NY arrivals from about 1830-1892
- Ellis Island? Castle Garden? Which One? And When? is an article about New York's immigrant processing centers
- Boston...
- Baltimore...
- Philadelphia...
- New Orleans...
If your immigrant ancestor settled in St. Louis, Missouri or along the Mississippi river (especially prior to the Civil War), he or she may have landed at New Orleans and taken a riverboat up the Mississippi. - Smaller Ports, West Coast Ports and Border Crossing Records...
- US Ports of Arrival and their Available Passenger Lists 1820-1957 is a list of many United States ports with information about the available passenger records and indexes. Includes information about Canadian and Mexican border crossing records.
Some ship passenger indexes have been created for various ethnic groups and these may be helpful as alternate resources if you can't find your immigrant ancestor in other indexes.
- The Germans to America (1850-1897), Italians to America (1855-1900), Russian Immigrants (1834-1897) and Irish Famine Immigrants (1846-1851) databases can be searched online at the National Archives website: Passenger Lists - Access to Archival Databases (AAD)
- For more details on these indexes and others see:
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Online Military Records and Indexes - New Additions and Updates
Links to the items listed below have been added to the Directory of Online Military Indexes, Records and Rosters of Soldiers
Revolutionary War
- Southern Campaign Revolutionary War Pension Statements (partial collection)
- Alabama: Alphabetical List of Revolutionary Soldiers in Alabama
War of 1812
- Indiana Territory: War of 1812 Collection (consists of muster, pay and receipt rolls of Indiana territory volunteers or militia)
Civil War
- Arkansas Confederate Pension Records Index
- Delaware: Records Related to Delaware's Involvement in the American Civil War (from the Delaware Public Archives)
- Georgia Confederate Veteran Grave Database (work in progress)
- Kansas Virtual Civil War Cemetery Tombstone Photos (not complete, but has over 11,000 photographs of grave markers of Civil War veterans buried in Kansas - searchable by name)
- Mississippi Confederate Grave Registry
- Nebraska Civil War Veterans Database
- South Carolina: The New South Newspaper 1862-1866, Port Royal and Beaufort, South Carolina (digitized and searchable)
Spanish American War
- Kansas Troops in the Volunteer Service of the United States in the Spanish and Philippine Wars
World War One
- Denver Public Library World War I Indexes (includes: Fallen Heroes of World War I from Denver, Colorado; Colorado World War I Draft Registration Cards Index; Colorado World War I Draft Registration Index - Minorities; Colorado World War I Casualties Buried in Europe)
- Oregon WWI Draft Registration Index
- International WWI Section, Australia: World War I Service Records
- International WWI Section, New Zealand: New Zealand and World War One Assorted Indexes
World War Two
- Iowa: World War II Iowa Press Clippings Digital Collection
- International WWII Section, Canada: Second World War Service Files Canadian Armed Forces War Dead
Korean War
- Korean War/Access to Archival Databases (AAD) includes Korean War casualties, wounded, prisoners of war and missing in action
Vietnam War
- Vietnam War/Access to Archival Databases (AAD) includes Vietnam War casualties, wounded, prisoners of war, missing in action, and more items
See: Online Military Indexes and Records
Revolutionary War
- Southern Campaign Revolutionary War Pension Statements (partial collection)
- Alabama: Alphabetical List of Revolutionary Soldiers in Alabama
War of 1812
- Indiana Territory: War of 1812 Collection (consists of muster, pay and receipt rolls of Indiana territory volunteers or militia)
Civil War
- Arkansas Confederate Pension Records Index
- Delaware: Records Related to Delaware's Involvement in the American Civil War (from the Delaware Public Archives)
- Georgia Confederate Veteran Grave Database (work in progress)
- Kansas Virtual Civil War Cemetery Tombstone Photos (not complete, but has over 11,000 photographs of grave markers of Civil War veterans buried in Kansas - searchable by name)
- Mississippi Confederate Grave Registry
- Nebraska Civil War Veterans Database
- South Carolina: The New South Newspaper 1862-1866, Port Royal and Beaufort, South Carolina (digitized and searchable)
Spanish American War
- Kansas Troops in the Volunteer Service of the United States in the Spanish and Philippine Wars
World War One
- Denver Public Library World War I Indexes (includes: Fallen Heroes of World War I from Denver, Colorado; Colorado World War I Draft Registration Cards Index; Colorado World War I Draft Registration Index - Minorities; Colorado World War I Casualties Buried in Europe)
- Oregon WWI Draft Registration Index
- International WWI Section, Australia: World War I Service Records
- International WWI Section, New Zealand: New Zealand and World War One Assorted Indexes
World War Two
- Iowa: World War II Iowa Press Clippings Digital Collection
- International WWII Section, Canada: Second World War Service Files Canadian Armed Forces War Dead
Korean War
- Korean War/Access to Archival Databases (AAD) includes Korean War casualties, wounded, prisoners of war and missing in action
Vietnam War
- Vietnam War/Access to Archival Databases (AAD) includes Vietnam War casualties, wounded, prisoners of war, missing in action, and more items
See: Online Military Indexes and Records
Monday, April 06, 2009
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
- Montgomery County Cemeteries
Arizona
- Arizona Death Records Index 1844-1958 (update: year 1958 added)
- Maricopa County: Double Butte Cemetery Burials (Tempe, Arizona)
California
- Riverside County: Lake Elsinore Cemetery Burials
Colorado
- El Paso County Cemeteries (from the Colorado Tombstone Transcription Project)
- Larimer County: Local History Archive (includes burials in Grandview and Roselawn Cemeteries and indexes for some obituaries)
Florida
- Escambia County: St. John's Historic Cemetery Burial Search (Pensacola, Florida)
Illinois
- Kane County: St. Charles Public Library Local Newspapers Index 1993-present (includes obituaries)
- Madison County Genealogical Resources - includes Cemetery Burials (from the Edwardsville Public Library and the Illinois Digital Archives)
- McHenry County Historical Society Obituaries Index
- Winnebago County Death Index 1844-1981
Indiana
- Morgan County Cemeteries Index
Kentucky
- Jefferson County: Herman Meyer & Son Jewish Funeral Home - Burials and Headstone Photos (Louisville, KY) ongoing project
Maryland
- Early Maryland Probate Indexes
- Allegany County: Percy Cemetery Burials and Obituaries (small older cemetery in Frostburg, MD)
- Washington County Obituary Locator 1790-2007
