Sunday, April 26, 2015

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

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

Alabama
- Alabama: County Marriages, 1809-1950 at FamilySearch (not yet fully indexed)

Arkansas
- Carroll County Marriage Indexes

California
- California: County Marriages, 1850-1952 at FamilySearch
See: Online California Vital Records Indexes

Colorado
- Colorado Marriage Records Index 1859-1939, and Divorce Index 1861-1941 (from the Denver Public Library)
- Colorado Statewide Marriage Index 1853-2006 at FamilySearch (update: more years added)
- Denver Marriage Records Index 1940-1974 (from the Denver Public Library)
- El Paso County Marriage Licenses and Marriage/Civil Union Records Index Search, 1940-current
- Larimer County Marriage Index, 1858-1910
See: Colorado Genealogy Records and Indexes on the Internet

Florida
- Florida Marriages, 1830-1993 at FamilySearch
See: Online Florida Vital Records Indexes

Illinois
- Illinois: County Marriages, 1810-1934 at FamilySearch (coverage varies by county; does not include all counties)

Indiana
- Indiana Marriage Records Index 1811-1959 from FamilySearch; assorted counties (update: more counties added)
- Indiana Marriage Index 1958-2012 from the Indiana State Library (update: more years added)
- Floyd County Marriage License Search (includes PDF copies of the marriage licenses)
- Howard County Marriage Record Books 1844-1945
See: Online Indiana Vital Records Indexes for Birth, Marriage & Death Records

Kansas
- Harvey County Marriage License Index 1872-April 1913

Kentucky
- Morgan County Marriage Index 1823-1950

Maryland
- Maryland Marriage References Index (some of these were extracted from the Hodges Marriage References Index, 1674-1851)
- Maryland Marriage Licenses and Records Index, 1649-1886

Michigan
- Michigan Marriage Records, 1867-1952 (at Ancestry/requires payment) includes digitized images of the marriage certificates or registers
- Genesee County Marriage Index, 1867-1934 and Birth Index, 1878-1907 (works in progress from the Flint Genealogical Society)
- Jackson County Online Marriage Records Search 1800s to Present

Minnesota
- Yellow Medicine County Birth Records 1870-1910 (large Excel file)
See: Minnesota Vital Records Indexes on the Internet

Missouri
- Missouri Marriage Records Indexes - 6 Counties (for Crawford, Franklin, Jefferson, Iron, St. Francois, and Washington Counties; circa early 1800s to early 1900s; coverage varies by county)
See: Online Missouri Vital Records Indexes for Birth, Marriage & Death Records

Nebraska
- Greater Omaha Genealogy Society Marriage Indexes -- has some marriage indexes for Brown County, Cass County, Dodge County, Douglas County (Omaha), Hall County, Rock County, Sarpy County, Thurston County, and Wayne County; also has indexes for Omaha Births and Omaha Obituaries

Nevada
- Carson City Marriage Records Index

New York
- New York State: County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936 at FamilySearch (coverage varies by county; some counties not included; does not include New York City)
- Ulster County Marriage Record Index Search 1908-1935; and Ulster County Town Clerk Returns of Birth, Deaths and Marriages c.(1847-1850, 1873-1884)
See: New York Vital Records Indexes & Genealogy Records on the Internet

North Carolina
- North Carolina Marriage Records 1741-2011 (at Ancestry/requires payment) includes images of the marriage registers or records; for 87 North Carolina counties (of 100); coverage varies by county
- North Carolina County Records Finding Aids (includes indexes for: Caldwell County Marriage Licenses, 1878-1882; Haywood County Marriage Licences, 1857-1925; Lenoir County Divorces 1880-1914, 1922-1969; and many other items
See: North Carolina Vital Records Indexes on the Internet

North Dakota
- Stutsman County Marriage Index July 1, 1884 to 1925

Oklahoma
- Hughes County Marriage Index 1907-1968

Oregon
- Oregon Marriage Records Search (indexes marriage records for various years for the following counties: Columbia, Coos, Crook, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Josephine, Lake, Lane, Polk, Tillamook, Umpqua and Washington; coverage varies by county)

Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Birth Indexes, 1906-1909 (update: year 1909 added)
- Pennsylvania Birth Records, 1906-1908 (at Ancestry/requires payment) includes digitized copies of the birth certificates
See: Online Pennsylvania Vital Records Indexes for Birth, Marriage & Death Records

South Dakota
- South Dakota Marriages, 1905-2013 (at Ancestry/requires payment) (update: more years added)

Tennessee
- Hamilton County Marriage License Index Search (includes Chattanooga; covers 1857-1927 and 1979-present) update: more years added

Wyoming
- Laramie County Marriage Indexes before 1985

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

Tuesday, January 06, 2015

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

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

Arkansas
 - Arkansas Gravestone Photo Project (update: now has over 1 million entries)

