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Free Virginia Obituaries and Obituary Index Links

4/30/2018

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One of the main goals for genealogists in searching historic newspapers is to find obituaries. Obituaries are a gold mine of information. They provide death dates and locations, funeral and cemetery information and sometimes more importantly - information about the relatives of the deceased's family and extended family.  This family name information is often not found anywhere else.

Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians and archivists, a great number of indexes to death information and obituaries from newspapers have been provided for free online.  These searchable indexes or index lists provide the location in old newspapers where the obituary can be found. Sometimes the obituary clipping or transcription is even provided.

​​Below is a list of links to Virginia obituary indexes, an alternative means to newspaper searching to find obituary information. If the newspaper clippings are available, or if the obituaries are transcribed, they will be denoted. Please be aware that if you find a desired obituary in an index, that the holder of the actual obituary (e.g., library or genealogical society) may charge a small fee to send you a copy of the obituary itself.​

(Updated May, 2018; recently added links are in BOLD)


General U.S.
  • Currentobituary.com index, 2001-2014
  • United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014
  • United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012

Virginia
  • Virginia Obituaries - Obit City​​
  • Virginia USGenWeb Obituary Project
  • Old Virginia Obituaries 1790-1940 (transcribed)
  • Accomack County Obituary Index 1881-1912
  • Alexandria Obituary Indexes
  • Fairfax County Historical Newspaper and Obituary Index Search
  • Falls Church Obituaries (clippings)
  • Harrisonburg Obituary Index
  • Loudoun County Newspaper and Obituary Index
  • Louisa County Obituary Index
  • Lynchburg Obituary Index​
  • Manassas Democrat Obituary Index
  • Manassas Journal Obituary Index
  • Newport News Obituary Index
  • Page County Transcribed Obituaries
  • Petersburg Newspaper Index
  • Prince William County Obituaries (transcribed)
  • Princess Anne County Obituaries (transcribed)
  • Richmond - Henley Obituary Index
  • Richmond Enquirer/Richmond Visitor Obituary Index
  • Roanoke Times Obituary Index
  • Russell County Master Obituary Index 
  • Russell County Lebanon News Obituary Index
  • Williamsburg - Virginia Gazette Obituary Index and Clippings
  • Winchester -  Evening Star Obituary Index and Clippings 1899-1909 
  • Winchester Star Obituary Index

If you wish to search this state's historic newspapers for obituaries, click on Virginia Online Historical Newspapers Summary

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Chronicling America Updates - April, 2018

4/30/2018

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Chronicling America, the newspaper collection available for online research of United States historic newspapers, regularly updates their collection.

Here are the updated titles for April, 2018.  Some are new titles and some are added to an existing title's pages in the database. There are 23 in total from 8 different states. (Please note that some newspapers may be listed multiple times because they were updated more than once by the Library of Congress during the month).
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Alaska
  • Updated content for The Alaska prospector. (Valdez, Alaska)
  • Updated content for Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska)
  • Updated content for Valdez weekly prospector. (Valdez, Alaska)

Colorado
  • Updated content for Cañon City record. (Cañon City, Colo.)
  • Updated content for Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.)
  • Updated content for Cheyenne Wells record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.)
  • Updated content for Delta chief. (Delta, Delta County, Colo.)
  • Updated content for Eastern Colorado times. (Cheyenne Wells, Colo.)
  • Updated content for La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.)
  • Updated content for The Delta independent. (Delta, Colo.)
  • Updated content for The Fremont County record. (Canon City, Colo.)

Iowa​
  • Updated content for Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa)
  • Updated content for Buchanan County bulletin. (Independence, Iowa)
  • Updated content for Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa)
  • Updated content for Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa)
  • Updated content for The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa)
  • Updated content for The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa)
  • Updated content for The Toledo chronicle. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa)

New York
  • Updated content for Radnička borba = Workers' struggle. [volume] ([New York, N.Y.])

Ohio
  • Updated content for Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio)

Pennsylvania
  • Updated content for Zajedničar = Fraternalist. (Allegheny, Pa.)