Massachusetts
- Barnstable County: Barnstable Patriot Newspaper Archive 1830-1930
Michigan
- Michigan Death Records 1897-1920 (ongoing project - not yet complete)
- Delta County Genealogical Society - Genealogy Indexes (includes: probate index 1873-1975, and a cemetery burials index)
Mississippi
- Monroe County Book of the Dead: Cemetery Burials (work in progress)
Missouri
- Missouri Death Certificates Index and Images 1910-1958 (update: year 1958 added)
New Hampshire
- Belknap County: Sanbornton Historical Society Cemetery Burials (ongoing project)
- Sullivan County: Cemeteries of Washington, NH
New Jersey
- New Jersey Death Records Index, June 1878-June 1884 (from the NJ State Archives)
New Mexico
- Bernalillo County: Burials in 4 Albuquerque Cemeteries
- San Juan County Genealogy Indexes (includes an obituary index 1982-Feb. 2000, and cemetery burials)
New York
- Chautauqua County Cemeteries (also has some church death and burial transcriptions)
- Western New York Genealogy Indexes from the Painted Hills Genealogy Society (includes cemetery burials and other indexes for Allegany County, Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County and Steuben County)
- Northern New York Historical Newspapers (for Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego, and Saint Lawrence Counties)
- For more historical NY newspapers see the New York section at: Historical Newspapers and Indexes on the Internet - USA
Ohio
- Clermont County Cemetery Photo Project
- Trumbull County: Warren-Trumbull County Public Library Obituaries Index
Oregon
- Washington County Cemetery Records
Pennsylvania
- Assorted Pennsylvania Cemeteries/WebCemeteries (a collection of mostly small cemeteries in PA; includes a genealogy search)
- McKean County Cemeteries
- Philadelphia County Cemeteries (USGenWeb Archives)
- Potter County Cemeteries
- York County Death Indexes and Genealogy Indexes (update: new URL and new indexes added)
South Dakota
- South Dakota Gravestone Photos (ongoing project)
Tennessee
- Rutherford County Cemeteries
Texas
- Nueces County: Corpus Christi Obituary Index and Old Bayview Cemetery Burials (update: Bayview cemetery added)
Washington
- Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State Cemetery Project
West Virginia
- West Virginia Death Index 1917-1958; coverage varies by county (update: year 1958 added)
- Huntington Herald Dispatch & Charleston Gazette Obituaries Index 1990-2005 (PDF files; has some gaps)
Wisconsin
- Milwaukee County: Wisconsin Jewish Death & Burial Index, and Jewish Chronicle Obituary Index
See: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
Alabama
- Montgomery County Cemeteries
Arizona
- Arizona Death Records Index 1844-1958 (update: year 1958 added)
- Maricopa County: Double Butte Cemetery Burials (Tempe, Arizona)
California
- Riverside County: Lake Elsinore Cemetery Burials
Colorado
- El Paso County Cemeteries (from the Colorado Tombstone Transcription Project)
- Larimer County: Local History Archive (includes burials in Grandview and Roselawn Cemeteries and indexes for some obituaries)
Florida
- Escambia County: St. John's Historic Cemetery Burial Search (Pensacola, Florida)
Illinois
- Kane County: St. Charles Public Library Local Newspapers Index 1993-present (includes obituaries)
- Madison County Genealogical Resources - includes Cemetery Burials (from the Edwardsville Public Library and the Illinois Digital Archives)
- McHenry County Historical Society Obituaries Index
- Winnebago County Death Index 1844-1981
Indiana
- Morgan County Cemeteries Index
Kentucky
- Jefferson County: Herman Meyer & Son Jewish Funeral Home - Burials and Headstone Photos (Louisville, KY) ongoing project
Maryland
- Early Maryland Probate Indexes
- Allegany County: Percy Cemetery Burials and Obituaries (small older cemetery in Frostburg, MD)
- Washington County Obituary Locator 1790-2007
Massachusetts
- Barnstable County: Barnstable Patriot Newspaper Archive 1830-1930
Michigan
- Michigan Death Records 1897-1920 (ongoing project - not yet complete)
- Delta County Genealogical Society - Genealogy Indexes (includes: probate index 1873-1975, and a cemetery burials index)
Mississippi
- Monroe County Book of the Dead: Cemetery Burials (work in progress)
Missouri
- Missouri Death Certificates Index and Images 1910-1958 (update: year 1958 added)
New Hampshire
- Belknap County: Sanbornton Historical Society Cemetery Burials (ongoing project)
- Sullivan County: Cemeteries of Washington, NH
New Jersey
- New Jersey Death Records Index, June 1878-June 1884 (from the NJ State Archives)
New Mexico
- Bernalillo County: Burials in 4 Albuquerque Cemeteries
- San Juan County Genealogy Indexes (includes an obituary index 1982-Feb. 2000, and cemetery burials)
New York
- Chautauqua County Cemeteries (also has some church death and burial transcriptions)
- Western New York Genealogy Indexes from the Painted Hills Genealogy Society (includes cemetery burials and other indexes for Allegany County, Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County and Steuben County)
- Northern New York Historical Newspapers (for Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego, and Saint Lawrence Counties)
- For more historical NY newspapers see the New York section at: Historical Newspapers and Indexes on the Internet - USA
Ohio
- Clermont County Cemetery Photo Project
- Trumbull County: Warren-Trumbull County Public Library Obituaries Index
Oregon
- Washington County Cemetery Records
Pennsylvania
- Assorted Pennsylvania Cemeteries/WebCemeteries (a collection of mostly small cemeteries in PA; includes a genealogy search)
- McKean County Cemeteries
- Philadelphia County Cemeteries (USGenWeb Archives)
- Potter County Cemeteries
- York County Death Indexes and Genealogy Indexes (update: new URL and new indexes added)
South Dakota
- South Dakota Gravestone Photos (ongoing project)
Tennessee
- Rutherford County Cemeteries
Texas
- Nueces County: Corpus Christi Obituary Index and Old Bayview Cemetery Burials (update: Bayview cemetery added)
Washington
- Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State Cemetery Project
West Virginia
- West Virginia Death Index 1917-1958; coverage varies by county (update: year 1958 added)
- Huntington Herald Dispatch & Charleston Gazette Obituaries Index 1990-2005 (PDF files; has some gaps)
Wisconsin
- Milwaukee County: Wisconsin Jewish Death & Burial Index, and Jewish Chronicle Obituary Index
See: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Michigan Death Certificates 1897-1920 Online
The Archives of Michigan and the Michigan Historical Center have made nearly a million death records from 1897-1920 available on their "Michiganology" website (previously at the "Seeking Michigan" website). Update: more years are now available.