California
 - Orange County Cemetery District - Burials (includes Anaheim Cemetery, El Toro Memorial Park, and Santa Ana Cemetery)
 - San Bernardino County: Bellevue Memorial Park Cemetery Burials (Ontario, CA)

Connecticut
 - Fairfield County: Town of New Fairfield Cemetery Records
 - Hartford County: Windsor Veterans Cemetery Burials
 - Tolland County: Tolland County: Town of Mansfield Burial Records and Index of Vital Records 100 Years Old

Georgia
 - Chatham County: City of Savannah Burial Records Search (includes Bonaventure, Greenwich Colonial, Laurel Grove North and Laurel Grove South Cemeteries)

Illinois
 - Cook County Cemetery at Dunning Database (Chicago); database of 7800 Cook County potters field (poor and indigent) burials; See: Online Chicago & Cook County, Illinois Death Records & Indexes
 - Madison County Illinois Circuit Clerk, Digitized Probate Documents (includes Probate Books, 1800-1976, and Probate Indexes)

Indiana
 - Decatur County: Greensburg-Decatur County Public Library Obituaries Index

Iowa
 - Scott County Iowa Cemetery Search (index of burials in 39 rural cemeteries; from the Scott County Library System)

Kansas
 - Chase County Death and Obituary Index 1863-2005

Maine
 - Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980 from FamilySearch
 - Cumberland County: The Cemeteries of Brunswick, Maine

Massachusetts
 - Middlesex County: Mount Auburn Cemetery Burials (Cambridge, MA)
 - Norfolk County: Pondville Cemetery Burials (in Norfolk, Massachusetts)
 - Norfolk County: Sharon Memorial Park Burial Search (Jewish Cemetery in Sharon, Massachusetts)
 - Plymouth County: Town of Plymouth Cemetery Burial Record Search
 - Worcester County Memorial Park Cemetery Burials (Paxton, MA)

Michigan
 - Genesee County: Flint Public Library Obituaries Indexes 2000-2013
 - Oakland County: Milford Times Obituary Index 1929-1949 (from the Milford Public Library)
 - Sanilac County Genealogy Indexes (includes Sanilac Jeffersonian Newspaper Index of Births, Deaths and Marriages 1876-1990 and Croswell Cemetery Data)

Mississippi
 - Jackson County: Cemeteries of West Jackson County, Mississippi

Missouri
 - Adair County: Forest-Llewellyn Cemetery Records (in Kirksville)
 - St. Louis City Wills Index, 1866-1932 (update: more years added)
 - St. Louis Circuit Court Probate Division Historical File Indexes
 - For the above two, see: Online St. Louis, Missouri Death Records, Indexes & Obituaries

New Jersey
 - Union County: Connecticut Farms Cemetery Burials

New York
 - Bronx County: The Hart Island Project (documents over 62,000 people who were buried at Hart Island since 1980); See: Online New York City Death Records Indexes
 - Ulster County Town Clerk Returns of Birth, Deaths and Marriages, c.(1847-1850, 1873-1884); also has other genealogy indexes

North Carolina
 - Catawba County Newspaper Obituaries 1993-2012 (update: more years added)
 - Craven County Cemetery Indexes (includes indexes for WPA burial records and some individual cemeteries)
 - Craven County Death Index 1914-2014 (update: more years added)
 - Craven County: New Bern Obituaries and Death Notices Index 1751-1928 and 1966-Recent  (update: more years added)
 - Johnston County: Smithfield Herald Obituaries 1801-present (update: more years added)
 - Randolph County: Asheboro Courier and Courier-Tribune Newspapers - Obituaries Index 1903-1999 (update: more years added)

Ohio
 - Ohio: County Death Records, 1840-2001 from FamilySearch (Most are pre-1908. Includes digitized images of the death registers from county courthouses. Images may not be available for all counties.)
 - Ohio Death Certificate Index 1913-1944 and 1954-1963 (update: 1954-1963 added)
 - Lawrence County: Health Department Births and Deaths Index
 - Tuscarawas County: City of Dover Cemetery Records Search

Pennsylvania
 - Pennsylvania Death Certificates 1906-1963 (at Ancestry/fee-based); includes scanned copies of the death certificates (update: years 1945-1963 added)
 - Butler County: Dengler Funeral Home Records Index, 1910-1921 and 1941-1945
 - Centre County: Centre Daily Times Obituaries Index 1937-2014 (update: more years added)
 - Sullivan County: Sullivan Review Obituaries Index 1899-2013

Texas
 - Gazetteer of Deceased Texas Physicians, 19th and 20th Centuries (index to obituaries or other biographical resources for over 12,000 Texas physicians)
 - Bexar County: Obituaries Index for San Antonio Newspapers 1957-1960
 - Hopkins County Genealogical Society Indexes (includes births and cemetery burials)

Wisconsin
 - Dane County: Roselawn Memorial Park Burial Search (Monona, Wisconsin)
 - Rock County: Orfordville Lutheran Church Cemetery Records
 - Rusk County: City of Ladysmith Riverside Cemetery Burials

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

Monday, December 08, 2014

10 Cool Places to Find Your Ancestors Online (USA)

For Genealogy Research

FamilySearch Genealogy Record Search
You'll find all sorts of free genealogy indexes and records here with more being added fairly often.