South Dakota
  • Updated content for The Madison daily leader. (Madison, S.D.)

Texas
  • Updated content for El regidor. (San Antonio, Tex.)


Good luck and happy hunting!

For more links for these states and others - please see the Newspaper Links page on this website.
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FamilySearch New and Updated Collections - April 1-30, 2018

4/30/2018

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FamilySearch continues to add or update their records collections at a fast pace for us to search.
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For the period of April 1- 30, 2018,  the added/updated collections are:​​​​
  • ​Australia, South Australia, Immigrants Ship Papers, 1849-1940
  • Belgium, Antwerp, Civil Registration, 1588-1913
  • Brazil, Minas Gerais, Catholic Church Records, 1706-1999
  • Brazil, Pernambuco, Civil Registration, 1804-2016
  • Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Civil Registration, 1829-2012
  • Cape Verde, Catholic Church Records, 1787-1957
  • Chile, Civil Registration, 1885-1932
  • Costa Rica, Civil Registration, 1823-1975
  • Denmark Census, 1911
  • Denmark, Copenhagen City, Civil Marriages, 1739-1964, Index 1877-1964
  • Ecuador, Catholic Church Records, 1565-2011
  • England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997
  • Florida Marriages, 1830-1993
  • France, Brittany, Church and Civil Records, 1521-1896
  • France, Haute-Garonne, Toulouse, Church Records, 1539-1793
  • France, Haute-Garonne, Toulouse, Civil Registration, 1792-1893
  • France, Hautes-Alpes, Census, 1856
  • France, Hautes-Alpes, Census, 1876
  • French Polynesia, Civil Registration, 1780-1999
  • Georgia, Fulton County Records from the Atlanta History Center, 1827-1955
  • Germany, Baden, Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau, Catholic Church Records, 1678-1930
  • Germany, Baden, Church Book Duplicates, 1804-1877
  • Germany, Bavaria, Diocese of Augsburg, Catholic Church Records, 1615-1939
  • Germany, Prussia, Westphalia, Minden, Miscellaneous Collections from the Municipal Archives, 1574-1912
  • Germany, Rhineland, Diocese of Trier, Catholic Church Records, 1704-1957
  • Guatemala Civil Registration, 1877-2008
  • Hungary Civil Registration, 1895-1980
  • Ireland Civil Registration, 1845-1913
  • Italy, Agrigento, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1820-1865
  • Italy, Mantova, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1496-1906
  • Italy, Pescara, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1929
  • Italy, Roma, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1863-1930
  • Italy, Teramo, Teramo, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1940
  • Italy, Terni, Narni, Civil Registration (Comune), 1861-1921
  • Italy, Torino, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1802-1813
  • Lesotho, Evangelical Church Records, 1828-2005
  • Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783
  • Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Civil Registration, 1811-1950
  • North Carolina, Confederate Soldiers and Widows Pension Applications, 1885-1953
  • Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995
  • Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936
  • Panama, Catholic Church Records, 1707-1973
  • Peru, Amazonas, Civil Registration, 1939-1999
  • Peru, Cusco, Civil Registration, 1889-1997
  • Peru, Diocese of Huacho, Catholic Church Records, 1560-1952
  • Peru, La Libertad, Civil Registration, 1903-1998
  • Peru, Lima, Civil Registration, 1874-1996
  • Peru, Puno, Civil Registration, 1890-2005
  • Poland, Lublin Roman Catholic Church Books, 1784-1964
  • Portugal, Portalegre, Catholic Church Records, 1859-1911
  • Quebec, Quebec Federation of Genealogical Societies, Family Origins, 1621-1865
  • Russia, Samara Church Books 1748-1934
  • Slovakia Church and Synagogue Books, 1592-1935
  • South Africa, Netherdutch Reformed Church Registers (Pretoria Archive), 1838-1991
  • South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965
  • Spain, Soldier Personal Service Files, 1835-1940
  • Sweden, Örebro Church Records, 1613-1918; index 1635-1860
  • Sweden, Östergötland Church Records, 1555-1911; index 1616-1860
  • Sweden, Stockholm City Archives, Index to Church Records, 1546-1927
  • Texas, Swisher County Records, 1879-2012
  • Ukraine, Western Ukraine Catholic Church Book Duplicates, 1600-1937
  • United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012
  • Washington, Pierce County Marriage Returns, 1891-1938
  • Wisconsin State Census, 1885