You can download copies of the currently available death certificates for free at: Michigan Death Records 1897-1920
For a list of more online Michigan death records and indexes see: Online Michigan Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries
For information about online death certificates for some states, see: Online Death Certificates (USA)
This article was updated on 3 February 2020
You can download copies of the currently available death certificates for free at: Michigan Death Records 1897-1920
For a list of more online Michigan death records and indexes see: Online Michigan Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries
For information about online death certificates for some states, see: Online Death Certificates (USA)
This article was updated on 3 February 2020
Sunday, March 08, 2009
Tips for Finding German Genealogy Records for Your German-American Ancestor
After I posted Tips for Finding Your German Immigrant Ancestor's Hometown in Germany last month, someone asked me what the next step was. She already had the name of her immigrant ancestor's hometown and didn't know where to look for further research. So here are some suggestions that may be helpful...
Is Anything Online? - German Genealogy Records on the Internet
Some German genealogy indexes and digitized records are available online. Here's a handy starting point: Online German Genealogy Indexes and Databases.
German Genealogy Records at the Family History Library (FHL) in Salt Lake City
I usually start a German genealogy research project by checking the FamilySearch Catalog to see if they have any digitized microfilm records for the place where my German ancestor lived. Doing a "Place Search" in their online catalog for the name of the town can tell you whether they have digitized microfilmed records for that town. You may also want to search for the broader region or for nearby towns.
Be aware that other German towns across Germany may have the same or similar names as the town you're looking for. To help find the correct location you might try checking German maps or German gazetteers.
Church records are often used for doing genealogy research in Germany so it is helpful to know your ancestor's religious affiliation. If your ancestral family's place of residence doesn't have a church they may have gone to one in a nearby town.
German Genealogy Records in Germany (if not available from FamilySearch)
If FamilySearch doesn't have the records you need, then you can try writing letters or emails to local parishes, civil or religious archives, or civil registration offices in Germany. The book, Ancestors in German Archives: A Guide to Family History Sources, can be a helpful reference (try your local library). Some German archives have websites. Many of these are listed in the book, or you might try a Google search for the name of the archive you need. This directory may also be helpful: Deutsche ArchivPortal
The Germany Letter Writing Guide from the FHL may be helpful for writing to German parishes and archives. There will usually be fees for any research requests you have (even if records are not found). In some cases, you may want to hire a local researcher in Germany, especially if you need extensive research done.
Disclaimer: you may not be able find records for your German ancestor using this guide. These are merely suggestions.
The next article in this series: How I Found Some Genealogy Records for My German Ancestors
This article was updated on 12 May 2020
Is Anything Online? - German Genealogy Records on the Internet
Some German genealogy indexes and digitized records are available online. Here's a handy starting point: Online German Genealogy Indexes and Databases.
German Genealogy Records at the Family History Library (FHL) in Salt Lake City
I usually start a German genealogy research project by checking the FamilySearch Catalog to see if they have any digitized microfilm records for the place where my German ancestor lived. Doing a "Place Search" in their online catalog for the name of the town can tell you whether they have digitized microfilmed records for that town. You may also want to search for the broader region or for nearby towns.
Be aware that other German towns across Germany may have the same or similar names as the town you're looking for. To help find the correct location you might try checking German maps or German gazetteers.
Church records are often used for doing genealogy research in Germany so it is helpful to know your ancestor's religious affiliation. If your ancestral family's place of residence doesn't have a church they may have gone to one in a nearby town.
German Genealogy Records in Germany (if not available from FamilySearch)
If FamilySearch doesn't have the records you need, then you can try writing letters or emails to local parishes, civil or religious archives, or civil registration offices in Germany. The book, Ancestors in German Archives: A Guide to Family History Sources, can be a helpful reference (try your local library). Some German archives have websites. Many of these are listed in the book, or you might try a Google search for the name of the archive you need. This directory may also be helpful: Deutsche ArchivPortal
The Germany Letter Writing Guide from the FHL may be helpful for writing to German parishes and archives. There will usually be fees for any research requests you have (even if records are not found). In some cases, you may want to hire a local researcher in Germany, especially if you need extensive research done.
Disclaimer: you may not be able find records for your German ancestor using this guide. These are merely suggestions.
The next article in this series: How I Found Some Genealogy Records for My German Ancestors
This article was updated on 12 May 2020
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Tips for Finding Your German Immigrant Ancestor's Hometown in Germany
This article was updated on 24 March 2020.
Here are some suggestions where you might find the German place of origin (city, town, or village) for your immigrant ancestor who came to America from Germany. Knowing the name of the town can help you take your genealogy research back to Germany to look for German genealogy records.
Ship Passenger Records (arrivals)
This outline was derived from the "Find your Immigrant Ancestor" section of the Basic Reasearch Guide for German Genealogy. It was created for the Germanic Genealogy Society of Colorado.
You can download a printable PDF version of this outline from: Genealogy Roots Blog Files: Finding Your German Ancestor's Hometown
Next Article in this Series: Tips for Finding German Genealogy Records for your German-American Ancestor
Here are some suggestions where you might find the German place of origin (city, town, or village) for your immigrant ancestor who came to America from Germany. Knowing the name of the town can help you take your genealogy research back to Germany to look for German genealogy records.