National Archives Online Public Access Search
Here you can search the online resources of the U.S. National Archives, including the Access to Archival Databases (AAD).

Online Searchable Death Indexes, Records and Obituaries
A list of indexes for death certificates, death records, newspaper obituaries, cemetery burials and probate records.

Online Birth and Marriage Records Indexes
A list of indexes for birth and marriage records.

Online Military Indexes and Records
A list of online military indexes from the Revolutionary War to Vietnam.

Ship Passenger Lists on the Internet
Internet sources for digitized and transcribed passenger records and indexes.

Online Naturalization Records and Indexes
A directory to help find USA naturalization records.

Bureau of Land Management (BLM), General Land Office (GLO) Records
Here you can search for some federal land records from the BLM.

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
A growing collection of searchable digitized newspapers (1836-1922) from the Library of Congress.

Some Free Online Census Records and Indexes
A list of some free census records and indexes on the Internet.

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

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

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

California
 - Ventura County: Bardsdale Cemetery District Records (in Fillmore, California)
 - Ventura County: Ivy Lawn Memorial Park Records (cemetery in Ventura, California)

Colorado
 - Denver: Riverside Cemetery Burial Register Index, 1876-1963
 - Denver Public Library Obituaries Indexes, 1924-2009 for the Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News (update: more years added)
 - Douglas County Cemetery Photos (searchable database of headstones in Bear Cañon and Spring Valley Cemeteries)
 - Lake County Cemetery Burial Indexes

District of Columbia
 - The Oak Hill Cemetery Burials

Florida
 - Hillsborough County: City of Tampa Cemetery Database (for Jackson Heights, Marti/Colon, Oaklawn, and Woodlawn Cemeteries)
 - Hillsborough County: Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library History and Genealogy Records (includes Lord and Fernandez Funeral Home Records, and J L Reed Funeral Home Records)

Georgia
 - Chatham County: Savannah, Georgia Vital Records Indexes and Cemetery Burials (at Ancestry/fee-based)

Idaho
 - Idaho Death Records, 1890-1930 (at Ancestry/fee-based) includes scanned copies of the death certificates; most are for 1911-1930
 - Ada County: Idaho Statesman Obituary Index 1959-Present from the Boise Public Library (update: more years added)
 - Ada County: Dry Creek Cemetery Burials (Boise, Idaho)

Illinois
 - Boone County: Ida Public Library Genealogy Indexes (includes Belvidere newspaper obituary index, Boone County death certificate indexes 1877-1955, and other items)
 - Cook County Death Index 1878-1939, and Chicago Death Index 1959-1995 at FamilySearch (update: more years added). See: Online Chicago & Cook County, Illinois Death Records & Indexes

Iowa
 - Iowa Gravestone Photo Project (update: now has over 1 million entries)
 - Davis County Death Records Indexes, 1880-1900 (also has indexes for marriages and other items)
 - Fayette County: Grandview Cemetery Records (from the Fayette Community Library)
 - Polk County: Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery Burials (in Des Moines, Iowa)
 - Polk County: Des Moines Municipal Cemeteries Interment Search
 - Polk County: Des Moines Funeral Home Indexes and St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Cemetery Burials (from the Iowa Genealogical Society)
 - Scott County: Pine Hill Cemetery Burials (in Davenport)

Kansas
 - Johnson County: Olathe Memorial Cemetery Burials
 - Osage County: Osage City Library Obituaries Index
 - Riley County: Grave and Lot Locator for Sunrise and Sunset Cemeteries (in Manhattan, Kansas)
 - Shawnee County: Historic Topeka Cemetery Burials Search

Kentucky
 - Harrison County Funeral Home Indexes

Louisiana
 - Louisiana Death Records Index 1911-1963 (update: year 1963 added)
 - Calcasieu Parish Public Library Obituaries Indexes 2000-2012

Michigan
 - Ottawa County: Holland Sentinel Vital Records and Obituaries Indexes (Vital records indexes include death notices, obituaries, birth announcements and other items.)