​For a complete list of all added/updated collections, go to 

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list
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I hope that some of these are what you have been waiting for!
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4 Considerations When Picking a Newspaper Research Subscription Site

4/29/2018

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If you are a genealogy researcher like me, you want to have available to you as many records that may contain information about your ancestors as possible. If you follow this site, you know that I am "big" on using old newspapers as resources to find about your family and their stories.

There is a page on this site - Newspapers!  that has a large number of free resources and links that you can use to search these historic newspapers.

But what about the paid newspaper subscription sites? I have used the three large ones in the U.S. (Newspapers.com, Newspaperarchive, and GenealogyBank). There are other sites where newspapers are available, such as Ancestry.com, British Newspaper Archive, etc. There are pluses and minuses to all of these sites, but this article is not a comparison of these sites. 

Why is that you ask? In my opinion, each person should make up their own mind as to what characteristics are important to them and how each of these sites fit your particular preferences.

What are the four most important characteristics?  Here are what I believe are those that you should consider:

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  1. Collections Available - just as in Real Estate where the motto is "Location, location, location" - the motto for subscription newspaper research sites is "Database, database, database." I get asked all the time if someone should purchase a subscription to site A.  I always ask them first - for the states, cities or areas that you are researching, as well as the dates that your ancestors lived there, does the site have a collection of newspapers available?  If it doesn't for a preponderance of your ancestors - if you purchase a subscription don't complain when you can't find anything.  All sites have a list of what newspapers and dates are in their collections.  Check those out before you buy.
  2. User Interface and Searching Features - every site mentioned above (and those not mentioned) have different user interfaces - some are simple and easy to figure out and use; some have richer capabilities and features. I always like to try the "Advanced Search" features because that generally indicates the total breadth of capability. And one MUST read the Help documentation for each of these sites. Generally they will let you know what type of search criteria can be entered - for example Boolean and proximity searches. Quite honestly I have heard many subscribers complain about not finding anything when they haven't even tried to learn all the search capabilities available to them.
  3. Scan and OCR Quality - the index that the site has created is only as good as the quality of the original scan and the OCR software that they use to build the index. Were the newspapers scanned from originals or from microfilm, or from copies of microfilm? Some of the collections that I have seen have an extremely poor quality image displayed after selecting a search result.  This indicates to me that the original image that they applied the OCR process to was degraded and hence the index certainly will suffer.  In other words - your ancestor is mentioned but the scan was so lousy that the OCR process could not build an acceptable index entry with the correct spelling of the name. 
  4. Price and Billing Practices - some of the aforementioned sites are 4 times as expensive as the others. Some have a monthly plan, some annually only. Some auto-renew and some do not. If you purchase a subscription it is incumbent on you to read the terms of the subscription as well as the fine print. As always with any purchase online - it is buyer-be AWARE.


Most sites have some sort of free trial or a short time subscription so you don't have to plunk down money for a whole year if your resources are tight and you just want to check out the site.

So check out free old newspaper resources (I suggest Newspaper Links on this site), but don't forget historical newspaper subscription sites - they have different collections available than those on the free sites.

Your family history research will be enhanced by using all resources available to you.
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425 Birth, Marriage, and Death Record Collection Links from U.S. Western  States

4/28/2018

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One of the main goals for genealogists is finding birth, marriage, and death (BMD) information about their ancestors.  

Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians and archivists (as well as the largest of them all - FamilySearch), a great number of indexes to birth, marriage, and death collections have been provided for free online.  These searchable indexes provide specific BMD information, and often scanned images of the actual birth, marriage, and death certificates themselves. These free online collections have hundreds of millions of records in them in total.