Ship Passenger Records (arrivals)
- "Last residence" (name of town) for each passenger is usually given on U.S. passenger arrival records starting about 1893 (this varies by port). All New York passenger arrival records starting with June 1897 and later should have this information for each passenger. Earlier passenger records (beginning with 1820) sometimes list the town of residence for the passengers, but most do not.
- Ship Passenger Lists Guide, 1820-1960s For Ships Arriving at U.S. Ports from Europe and Other Places
- Finding Passenger Lists before 1820 lists many sources for finding immigration related material before 1820
- Germans to America indexes German immigrant passengers for the major ports (New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston and New Orleans).
- Germans to America 1850-1897
- The 1850-1897 period can be searched online at: National Archives - Access to Archival Databases - Passenger Lists
- Germans to America Series II: the 1840s (books only)
- New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924
- Also see: Ship Passenger Lists and Records on the Internet
- Many Hamburg departure lists have survived and they usually give the last residence for each passenger.
- For information see: The Hamburg Passenger Departure Lists 1850-1934
- Church Records...
- American church records sometimes give the place of origin of immigrant families - FamilySearch might have some of these on digitized microfilm - check the FamilySearch Catalog.
- Sometimes church records for German churches in America will list the German place of birth of the parents in the baptismal records of their children (try FamilySearch).
- If you don't know which church your ancestor attended look for churches near the address where he or she lived - you can sometimes find addresses in census records and city directories.
- Death Certificates usually give place of birth (often just the country, but sometimes the town is given).
- Online Finding Aid: Directory of Online Death Records Indexes and Death Certificates
- Obituaries - search the local newspaper(s) where your ancestor died a day or more after the date of death
- Obituaries in American German language newspapers...
- List of American German Language Newspapers Online at Chronicling America
- Also try checking at a library in the area your ancestor lived
- Naturalization Records Naturalization records from September 27, 1906 and later usually list the place of birth; Naturalization records before Sept. 27, 1906 generally do not name the place of birth, but a few occasionally will have this.
- Guide to Finding U.S. Naturalization Records
- The 1900-1940 federal censuses show whether an immigrant was naturalized. The 1920 census gives year of naturalization.
- Types of Naturalization Records describes declarations of intention, petitions, certificates, etc.
- Suggested Book: Guide to Naturalization Records of the United States by Christina Schaefer
- Passport Applications - these usually have the applicant's place of birth (although some just have state or country). Not everyone had a passport. Passport applications are available from the U.S. National Archives for 1795-1905 (with gaps) and 1906-March 31, 1925. See the "Guide to Finding U.S. Naturalization Records" link above for information about these records with links to online records.
- County Histories and Biographies
- Online Finding Aid: Online County Histories, Biographies and Indexes
- Family tradition - talk to your relatives
- Family documents, photo albums, family Bibles...
- World War I Draft Registration Cards nearly 11 million (men born about June 1886 to June 1897) of the 24 million total draft cards asked for location of birth (town, state, nation).
- World War II Draft Cards have place of birth ("town or county" and "state or country"). See: Online World War II Indexes and Records - USA
- Records in Germany...
- German Emigration Lists (lists of people who applied to leave Germany)
- Germany Births and Baptisms 1558-1898, Marriages 1558-1929 and other records at FamilySearch These collections are not complete, but they may contain clues to help further your research in German records.
- Places to Find German Genealogy Records and Databases Online
- International Genealogical Index (IGI)
- Determining a Place of Origin in Germany from FamilySearch is a helpful resource
This outline was derived from the "Find your Immigrant Ancestor" section of the Basic Reasearch Guide for German Genealogy. It was created for the Germanic Genealogy Society of Colorado.
You can download a printable PDF version of this outline from: Genealogy Roots Blog Files: Finding Your German Ancestor's Hometown
Next Article in this Series: Tips for Finding German Genealogy Records for your German-American Ancestor
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Latest Additions - Online Indexes for Obituaries and Death Records
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
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
Monday, December 01, 2008
St. Louis, Missouri Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
The online death indexes directory now has a new separate webpage for St. Louis, Missouri...
Online St. Louis Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries
There you will find links to online St. Louis and Missouri death indexes, obituary indexes for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, some cemetery burial indexes, a St. Louis Coroner's index, ordering information for Missouri death certificates, and more.
For other Missouri cities and counties see: Online Missouri Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries
Online St. Louis Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries
There you will find links to online St. Louis and Missouri death indexes, obituary indexes for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, some cemetery burial indexes, a St. Louis Coroner's index, ordering information for Missouri death certificates, and more.
For other Missouri cities and counties see: Online Missouri Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries
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
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Celebrating Ten Years of German Roots
October 2008 is the tenth anniversary of my German Roots: German Genealogy Resources website. It started off with just a handful of pages and now it has, oh I don't know, a whole lot of pages.
I initially started the website as a directory of online resources for German-American genealogy research. Eventually I added some of my own content and articles. And a whole bunch of other genealogy stuff. It was originally put online in October 1998 at home.att.net/~wee-monster
In case you're wondering about the URL, Monster was my dog at the time. She died last year. She was wee :)
The website is now at www.germanroots.com which is easier to remember than the name of my dog, I suppose.
Three other websites were eventually spun off of the German Roots site, when I realized it was getting too big and I wanted to expand it beyond German genealogy. These are:
Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries for the USA, which was originally a single webpage on the German Roots website.
Online Military Indexes and Records, also originally a single webpage on the German Roots website.
Genealogy Articles, Tips and Research Guides, which is where I put more general genealogy stuff.
So here's to a very interesting ten years of German Roots. Thanks to all the people who have offered suggestions and comments and constructive criticism. Everyone gets a symbolic cyber German beer! Prost!
I initially started the website as a directory of online resources for German-American genealogy research. Eventually I added some of my own content and articles. And a whole bunch of other genealogy stuff. It was originally put online in October 1998 at home.att.net/~wee-monster
In case you're wondering about the URL, Monster was my dog at the time. She died last year. She was wee :)
The website is now at www.germanroots.com which is easier to remember than the name of my dog, I suppose.