Minnesota
 - Otter Tail County Historical Society Cemeteries and Obituaries

Mississippi
 - Mississippi Death Index, November 1912-1943 (not complete for 1912-1921)

Missouri
 - Buchanan County: St. Joseph Public Library Obituary Database (covers 1953-2011, but some years have not yet been added)
 - Jackson County: Elmwood Cemetery Family History and Burial Information (in Kansas City, Missouri)
 - Marion County Library Master Cemetery Index

Montana
 - Cascade County: Great Falls Genealogy Society Indexes (includes cemetery burials, coroner's records and more)
 - Gallatin County: Sunset Hills Cemetery Interactive Map Burials Search (in Bozeman, Montana)
 - Yellowstone County Gravesite Locator (includes the following cemeteries: Boothill, Castle Butte, Custer, Mountview, Riverside, Scandia and Yellowstone County Veterans Cemetery)

New Jersey
 - New Jersey Death Records Index, June 1878-June 1892 (update: 2 more years added)

New Mexico
 - Hidalgo County Cemeteries
 - San Juan County: Aztec Cemetery Burials (in Aztec, New Mexico)
 - Santa Fe County: Fairview Cemetery Burials (in Santa Fe, New Mexico)

New York
 - Livingston County Historian Genealogy Records Index (includes burials up to 1885 and other items)

North Dakota
 - Burleigh County: St. Mary's Cemetery Burials (Catholic Diocese of Bismarck; two-thirds of the burials are Catholics)
 - Morton County: Mandan Union Cemetery Burials

Ohio
 - Diocese of Cleveland Catholic Cemeteries Burial Search (requires free registration; currently includes 4 cemeteries with more being worked on). See: Online Cleveland & Cuyahoga County, Ohio Death Records & Indexes

Oregon
 - Marion County: Willamette Valley Death Records, 1838-2006 (at Ancestry/fee-based; a collection of various death records, including scanned copies of obituaries, cemetery burials and death certificates)
 - Marion County: Lee Mission Cemetery Burial Search (Salem, Oregon)

Pennsylvania
 - Allegheny County: Diocese of Pittsburgh Catholic Cemeteries Search
 - Allegheny Cemetery - Burials Search (in Pittsburgh)
 - Allegheny County: Henderson Cemetery Burials (in Acmetonia, Pennsylvania near Harmarville)
 - Columbia County Genealogy Indexes (includes indexes for death certificates, obituaries, death notices and other items; from the Columbia County Historical and Genealogical Society)
 - Lehigh County: Morning Call Online Obituary Index 1895-1983 (update: now complete) from the Allentown Public Library

Rhode Island
 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence Cemetery Burials (update: 4 cemeteries added)

South Carolina
 - Greenville County: Springwood and Richland Cemetery Viewer (City of Greenville); requires Flash; includes burials search
 - Lexington County Public Library Obituary and Death Notice Index

Tennessee
 - Davidson County: Calvary Catholic Cemetery Burials (Diocese of Nashville)
 - Davidson County: Metropolitan Nashville/Davidson County Archives Genealogy Indexes; includes Wills Index 1783-1924, Nashville Globe Obituaries Index 1907-1918 (African American Newspaper), Birth and Marriage Indexes, and other items

Virginia
 - Fauquier County: Fauquier Democrat/Times-Democrat Index (indexes births, marriages, deaths and other items; covers 1905-1983 with some years missing)
 - Fredericksburg Historic Court Records (includes wills search 1782-1957)
 - Loudoun County: Indexes for Births, Marriages, Deaths, Wills and other items (death index covers 1912-1917; wills index covers 1757-1946)
 - Richmond City: Hollywood Cemetery Burials (also includes a database for Confederate soldiers buried in the cemetery)

Wyoming
 - Big Horn Basin Cemeteries (includes cemetery burial listings in Big Horn County, Hot Springs County and Washakie County)
 - Albany County: Greenhill Cemetery Burials (Laramie, Wyoming)
 - Campbell County Cemeteries
 - Johnson County Cemeteries and Obituaries (includes Willow Grove Cemetery burials and an index of obituaries published in the Buffalo Bulletin)
 - Park County: Riverside Cemetery District Burials (in Cody, Wyoming)
 - Platte County: Wheatland Cemetery Burials (includes gravestone photographs and PDFs of obituaries)
 - Sublette County: Index to the Pinedale Roundup Newspaper of Sublette County, Wyoming 1904-1999
 - Sublette County: Big Piney and LaBarge Area Cemeteries
 - Sweetwater County: Rock Springs Cemetery Burials

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

Monday, July 14, 2014

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

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

California
- Contra Costa County Obituary Index 1855-1920, and Probate Indexes
- Orange County Catholic Cemeteries- Burial Search

Colorado
- Elbert County: Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery Burials (Diocese of Colorado Springs)
- Montrose Genealogy Center Cemetery Transcriptions (also has some listings for Delta and San Miguel Counties)
- Montrose County: Cedar Creek Cemetery Burials (Montrose, CO)

Florida
- Palm Beach: Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Cemetery Burial Records Search