There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include birth, marriage, and death information that are not included in the lists below. For example, newspapers, draft registration files, naturalization records, etc. have BMD info. To find out which types of other records may include BMD information, please see: 
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  • 27 Ways to Find Ancestor Birth Information
  • 22 Ways to Find Ancestors Marriage Information
  • 21 Ways to Find Ancestors Death Information

The lists below are specific birth, marriage, and death indexes and record collections that are available for free online from the Western states of the U.S. Also included is the total number of BMD record collection links and the added collections from the previous update.

  • Alaska Birth, Marriage, and Death (BMD) Record Links (18 total, 6 new)
  • Arizona Birth, Marriage, and Death (BMD) Record Links (28 total, 12 new)
  • California Birth, Marriage, and Death (BMD) Record Links (45 total, 20 new)
  • Colorado Birth, Marriage, and Death (BMD) Record Links (31 total, 11 new)
  • Hawaii Birth, Marriage, and Death (BMD) Record Links (19 total, 2 new)
  • Idaho Birth, Marriage, and Death (BMD) Record Links (40 total, 10 new)
  • Montana Birth, Marriage, and Death (BMD) Record Links (42 total, 11 new)
  • Nevada Birth, Marriage, and Death (BMD) Record Links (25 total, 5 new)
  • New Mexico Birth, Marriage, and Death (BMD) Record Links (28 total, 8 new)
  • Oregon Birth, Marriage, and Death (BMD) Record Links (45 total, 10 new)
  • Utah Birth, Marriage, and Death (BMD) Record Links (52 total, 6 new)
  • Washington Birth, Marriage, and Death (BMD) Record Links (35 total, 9 new)
  • Wyoming Birth, Marriage, and Death (BMD) Record Links (20 total, 6 new)

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    Utah Birth, Marriage, and Death (BMD) Record Links

    4/28/2018

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    One of the main goals for genealogists is finding birth, marriage, and death (BMD) information about their ancestors.  

    Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians and archivists (as well as the largest of them all - FamilySearch), a great number of indexes to birth, marriage, and death collections have been provided for free online.  These searchable indexes provide specific BMD information, and sometimes scanned images of the actual birth, marriage, and death certificates themselves. These free online collections have hundreds of millions of records in them in total.
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    There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include birth, marriage, and death information that are not included in the lists below. For example, newspapers, draft registration files, naturalization records, etc. have BMD info. To find out which types of other records may include BMD information, please see: 
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    • 27 Ways to Find Ancestor Birth Information
    • 22 Ways to Find Ancestors Marriage Information
    • 21 Ways to Find Ancestors Death Information

    The lists below are specific birth, marriage, and death indexes and record collections that are available for free online for the state of Utah.

    (Updated April, 2018; recently added links are in BOLD)

    General U.S.
    • United States Births and Christenings, 1867-1931
    • United States Deaths and Burials, 1867-1961
    • United States Korean War Battle Deaths, 1950-1957
    • United States Marriages, 1733-1990
    • United States Social Security Death Index
    • United States, Freedmen's Bureau Marriages, 1861-1872
    • Online Searchable Death Indexes

