Monday, June 01, 2015

Virginia Death Certificates, 1912-1987 Now Online

As part of their subscription-based collection of genealogy records, Ancestry.com has a new database that indexes Virginia death records from 1912-2014. Included are digitized images of the death certificates from 1912-1987. See:

Online Virginia Death Certificates, Indexes and Records

Ancestry also now has a Virginia Birth Records Index from 1864-1999 (with images for 1864-1913), a Virginia Marriage Records Index, 1936-2014 (with images for 1936-1988), and a Virginia Divorce Records Index, 1918-2014 (with images for 1918-1988). These also require a subscription. See the Virginia section at:

Online Birth, Marriage and Divorce Records Indexes

Note that statewide registration for vital records in Virginia began in 1912. Early birth listings in Ancestry's database are delayed birth records filed later.

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