Georgia
- Georgia Death Certificates 1928-1939 at FamilySearch (update: years 1931-1939 added)
- Fulton County: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta Cemeteries (PDF files with burial listings for individual cemeteries)

Illinois
- DuPage County: Bloomingdale Public Library Obituary Index (includes PDFs for many of the obituaries)
- Jackson County: St. Andrew Catholic Cemetery Burials
- Lake County: Highland Park Obituary Index 1874-2009 (update: more years added)

- Cook County Death Index 1878-1922 and Chicago Death Index 1959-1994 at FamilySearch (update: years 1959-1994 for Chicago added) See: Online Chicago & Cook County, Illinois Death Records & Indexes

Indiana
- Warrick County Genealogy Indexes (includes WPA death records index 1882-1920, cemetery burials and more)

Iowa
- Iowa: County Death Records, 1880-1992 at FamilySearch

Kansas
- Cowley County: Riverview Cemetery Burials (Arkansas City, Kansas)

Kentucky
- Clark County: Winchester Cemetery Burial Records (Winchester, KY)

Massachusetts
- Bristol County: Swansea Cemeteries
- Middlesex County: City of Waltham Cemetery Records Search (for Mount Feake and Grove Hill Cemeteries)
- Worcester County: Town of Charlton Cemeteries

Michigan
- Alpena County Obituary and Cemetery Indexes (also has Alpena Catholic Church records indexes and other items)
- Emmet County: Greenwood Cemetery Burials (Petoskey, Michigan)
- Mason County: Lakeview Cemetery Burials (Ludington, Michigan)
- Oakland County: Rochester-Avon Historical Society Obituaries Index
- Oakland County: Royal Oak Cemetery Burials

Minnesota
- Hennepin County: Saint Vincent de Paul Cemetery Burials (Catholic cemetery in Osseo, Minnesota)

Missouri
- Catholic Cemetery Burials in Iron, St. Francois and Ste. Genevieve Counties

Nebraska
- Knox County Cemeteries

New York
- Jefferson County Estate Claims Index
- Monroe County: Burials in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery (Clarkson, NY)
- New York City: Brooklyn Daily Eagle Newspaper 1841-1955 (update: several more years added)
- Saratoga County Cemeteries
- Schenectady County: Vale Cemetery Burials (Schenectady, New York)
- Westchester County: Field Library Obituary Index (index of death notices from Peekskill, New York newspapers from the mid-1800s to the present)

North Carolina
- Wake County: Raleigh News and Observer Newspaper Index 1926-1992 (includes death notices)

Ohio
- Montgomery County: Dayton Memorial Park Cemetery Burials (Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio)
- Tuscarawas County Genealogical Society Obituary Indexes (for the Dover Daily Reporter 1954-1967 and the Dover Times-Reporter 2003-2011)

Oklahoma
- Pottawatomie County: Fairview Cemetery Burials (Shawnee, Oklahoma)
- Sequoyah County: Sallisaw Memorial Cemetery Burials (Sallisaw, Oklahoma)
- Woods County: Alva Cemetery Burials (Alva, Oklahoma)

Oregon
- Multnomah County (and Lane County): Portland Catholic Cemeteries Burial Search (includes Mount Calvary and Gethsemani Catholic Cemeteries in Portland, and Mount Calvary Cemetery in Eugene)

Pennsylvania
- See: Recently Added Online Pennsylvania Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries

Rhode Island
- Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission Grave Search

Tennessee
- TNGenWeb Cemetery Database (has burial listings for several counties)
- Tipton County: Covington Leader Obituaries Index 1917-1953

Texas
- Harris County: Kingwood Observer Obituary File Index 1993-Feb 2013 (update: more years added)

Wisconsin
- Oneida County: Rhinelander Area Newspaper Obituary Index 1882-2006
- Rock County: Eastlawn Cemetery Burials (Beloit, Wisconsin)

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

Monday, July 07, 2014

Pennsylvania Cemetery, Obituary and Death Records Indexes - Latest Additions

Links to the items listed below were recently updated or added to: Online Pennsylvania Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries

Pennsylvania Death Indexes - Updates and Additions
- Pennsylvania Death Certificates 1906-1963 at Ancestry (fee-based) (Update: years 1925-1963 added)

- Allegheny County: The Homewood Cemetery - Burials Index (in Pittsburgh)
- Centre County: Centre Daily Times Obituaries Index -- index covers 1937-2011; some scanned obituary images are available from April 1961-August 1985 (update: some scanned obituary images are now available online)
- Dauphin County Cemetery Database
- Delaware County: Cumberland Cemetery Burials (Media, Pennsylvania)
- Lancaster County: Lititz Public Library Obituary Index
- Montgomery County: Montefiore Cemetery Burials (Jewish Cemetery in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania)
- Northumberland County: Tifereth Israel Cemetery Burials (Jewish Cemetery in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania)
- Warren County: Court House Vital Records -- Deaths 1893-1905 (not yet complete)

This article was updated on 29 October 2014

Tuesday, July 01, 2014

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

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

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

Spanish American War
 - Wisconsin Genealogy Spanish American War Database

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

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

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

Vietnam War
 - Indiana Vietnam War Deaths

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

Thursday, April 17, 2014

Pennsylvania Death Certificates 1906-1963 Now Online

Ancestry has been working with the Pennsylvania State Archives to digitize Pennsylvania death certificates and put them online. Scanned death certificates covering 1906-1963 are available now (fee required). See:

Online Pennsylvania Death Certificates, Indexes and Records

Ancestry is has now completed the database to 1963...