    Utah
    • Utah Births and Christenings, 1892-1941
    • Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964
    • Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946
    • Utah Marriages, 1887-1935
    • Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914
    • Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940
    • Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1965
    • Utah Birth Certificate Index
    • Utah Death and Burial Index
    • ObitsUtah Death Index
    • Deaths and Obituary Clippings from Utah Newspapers, 1850-2005
    • Western States Marriage Index
    • Beaver County Birth Registers. 1897-1905
    • Beaver County Death Registers. 1900-1905
    • Box Elder County Vital Records, 1856-1960
    • Cache County Vital Records, 1861-1955
    • Cache County Birth Registers. 1898-1905
    • Carbon County Birth Registers. 1898-1905
    • Carbon County Death and Obituary Index
    • Davis County Birth Register. 1898-1905
    • Davis County Vital Records, 1869-1953
    • Emery County Birth Registers. 1898-1905
    • Eureka and Payson, Births and Deaths, 1898-1903
    • Grand County Birth Registers. 1898-1905
    • Iron County Birth Registers. 1898-1905
    • Juab County Vital Records, 1847-1948
    • Kane County Birth Registers. 1900-1905
    • Ogden Birth Register, 1890-1905
    • Piute County Birth Register. 1898
    • Rich County Birth Registers. 1989-1905
    • Salt Lake County Birth Records, 1890-1915
    • Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949
    • Salt Lake County Birth Registers. 1898-1905
    • Sanpete County Birth Register, 1898-1905
    • Sanpete County Death Register, 1898-1905
    • Tooele County Vital Records, 1855-1956
    • Tremonton and Garland Deaths and Obituary Clippings 1959-2013
    • Uintah County Marriage Records, 1888-1939
    • Uintah County Birth Registers. 1898-1905
    • Utah County Vital Records, 1850-1962
    • Weber County Marriages, 1887-1941
    • Weber County Birth Register. 1898-1905
    • Weber County Marriage Licenses and Certificates
    • Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
    • Online Searchable Death Indexes
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    ​Check out the links for other states on the BMD Links! page.

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    California Birth, Marriage, and Death (BMD) Record Links

    4/28/2018

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    One of the main goals for genealogists is finding birth, marriage, and death (BMD) information about their ancestors.  

    Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians and archivists (as well as the largest of them all - FamilySearch), a great number of indexes to birth, marriage, and death collections have been provided for free online.  These searchable indexes provide specific BMD information, and sometimes scanned images of the actual birth, marriage, and death certificates themselves. These free online collections have hundreds of millions of records in them in total.
    ​
    There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include birth, marriage, and death information that are not included in the lists below. For example, newspapers, draft registration files, naturalization records, etc. have BMD info. To find out which types of other records may include BMD information, please see: 
    ​​
    • 27 Ways to Find Ancestor Birth Information
    • 22 Ways to Find Ancestors Marriage Information
    • 21 Ways to Find Ancestors Death Information

    The lists below are specific birth, marriage, and death indexes and record collections that are available for free online for the state of California.

    (Updated April, 2018; recently added links are in BOLD)

    General U.S.
    • United States Births and Christenings, 1867-1931
    • United States Deaths and Burials, 1867-1961
    • United States Korean War Battle Deaths, 1950-1957
    • United States Marriages, 1733-1990
    • United States Social Security Death Index
    • United States, Freedmen's Bureau Marriages, 1861-1872
    • Online Searchable Death Indexes

    California
    • California Birth Index, 1905-1995
    • California Births and Christenings, 1812-1988
    • California County Marriages, 1843-1918
    • California Death Index, 1905-1939
    • California Death Index, 1940-1997
    • California Marriage Index, 1960-1985
    • California Marriages, 1850-1945
    • California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994
    • California, County Marriages, 1850-1952
    • Alameda County, California Deaths, 1889-1894
    • Alameda County, California Deaths, 1895-1901
    • Bay Area Reporter Deaths and Obituary Clippings 
    • Butte County Vital Records 1854-1897
    • Early California Population Project
    • Early Livermore Death and Obituary Indexes 
    • Fillmore, Ventura County Obituary Index
    • Long Beach Deaths and Transcribed Obituaries
    • Los Angeles Public Library Death Index 
    • Los Gatos Deaths and Obituary Clippings
    • Mariposa County Births, Marriages, and Transcribed Obituaries
    • Napa and Butte Counties Death Index and Obituary Clippings 1866-1992
    • Oakland Births, Marriages, Deaths and Obituary Clippings 1985-2011
    • Palmdale Death Index
    • San Bernardino County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
    • San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records, 1835-1979
    • San Francisco Call Index
    • San Francisco County Records, 1824-1997
    • San Joaquin County Deaths and Obituary Clippings 1850-1991
    • San Mateo County Birth, Death, and Marriages Indexes, 1853-1948 
    • Santa Clara County Early Vitals Indexes
    • Shasta County Deaths and Transcribed Obituaries
    • Stanislaus County Marriages
    • Tulare County Marriages
    • Ventura County Marriage and Death Indexes
    • Yucaipa Valley Death and Obituary Indexes
    • Western States Historical Marriage Records Index
    • Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
    • Online Searchable Death Indexes
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    ​Check out the links for other states on the BMD Links! page.