Three other websites were eventually spun off of the German Roots site, when I realized it was getting too big and I wanted to expand it beyond German genealogy. These are:
Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries for the USA, which was originally a single webpage on the German Roots website.
Online Military Indexes and Records, also originally a single webpage on the German Roots website.
Genealogy Articles, Tips and Research Guides, which is where I put more general genealogy stuff.
So here's to a very interesting ten years of German Roots. Thanks to all the people who have offered suggestions and comments and constructive criticism. Everyone gets a symbolic cyber German beer! Prost!
Monday, October 20, 2008
Genealogy Records and Indexes on the Internet - USA
Ok, I admit it. Sometimes I can't remember where some of my own webpages are and I have to use Google to find them. How embarrassing. So I've compiled this list of many of my directories of online U.S. genealogy indexes and records. To help me find them myself and maybe it will be helpful to you too...
Cemeteries, Obituaries and Vital Records
Census Records
County Histories and Biographies
Immigration Records
Military Records
Newspapers (Historical)
Cemeteries, Obituaries and Vital Records
- Online Death Indexes, Death Certificates, Obituaries and Cemetery Burial Records
- Online Birth and Marriage Records Indexes
Census Records
- Some Free Online Census Records Indexes
- State Census Records includes links to some online indexes
County Histories and Biographies
Immigration Records
Military Records
Newspapers (Historical)
Friday, September 19, 2008
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.
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.
Monday, August 11, 2008
Latest Additions - Online Death Indexes, Records and Obituaries
The Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records Directory has been updated with links to the following items...
Alabama
- Jefferson County: Birmingham Area Newspapers Obituaries Index, January 1943-December 1976 (update: more years added)
Arizona
- Maricopa County: West Valley Genealogical Society Obituaries Index 1998-2003 (update: year 2003 added)
Georgia
- Chattooga County: Death Notices from the Summerville News Newspaper 1927-1942 (also has some cemetery listings)
Illinois
- Cook County and Chicago section: Historical Cook County Vital Records - Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates (index searches are free/payment required to download copies of the records) ... See: Online Chicago and Cook County Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
Indiana
- Knox County Death Indexes, 1921-June 2002 & Vincennes Sun-Commercial Obituary Index 2002-2007 from the Knox County Public Library
- Perry County: Tell City-Perry County Public Library Obituary Finder (recent)
Kansas
- Johnson County District Court Public Records Search -- includes indexes for recent probate records and marriage licenses
Kentucky
- Boyd County Cemeteries & Ashland Daily Independent Obituary Index 1922-1945 -- from the Boyd County Library; also includes other genealogy indexes
Michigan
- Michigan Death Records 1867-1897 at FamilySearch Labs (includes scanned images from the death ledgers) beta testing
- Barry County Public Records Index - includes a death certificates index
Mississippi
- Monroe County: New Hope Cemetery Burials (Parham, Mississippi)
North Carolina
- New Hanover County: Oakdale Cemetery Burials -- in Wilmington, North Carolina
Ohio
- Fairfield County Cemeteries Surname Index
- Washington County: 5,275 Burials in Washington County, Ohio Cemeteries
Oklahoma
- Muskogee Death and Newspaper Obituary Indexes 1918-1936 and 1954-2008 (update: more years added)
- Washington County: White Rose Cemetery Burial Search -- City of Bartlesville
South Carolina
- Greenville County: Greenville News Obituary Index 1917-1993 and 1994-present
- Greenville County Historical Records Search -- includes some older probate and estate records
Tennessee
- Tennessee Death Index 1914-1925 (update: year 1925 added)
- Tennessee Death Index 1949-2005 (not complete) "Partial Indexes from 1949-2005"
- Blount County Obituaries Indexes: includes Maryville Times Obituary Index 1906-1960 (over 16,000) & Index to Misc Obituaries 1867-1940 (over 11,000)
See: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
Alabama
- Jefferson County: Birmingham Area Newspapers Obituaries Index, January 1943-December 1976 (update: more years added)
Arizona
- Maricopa County: West Valley Genealogical Society Obituaries Index 1998-2003 (update: year 2003 added)
Georgia
- Chattooga County: Death Notices from the Summerville News Newspaper 1927-1942 (also has some cemetery listings)
Illinois
- Cook County and Chicago section: Historical Cook County Vital Records - Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates (index searches are free/payment required to download copies of the records) ... See: Online Chicago and Cook County Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
Indiana
- Knox County Death Indexes, 1921-June 2002 & Vincennes Sun-Commercial Obituary Index 2002-2007 from the Knox County Public Library
- Perry County: Tell City-Perry County Public Library Obituary Finder (recent)
Kansas
- Johnson County District Court Public Records Search -- includes indexes for recent probate records and marriage licenses
Kentucky
- Boyd County Cemeteries & Ashland Daily Independent Obituary Index 1922-1945 -- from the Boyd County Library; also includes other genealogy indexes
Michigan
- Michigan Death Records 1867-1897 at FamilySearch Labs (includes scanned images from the death ledgers) beta testing
- Barry County Public Records Index - includes a death certificates index
Mississippi
- Monroe County: New Hope Cemetery Burials (Parham, Mississippi)
North Carolina
- New Hanover County: Oakdale Cemetery Burials -- in Wilmington, North Carolina
Ohio
- Fairfield County Cemeteries Surname Index
- Washington County: 5,275 Burials in Washington County, Ohio Cemeteries
Oklahoma
- Muskogee Death and Newspaper Obituary Indexes 1918-1936 and 1954-2008 (update: more years added)
- Washington County: White Rose Cemetery Burial Search -- City of Bartlesville
South Carolina
- Greenville County: Greenville News Obituary Index 1917-1993 and 1994-present
- Greenville County Historical Records Search -- includes some older probate and estate records
Tennessee
- Tennessee Death Index 1914-1925 (update: year 1925 added)
- Tennessee Death Index 1949-2005 (not complete) "Partial Indexes from 1949-2005"
- Blount County Obituaries Indexes: includes Maryville Times Obituary Index 1906-1960 (over 16,000) & Index to Misc Obituaries 1867-1940 (over 11,000)
See: 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.