1925-1944 -- now available (added June 24, 2014)
1945-1963 -- now available (added October 24, 2014)

If you are a resident of Pennsylvania you may be able to access these Pennsylvania death certificates for free. See: Ancestry.com Pennsylvania for more information.

This article was updated on October 24, 2014.

Monday, April 14, 2014

Catholic Cemeteries with Online Burial Databases in the US

Roman Catholic Cemeteries with Burial Databases
Among the many items listed at the Online Death Indexes website you can find links for Catholic Cemeteries with burial searches in the following places...

Arizona: Diocese of Phoenix Cemeteries
California: Orange County Catholic Cemeteries, and Holy Cross Cemetery in San Mateo County
Colorado: Diocese of Colorado Springs - Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery Burials (listed under Elbert County)
Delaware: Diocese of Wilmington (encompasses all of Delaware and 9 counties of the Eastern Shore of Maryland (listed under New Castle County, Delaware)
Florida: Palm Beach
Georgia: Archdiocese of Atlanta Cemeteries (Fulton County)
Illinois: Jackson County: St. Andrew Catholic Cemetery Burials
Indina Allen County: Fort Wayne Catholic Cemetery
Maine: Portland (Cumberland County)
Maryland: St. Joseph's and St. Mary's Catholic Cemeteries; New Cathedral Catholic Cemetery (all 3 in Baltimore)
Michigan: Mt. Elliott Cemetery Association (Detroit area)
Minnesota: Saint Vincent de Paul Cemetery Burials (Hennepin County)
Missouri: Archdiocese of St. Louis; and Catholic Cemetery Burials in Iron, St. Francois and Ste. Genevieve Counties
Nebraska: Omaha (Douglas County)
New Jersey: Newark (Essex County)
New Mexico: Archdiocese of Santa Fe Catholic Cemetery Association Burials Database
New York:
  • Brooklyn And Queens: Diocese of Brooklyn Catholic Cemeteries (includes burial indexes for cemeteries in Brooklyn, Queens and Nassau County)
  • Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Rochester, Ascension Garden in Henrietta, and St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Clarkson (listed under Monroe County)
North Dakota: Catholic Diocese of Bismarck: St. Mary's Cemetery Burials (listed under Burleigh County)
Ohio: Cincinnati (Hamilton County), Cleveland Diocese (Cuyahoga County) and Dayton (Montgomery County)
Oklahoma Resurrection Memorial Cemetery in Oklahoma City
Oregon: Eugene and Portland (listed under Multnomah County)
Pennsylvania: Diocese of Pittsburgh Catholic Cemeteries (listed under Allegheny County)
Rhode Island: Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence
Tennessee: Calvary Cemetery Burials - in Nashville (listed under Davidson County)
Texas: Catholic Cemeteries of the Victoria Diocese (several counties in South Texas; listed under Victoria County)
Washington: Archdiocese of Seattle (King County)
Wisconsin: Archdiocese of Milwaukee
Wyoming: Mount Olivet Cemetery in Cheyenne (Laramie County)

You can find links to the above databases at the Online Death Indexes website:

Online Death Records Indexes, Obituay Indexes and Cemetery Burials

Click on the appropriate state, then scroll down to the city or county as listed above.

Even if a Catholic Cemetery doesn't have an online burials search you may still be able to contact the cemetery for information (sometimes a fee may be required). Try using Google to see if there is a website for the Catholic cemetery, diocese or archdiocese you need.

This article was updated on 18 January 2023

Monday, April 07, 2014

Connecticut Cemetery, Obituary and Death Records Indexes - New Additions

Links to the items listed below were recently added to: Online Connecticut Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries

Connecticut Death Indexes - Newest Additions
 - Fairfield County: Fairfield Citizen News Obituaries Index 1982-2006 (from the Fairfield Public Library; some years missing)
 - Fairfield County: Greenwich Publications Index (includes obituaries from February 1983 to present)
 - Fairfield County: Stamford Obituary Index (includes the Stamford Advocate 1843-present and other area newspapers for earlier years)
 - Fairfield County: Westport Library Obituaries Index
 - Fairfield County: Pine Island Cemetery and Mill Hill Burying Ground Burials (Norwalk, Connecticut)
 