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    Hawaii Birth, Marriage, and Death (BMD) Record Links

    4/28/2018

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    One of the main goals for genealogists is finding birth, marriage, and death (BMD) information about their ancestors.  

    Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians and archivists (as well as the largest of them all - FamilySearch), a great number of indexes to birth, marriage, and death collections have been provided for free online.  These searchable indexes provide specific BMD information, and sometimes scanned images of the actual birth, marriage, and death certificates themselves. These free online collections have hundreds of millions of records in them in total.
    ​
    There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include birth, marriage, and death information that are not included in the lists below. For example, newspapers, draft registration files, naturalization records, etc. have BMD info. To find out which types of other records may include BMD information, please see: 
    ​​
    • 27 Ways to Find Ancestor Birth Information
    • 22 Ways to Find Ancestors Marriage Information
    • 21 Ways to Find Ancestors Death Information

    The lists below are specific birth, marriage, and death indexes and record collections that are available for free online for the state of Hawaii.

    (Updated April, 2018; recently added links are in BOLD)

    General U.S.
    • United States Births and Christenings, 1867-1931
    • United States Deaths and Burials, 1867-1961
    • United States Korean War Battle Deaths, 1950-1957
    • United States Marriages, 1733-1990
    • United States Social Security Death Index
    • United States, Freedmen's Bureau Marriages, 1861-1872
    • Online Searchable Death Indexes

    Hawaii
    • Hawaii Births and Christenings, 1852-1933
    • Hawaii Deaths and Burials, 1862-1919
    • Hawaii Marriages, 1826-1922
    • Hawaii Marriages, 1826-1954
    • Hawaii Deaths and Transcribed Obituaries 1980-present
    • Hawaiian Electronic Library Marriages and Deaths 1826-1929
    • Island Newspaper Deaths and Transcribed Obituaries 1989-2013
    • Vital Statistics Collection, 1826-1929 - Hawaii, Kauai, Molokai, and Niihau
    • Vital Statistics Collection, 1826-1929 - Maui
    • Vital Statistics Collection, 1826-1929 - Oahu
    • Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
    • Online Searchable Death Indexes
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    ​Check out the links for other states on the BMD Links! page.

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    Montana Birth, Marriage, and Death (BMD) Record Links

    4/27/2018

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    One of the main goals for genealogists is finding birth, marriage, and death (BMD) information about their ancestors.  

    Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians and archivists (as well as the largest of them all - FamilySearch), a great number of indexes to birth, marriage, and death collections have been provided for free online.  These searchable indexes provide specific BMD information, and sometimes scanned images of the actual birth, marriage, and death certificates themselves. These free online collections have hundreds of millions of records in them in total.
    ​
    There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include birth, marriage, and death information that are not included in the lists below. For example, newspapers, draft registration files, naturalization records, etc. have BMD info. To find out which types of other records may include BMD information, please see: 
    ​​
    • 27 Ways to Find Ancestor Birth Information
    • 22 Ways to Find Ancestors Marriage Information
    • 21 Ways to Find Ancestors Death Information

    The lists below are specific birth, marriage, and death indexes and record collections that are available for free online for the state of Montana.