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.
Monday, June 09, 2008
Online Death Certificates and Records - USA
This webpage/blog post has moved. See:
Places to Find Digitized Death Certificates to Download Online - USA
Updated on 22 October 2021.
Places to Find Digitized Death Certificates to Download Online - USA
Updated on 22 October 2021.
Monday, June 02, 2008
Death Indexes Website is Back Online
The Online Searchable Death Indexes, Records and Obituaries website is back online. Thank you.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Online Death Records and Indexes - New Additions and Updates
The Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records Website has been updated with links to the following items...
Arizona
- Arizona Death Records 1844-1957 (update: 1844-1877 and 1957 added)
- Miscellaneous Arizona Obituaries Index
Arkansas
- Craighead County Deaths & Obituaries Index 1885-2008 -- from The Jonesboro Sun
Colorado
- Pitkin County: Ute Cemetery Burials (in Aspen) -- includes some Civil War veterans
Indiana
- Putnam County Cemeteries - Listed by Township -- searchable by name (not complete)
Missouri
- Missouri Death Certificates 1910-1957 (update: death certificates for 1940-1944 and 1957 added)
North Carolina
- Macon County Cemeteries
Ohio
- Franklin County: Obetz Cemetery Burials - Columbus, Ohio
Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia City Death Certificates 1803-1915 from FamilySearch Labs (being tested)
- Westmoreland County: Latrobe Bulletin Obituaries and Death Notices Index, December 18, 1902-present -- from the Adams Memorial Library
South Carolina
- South Carolina Death Index 1915-1957 (update: year 1957 added)
- Dillon County: Extracts of Obituaries from the Dillon Herald 1940-2008
South Dakota
- South Dakota State Archives - WPA Cemeteries Search -- pre-1940s (not complete)
Tennessee
- Tennessee Death Index 1914-1924 (update: year 1924 added)
Texas
- Texas Deaths 1890-1976 from FamilySearch Labs -- includes text summaries with some information from the death certificates (being tested)
Virginia
- Newport News: Daily Press Obituary Index 1898-1988 -- from the Newport News Public Library System
Washington
- Washington Deaths 1907-1960 from FamilySearch Labs -- includes text summaries with some information from the death certificates (being tested)
See: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
Arizona
- Arizona Death Records 1844-1957 (update: 1844-1877 and 1957 added)
- Miscellaneous Arizona Obituaries Index
Arkansas
- Craighead County Deaths & Obituaries Index 1885-2008 -- from The Jonesboro Sun
Colorado
- Pitkin County: Ute Cemetery Burials (in Aspen) -- includes some Civil War veterans
Indiana
- Putnam County Cemeteries - Listed by Township -- searchable by name (not complete)
Missouri
- Missouri Death Certificates 1910-1957 (update: death certificates for 1940-1944 and 1957 added)
North Carolina
- Macon County Cemeteries
Ohio
- Franklin County: Obetz Cemetery Burials - Columbus, Ohio
Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia City Death Certificates 1803-1915 from FamilySearch Labs (being tested)
- Westmoreland County: Latrobe Bulletin Obituaries and Death Notices Index, December 18, 1902-present -- from the Adams Memorial Library
South Carolina
- South Carolina Death Index 1915-1957 (update: year 1957 added)
- Dillon County: Extracts of Obituaries from the Dillon Herald 1940-2008
South Dakota
- South Dakota State Archives - WPA Cemeteries Search -- pre-1940s (not complete)
Tennessee
- Tennessee Death Index 1914-1924 (update: year 1924 added)
Texas
- Texas Deaths 1890-1976 from FamilySearch Labs -- includes text summaries with some information from the death certificates (being tested)
Virginia
- Newport News: Daily Press Obituary Index 1898-1988 -- from the Newport News Public Library System
Washington
- Washington Deaths 1907-1960 from FamilySearch Labs -- includes text summaries with some information from the death certificates (being tested)
See: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
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, April 07, 2008
Lillian Asplund's Shoebox Full of Titanic Memories
A shoebox full of letters and other items relating to the family of Lillian Asplund, was found after her death and will be auctioned off later this month. Lillian Asplund was the last American survivor of the Titanic when she died in 2006. She was also the last survivor who was old enough to remember the events. There is presently only one living Titanic survivor, Millvina Dean of Southampton, England, who was a two-month-old baby at the time of the Titanic tragedy.
On April 10, 1912 Carl Asplund bought seven third class tickets for the Titanic's first trip from Southampton, England to New York City. The tickets were for himself, his wife Selma (then aged 38), and their five children: Filip (13), Clarence (9), twins Lillian and Carl (both 5), and Felix (3). Of the seven family members only three survived the Titanic's sinking: Selma, who died in 1964, Felix, who died in 1983, and Lillian, who died in 2006. The two surviving children, Lillian and Felix, never married and neither had children.
The image above is a portion of the Carpathia passenger list showing the three surviving members of the Asplund family. The Carpathia rescued 705 of the Titanic's survivors and brought them to New York on April 18, 1912. See: Partial List of Survivors of the Titanic who were taken aboard the Carpathia at the U.S. National Archives website.
The shoebox was found among the possessions of Lillian Asplund, who rarely spoke about the tragedy. It includes photographs, her parents' wedding rings, a rare Titanic ticket and letters. For more on this story and some photographs see: The Titanic historical treasure trove discovered in a shoe box after death of last living survivor
For more on ship passenger lists see: What Passenger Lists are Online?
On April 10, 1912 Carl Asplund bought seven third class tickets for the Titanic's first trip from Southampton, England to New York City. The tickets were for himself, his wife Selma (then aged 38), and their five children: Filip (13), Clarence (9), twins Lillian and Carl (both 5), and Felix (3). Of the seven family members only three survived the Titanic's sinking: Selma, who died in 1964, Felix, who died in 1983, and Lillian, who died in 2006. The two surviving children, Lillian and Felix, never married and neither had children.