 - Hartford County: Wethersfield Ancient Burying Ground and Village Cemetery (map and index of burials)
 - Hartford County: Vital Records of Simsbury, Connecticut (includes indexes for burials in 3 cemeteries, death notices, probate notices and other items)
 
 - Litchfield County: New Hartford Burial Records
 
 - New Haven County: Beacon Falls Death Records Index and Cemetery Index

Tuesday, April 01, 2014

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

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

Arizona
- Arizona Death Records Index 1844-1963 & Birth Index 1855-1938 (update: year 1963 added to the death index; year 1938 added to the birth index)

Arkansas
- Saline County Library Obituaries Index

California
- Alameda County: Berkeley Daily Gazette Obituary Index (for assorted years 1894-1979)
- Alameda County: Tri-Valley Newspapers Index of Obituaries 1874-2004 (Livermore area)
- Amador County Cemeteries

Connecticut
- See: Recently Added Connecticut Cemetery, Obituary and Death Records Indexes

Delaware
- Delaware Genealogy Collections Gateway: Death and Probate Records Indexes (includes indexes for death registers, coroner records, probate records and more)
- New Castle County Wills Search

Georgia
- Hall County: Alta Vista Cemetery Burials (Gainesville, Georgia)

Illinois
- Kane County Genealogy Indexes (for Birth Certificates 75 years or older; Marriage Licenses 50 years or older; and Death Certificates 20 years or older; requires free registration; copies of the records can be ordered online for a fee.)
- Lake County Genealogical Records Index (indexes birth, marriage and death records prior to January 1, 1916)

Kansas
- Phillips County: Fairview Cemetery Records (Phillipsburg, Kansas)
- Shawnee County: Mount Auburn Cemetery Burials (Topeka, Kansas)

Kentucky
- Boyle County Genealogy and Vital Records Indexes (includes indexes for deaths, obituaries, cemeteries, marriages and more; also has some genealogy indexes for Casey County)

Massachusetts
- Hampden County: Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887 from FamilySearch
- Worcester County: Worcester City Death Certificates Search 1978-present

Michigan
- Kent County: Burials in 8 Grand Rapids City Cemeteries
- Ottawa County: Pilgrim Home Cemetery and Graafschap Cemetery Burials (Holland, Michigan; the city of Holland is in Ottawa and Allegan Counties)

Minnesota
- Wilkin County Historical Society Obituaries Index

Mississippi
- Alcorn County Cemeteries
- Prentiss County Obituaries and Cemeteries
- Tishomingo County: Cutshall Funeral Home Records (Iuka, Mississippi); for assorted years 1929-1990

Missouri
- Missouri Death Certificates Index and Images 1910-1963 (update: year 1963 added)

Nebraska
- Douglas County: Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Omaha Genealogy Lookup

New Jersey
- New Jersey Death Records Index, June 1878-June 1890 (update: more years added)

New York
- New York State Genealogical Research Death Index 1957-1963; does not include New York City (update: year 1963 added)
- Monroe County: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Burials (in Rochester, New York) and Ascension Garden Burials (in Henrietta, New York)

North Carolina
- North Carolina WPA Cemetery Survey Records - Tombstone Transcription Project

Ohio
- Ohio Obituaries Index 1810s-recent from the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center (update: several more counties added)
- Ashtabula County Genealogical Society Gravestone Photos Project
- Preble County: Mound Hill Cemetery Burials (Eaton, Ohio)

Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Death Records Indexes 1906-1963 (update: year 1963 added)
- Bucks County Genealogical Society Database (includes births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials)
- Montgomery County and Bucks County: Mennonite Heritage Center Cemetery Database (has nearly 86,000 burial records from 125 cemeteries)

South Carolina
- South Carolina Death Index 1915-1963 (update: year 1963 added)

Texas
- Bexar County: San Antonio Death Records Index, 1873-1926, and Birth Records Index, 1896-1936 (includes scanned copies of the birth and death indexes)

Wisconsin
- Richland County Cemeteries (also has Richland Observer Obituary Index 1970 to recent)
- Richland County: Richland Center Cemetery and Bowen Cemetery Burials (Richland Center, Wisconsin)

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

Tuesday, January 07, 2014

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

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

California
 - Los Angeles County: Pasadena News Index (includes obituaries; most entries are from June 1996 to recent, but there is some earlier coverage)
 - San Bernardino County: Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery Burials (City of Redlands)
 - Ventura County: St. Mary's Cemetery Records (Ventura)

Connecticut
 - Fairfield County: Wilton Cemeteries
 - New London Vital Records and Cemetery Indexes

Georgia
 - Muscogee County: Columbus Consolidated Government Public Services Department Cemetery Records (for Linwood, Riverdale, Porterdale and East Porterdale Cemeteries)
 - Muscogee County: Historic Linwood Cemetery Burials (Columbus, Georgia)