The image above is a portion of the Carpathia passenger list showing the three surviving members of the Asplund family. The Carpathia rescued 705 of the Titanic's survivors and brought them to New York on April 18, 1912. See: Partial List of Survivors of the Titanic who were taken aboard the Carpathia at the U.S. National Archives website.
The shoebox was found among the possessions of Lillian Asplund, who rarely spoke about the tragedy. It includes photographs, her parents' wedding rings, a rare Titanic ticket and letters. For more on this story and some photographs see: The Titanic historical treasure trove discovered in a shoe box after death of last living survivor
For more on ship passenger lists see: What Passenger Lists are Online?
Sunday, April 06, 2008
Directory of Historical Newspapers on the Internet
The directory of U.S. historical newspapers at the Genealogy Research Guides Website was recently revised and expanded. This directory includes links to online collections of historical newspapers or indexes from about 20 states. Individual newspapers are usually not listed unless they are for a large city (such as the New York Times) or represent an important historic period (such as the Civil War). The directory can be found at:
Historical Newspapers and Indexes On The Internet - USA
Historical Newspapers and Indexes On The Internet - USA
Thursday, March 06, 2008
Missouri Death Certificates 1910-1957 Now Online
The Missouri State Archives now has searchable images of digitized Missouri death certificates from 1910-1957 available online for free downloading. This has been an ongoing project for them. The years 1940-1944 and 1957 were recently added to this collection. It's nice to see this database available online for genealogy research.
Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1957 (indexed)
For more online Missouri death indexes see: Online Missouri Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1957 (indexed)
For more online Missouri death indexes see: Online Missouri Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
Monday, March 03, 2008
Germans, Russians and Italians to America Now Online from NARA
The U.S. National Archives (NARA) has added Germans to America (1850-1897), Russians to America (1834-1897) and Italians to America (1855-1900) to their Access to Archival Databases (AAD) series. These databases can be searched for free at:
Access to Archival Databases - National Archives
These 3 databases index records of more than 5 million immigrant passengers who arrived in the U.S. from Germany, Italy and the Russian Empire for the time frames listed above. Most of the arrivals are for the port of New York, but other ports such as Baltimore, Boston, New Orleans and Philadelphia may also be included. Coverage varies by series. Be aware there may be transcription errors and missing information in these databases.
For more online ship passenger lists see:
What Passenger Lists Are Online?
Access to Archival Databases - National Archives
These 3 databases index records of more than 5 million immigrant passengers who arrived in the U.S. from Germany, Italy and the Russian Empire for the time frames listed above. Most of the arrivals are for the port of New York, but other ports such as Baltimore, Boston, New Orleans and Philadelphia may also be included. Coverage varies by series. Be aware there may be transcription errors and missing information in these databases.
For more online ship passenger lists see:
What Passenger Lists Are Online?
Monday, February 11, 2008
Recently Added Online Death Records Indexes
Links to the items listed below were recently added to: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
California
- San Diego County Probate Court Search 1974-recent
Florida
- Sarasota County: Cemeteries of Sarasota County Florida - A Record of Births, Deaths, and Burials (PDF files)
Georgia
- Fulton County: Franklin Garrett Atlanta Necrology Database 1857-1931
Indiana
- Fort Wayne & Allen County Area Obituary Index 1841 to mid-January 2008 (update: more years added)
Kansas
- Saline County: Gypsum Cemetery Burials -- in Salina, Kansas
Massachusetts
- City of Boston Historic Burying Grounds Initiative -- includes transcriptions of historic gravestones 1630-1841
Michigan
- Calhoun County: Battle Creek Memorial Park Cemetery Burials
- Charlevoix County: Charlevoix Courier Obituaries Index 1982-2007 -- includes online digitized copies of the obituaries (update: more years added)
- Clinton County Genealogy Indexes (from Newspapers) -- includes indexes for some births, marriages and deaths
- Kalamazoo County: Local Newspaper Index - Kalamazoo Gazette
- Wayne County: Detroit Area Death Notices for Assorted Years 1800s-2003 (not complete)
- Wayne County: Wyandotte Death Index, up to 1962
New York City
- Manhattan: Trinity Church - Parish Registers & Churchyards (at Broadway and Wall Street) - includes baptism, marriage & burial records
- Early Brooklyn & Queens Town Death Database pre-1900 (not complete)
Ohio
- Gallia County Genealogical Society - Cemetery Records
- Hamilton County: St. Joseph New Cemetery Burials (Catholic cemetery in Cincinnati)
- Madison County: Plain City Burial Records Index
Oklahoma
- Muskogee Newspaper Death and Obituary Indexes 1920-1929 -- also has some listings for later years
Oregon
- Oregon Obituaries Index (partial) from the Genealogical Forum of Oregon
- Jackson County Genealogical Indexes for Obituaries, Cemeteries and Death Certificates -- also has other genealogy indexes
Pennsylvania
- Somerset County: WPA Records Project Cemetery Transcriptions
South Carolina
- Lexington County Probate Court Indexes -- includes Estate indexes 1865-1994, plus some marriage indexes (PDF files)
Tennessee
- Tennessee Death Index 1914-1923 (statewide) update: the year 1923 added
- Davidson County: Nashville City Cemetery Grave Search 1846-1979 -- most are prior to 1900
- Davidson County Cemetery Survey
West Virgnia
- West Virginia Death Index 1917-1957 (update: year 1957 added)
Wisconsin
- Wood County: Marshfield Public Library Genealogy Index -- indexes some births, marriages, deaths, obituaries and other items from Marshfield newspapers
See: Online Death Indexes, Records and Obituaries
This list was updated on 28 January 2010.
California
- San Diego County Probate Court Search 1974-recent
Florida
- Sarasota County: Cemeteries of Sarasota County Florida - A Record of Births, Deaths, and Burials (PDF files)
Georgia
- Fulton County: Franklin Garrett Atlanta Necrology Database 1857-1931
Indiana
- Fort Wayne & Allen County Area Obituary Index 1841 to mid-January 2008 (update: more years added)
Kansas
- Saline County: Gypsum Cemetery Burials -- in Salina, Kansas
Massachusetts
- City of Boston Historic Burying Grounds Initiative -- includes transcriptions of historic gravestones 1630-1841
Michigan
- Calhoun County: Battle Creek Memorial Park Cemetery Burials
- Charlevoix County: Charlevoix Courier Obituaries Index 1982-2007 -- includes online digitized copies of the obituaries (update: more years added)
- Clinton County Genealogy Indexes (from Newspapers) -- includes indexes for some births, marriages and deaths
- Kalamazoo County: Local Newspaper Index - Kalamazoo Gazette
- Wayne County: Detroit Area Death Notices for Assorted Years 1800s-2003 (not complete)
- Wayne County: Wyandotte Death Index, up to 1962
New York City
- Manhattan: Trinity Church - Parish Registers & Churchyards (at Broadway and Wall Street) - includes baptism, marriage & burial records
- Early Brooklyn & Queens Town Death Database pre-1900 (not complete)
Ohio
- Gallia County Genealogical Society - Cemetery Records
- Hamilton County: St. Joseph New Cemetery Burials (Catholic cemetery in Cincinnati)
- Madison County: Plain City Burial Records Index
Oklahoma
- Muskogee Newspaper Death and Obituary Indexes 1920-1929 -- also has some listings for later years
Oregon
- Oregon Obituaries Index (partial) from the Genealogical Forum of Oregon
- Jackson County Genealogical Indexes for Obituaries, Cemeteries and Death Certificates -- also has other genealogy indexes
Pennsylvania
- Somerset County: WPA Records Project Cemetery Transcriptions
South Carolina
- Lexington County Probate Court Indexes -- includes Estate indexes 1865-1994, plus some marriage indexes (PDF files)
Tennessee
- Tennessee Death Index 1914-1923 (statewide) update: the year 1923 added
- Davidson County: Nashville City Cemetery Grave Search 1846-1979 -- most are prior to 1900
- Davidson County Cemetery Survey
West Virgnia
- West Virginia Death Index 1917-1957 (update: year 1957 added)
Wisconsin
- Wood County: Marshfield Public Library Genealogy Index -- indexes some births, marriages, deaths, obituaries and other items from Marshfield newspapers
See: Online Death Indexes, Records and Obituaries
This list was updated on 28 January 2010.
Monday, January 14, 2008
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
- Mobile County, Alabama Marriage License Index circa 1840s-present
Colorado
- Colorado Divorce Index 1880-1939
See: Colorado Genealogy on the Internet
Florida
- Broward County Marriages Index 1915-1937
- Dade County Marriage Records Index Feb. 1905-Oct. 1911
See: Online Florida Vital Records Indexes
Indiana
- Indiana Marriage Index 1993-2002 (update: 2 years added)
- Marion County/City of Indianapolis Marriage Index 1925-present
- Whitley County Marriage Records - includes a marriage index 1838-1938, original marriage documents 1838-1947, and other records
Kansas
- Osage County Marriage Records Index
Kentucky
- Harrison County Marriage Indexes 1794-1985
Michigan
- Kent County: Marriage Index for Kent County Marriages 1845-1929
Minnesota
- Minnesota Birth Index 1900-1934 (update: more years added)
See: Online Minnesota Vital Records Indexes
Mississippi
- Miscellaneous Mississippi Marriage Records Indexes -- includes indexes for some marriages in these counties: Forrest, Franklin, Greene, Harrison, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lawrence, Marion, Perry, Rankin, and Stone County
New Jersey
- New Jersey Marriage Records Indexes, 1666-1799 and 1848-1867
New York
- Rensselaer County Marriage Index 1908-1918
- Suffolk County Marriage Records Index 1908-1935
Tennessee
- Tennessee Marriage and Divorce Indexes (plus Births for Shelby County) (these may not be complete) includes: Tennessee Marriage and Divorce Indexes 1980-2005; Shelby County (Memphis) Marriages 1820-1910; Shelby County (Memphis) Birth Index 1874-1906; More indexes for Shelby County
Washington (state)
- Washington Marriage Records Database (update: several counties added)
- Pierce County Marriage Records Index 1980s-present
Alabama
- Mobile County, Alabama Marriage License Index circa 1840s-present
Colorado
- Colorado Divorce Index 1880-1939
See: Colorado Genealogy on the Internet
Florida
- Broward County Marriages Index 1915-1937
- Dade County Marriage Records Index Feb. 1905-Oct. 1911
See: Online Florida Vital Records Indexes
Indiana
- Indiana Marriage Index 1993-2002 (update: 2 years added)
- Marion County/City of Indianapolis Marriage Index 1925-present
- Whitley County Marriage Records - includes a marriage index 1838-1938, original marriage documents 1838-1947, and other records
Kansas
- Osage County Marriage Records Index
Kentucky
- Harrison County Marriage Indexes 1794-1985
Michigan
- Kent County: Marriage Index for Kent County Marriages 1845-1929
Minnesota
- Minnesota Birth Index 1900-1934 (update: more years added)
See: Online Minnesota Vital Records Indexes
Mississippi
- Miscellaneous Mississippi Marriage Records Indexes -- includes indexes for some marriages in these counties: Forrest, Franklin, Greene, Harrison, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lawrence, Marion, Perry, Rankin, and Stone County
New Jersey
- New Jersey Marriage Records Indexes, 1666-1799 and 1848-1867
New York
- Rensselaer County Marriage Index 1908-1918
- Suffolk County Marriage Records Index 1908-1935
Tennessee
- Tennessee Marriage and Divorce Indexes (plus Births for Shelby County) (these may not be complete) includes: Tennessee Marriage and Divorce Indexes 1980-2005; Shelby County (Memphis) Marriages 1820-1910; Shelby County (Memphis) Birth Index 1874-1906; More indexes for Shelby County
Washington (state)
- Washington Marriage Records Database (update: several counties added)
- Pierce County Marriage Records Index 1980s-present
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