Illinois
 - DuPage County: Bronswood Cemetery Burial Index (Oak Brook, Illinois)

Indiana
 - Allen County Indiana Cemetery Project
 - Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana: Genealogy Records (includes indexes for cemeteries, funerals, probate records, vital records and more)
 - Clark County: Walnut Ridge Cemetery Burials (Jeffersonville, Indiana)
 - Jefferson County Public Library History Rescue Project - Genealogy Databases (includes indexes for deaths, Madison Courier Obituaries, cemeteries and more)
 - Howard County Cemeteries, and Kokomo Tribune Obituary Index, 1894 and 1915-2013 (update: more years added to the obituary index)
 - Miami County: Peru Obituaries Index (for assorted years beginning with 1975)

Iowa
 - Johnson County: Oakland Cemetery Burials (in Iowa City)
 - Madison County Genealogy Indexes (includes a death index 1880-1919, obituaries, over 28,000 cemetery burials, indexes for probate records, and more)
 - Mitchell County Genealogy Indexes (includes burial notices, cemetery burials and other items)

Kansas
 - Grant County Cemetery District Burials
 - Harvey County Genealogical Database (includes portraits, headstone photos, obituaries, news articles and biographical information submitted by Harvey County Genealogical Society members)
 - Harvey County: City of Newton Cemetery Burials (for Greenwood and Restlawn Cemeteries)
 - Lincoln County Obituary Index 1873-2012 (update: more years added)
 - McPherson County Genealogy Indexes (includes indexes for births, marriages, deaths, obituaries and other items)

Kentucky
 - Lincoln County Cemeteries
 - McCracken County: Oak Grove Cemetery Burials (Paducah, KY)

Massachusetts
 - Essex County: Town of North Andover Old Burial Ground Database
 - Middlesex County: Lincoln Public Library Obituary Database
 - Plymouth County: Cemetery Records from the Town of Carver

Michigan
 - Calhoun County: Willard Library Newspaper Index, 1967-to March 2012 (includes obituaries)
 - Kalamazoo County: Riverside Cemetery Burials (in Kalamazoo, Michigan)
 - Oakland County Historical Resources (includes some death notices, obituaries and cemetery burials)

Missouri
 - Missouri Coroner's Inquest Database (historical) (update: more counties added)
 - Audrain County Cemeteries
 - Boone County Probate Indexes 1819-1981
 - Ozark County Cemeteries
 - St. Louis City Wills Index, 1877-1925 (update: more years added); See: Online St. Louis, Missouri Death Records, Indexes & Obituaries

Montana
 - Gallatin County Genealogical Society Databases
 - Missoula County Public Library Vital Records Index (from early newspapers); also has a newspaper index (1970s to recent)

New Hampshire
 - New Hampshire Death Certificates, 1938-1959 from FamilySearch (images only, not indexed)

New Jersey
 - New Jersey Death Records Index, June 1878-June 1890 (update: more years added)

New York
 - Albany County: State Street Burial Grounds Index, Albany, New York
 - Queens: Fresh Pond Crematory and Columbarium Interment Index (Middle Village, Queens, Long Island, New York); See: Online New York City Death Records Indexes and Obituaries
 - Suffolk County: Brookhaven Cemetery Burials (also has an index for Brentwood Cemetery)
 - Yates County: Penn Yan Democrat Births, Marriages and Deaths Index 1899-1939

North Carolina
 - Randolph County: Asheboro Courier and Courier-Tribune Newspapers Obituaries Index 1903-1995 (update: more years added)

Ohio
 - Mahoning County: Tod Homestead Cemetery Burials (City of Youngstown)

Pennsylvania
 - Allegheny County: Mt. Vernon Cemetery Burials (McKeesport, Pennsylvania)
 - Elk County Cemeteries

Rhode Island
 - Providence County: Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence Cemetery Burials for St. Ann Cemetery (Cranston), Gate of Heaven Cemetery (East Providence), St. Francis Cemetery (Pawtucket) and Mt. St. Mary Cemetery (East Providence)

South Carolina
 - South Carolina Death Index 1915-1962 (update: year 1962 added)
 - South Carolina State Hospital Cemetery Records
 - Greenville News Obituary Index 1910-current (update: more years added)
 - York County Library News and Obituary Index

Virginia
 - New River Notes: Genealogy Resources for the Upper New River Valley of North Carolina and Virginia (for counties in Southwestern Virginia and Northwestern North Carolina; includes cemetery burials and other items)

Washington
 - Stevens County: Northeast Washington Genealogical Society Cemetery Indexes (includes three cemeteries in Colville, Washington)

Wisconsin
 - Wisconsin Death Records Index, 1867-1907 from FamilySearch
 - Waupaca County: Lakeside Memorial Park Cemetery Database

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