    (Updated April, 2018; recently added links are in BOLD)

    General U.S.
    • United States Births and Christenings, 1867-1931
    • United States Deaths and Burials, 1867-1961
    • United States Korean War Battle Deaths, 1950-1957
    • United States Marriages, 1733-1990
    • United States Social Security Death Index
    • United States, Freedmen's Bureau Marriages, 1861-1872
    • Online Searchable Death Indexes

    Montana
    • Montana Death Index, 1860-2007
    • Montana Marriages, 1889-1947
    • Montana, County Births and Deaths, 1840-2004
    • Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950
    • Montana State Death Index to 1953
    • Montana State Death Index 1954-2002
    • Norske Montana Marriages
    • Western Marriage Index
    • Beaverhead County Vital Records, 1862-2009
    • Big Horn County Vital Records, 1884-2011
    • Big Horn County Deaths and Obituary Clippings
    • Billings Gazette Vital Records Indexes
    • Cascade County Vital Records, 1880-2009
    • Cascade County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
    • Chouteau County Vital Records,1876-2011
    • Flathead County Vital Records, 1871-1981
    • Granite County Vital Records, 1865-2009
    • Havre Hill Deaths and Obituary Clippings
    • Judith Basin County Vital Records, 1887-2012
    • Lake County Vital Records, 1857-2010
    • Lewis and Clark County Birth and Death Indexes
    • Liberty County Deaths and Obituary Clippings
    • Meagher County Vital Records, 1866-2012
    • Mineral County Deaths and Obituary Clippings, 1870-2010
    • Mineral County Death Index
    • Missoula County Vital Records Index
    • Pondera County Vital Records, 1910-2012
    • Rosebud County Vital Records, 1878-2011
    • Sanders County Vital Records, 1866-2010
    • Sweet Grass County Vital Records, 1887-2011
    • Teton County Vital Records, 1881-2012
    • Toole County Vital Records, 1913-1960
    • Yellowstone County Vital Records, 1881-2011
    • Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
    • Online Searchable Death Indexes
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    ​Check out the links for other states on the BMD Links! page.

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    Idaho Birth, Marriage, and Death (BMD) Record Links

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    One of the main goals for genealogists is finding birth, marriage, and death (BMD) information about their ancestors.  

    Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians and archivists (as well as the largest of them all - FamilySearch), a great number of indexes to birth, marriage, and death collections have been provided for free online.  These searchable indexes provide specific BMD information, and sometimes scanned images of the actual birth, marriage, and death certificates themselves. These free online collections have hundreds of millions of records in them in total.
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    There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include birth, marriage, and death information that are not included in the lists below. For example, newspapers, draft registration files, naturalization records, etc. have BMD info. To find out which types of other records may include BMD information, please see: 
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    • 27 Ways to Find Ancestor Birth Information
    • 22 Ways to Find Ancestors Marriage Information
    • 21 Ways to Find Ancestors Death Information

    The lists below are specific birth, marriage, and death indexes and record collections that are available for free online for the state of Idaho.

    (Updated April, 2018; recently added links are in BOLD)

    General U.S.
    • United States Births and Christenings, 1867-1931
    • United States Deaths and Burials, 1867-1961
    • United States Korean War Battle Deaths, 1950-1957
    • United States Marriages, 1733-1990
    • United States Social Security Death Index
    • United States, Freedmen's Bureau Marriages, 1861-1872
    • Online Searchable Death Indexes

    Idaho
    • Idaho Births and Christenings, 1856-1965
    • Idaho Church Marriages, 1864-1976
    • Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937
    • Idaho Death Certificates, 1938-1961
    • Idaho Deaths and Burials, 1907-1965
    • Idaho State Death Index 1911-1951
    • Idaho Marriage Index, 1947-1961
    • Idaho Marriages, 1878-1898; 1903-1942
    • Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1911
    • Idaho, County Birth and Death Records, 1883-1929​
    • Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950
    • Idaho State Death Records Index, 1911-1951
    • Bonneville County Records, 1867-2012
    • Butte County Records, 1882-1970
    • Cassia County Records, 1879-1989 
    • Clark County Records, 1884-1998
    • Eastern Idaho Death and Obituary Index
    • Elmore County Records, 1889-1972
    • Gem County Records, 1877-1962
    • Gooding County Records, 1879-1962
    • Gooding County Death Index
    • Lemhi County Records, 1868-1964
    • Lincoln County Vital Records, 1886-1972
    • Minidoka County Records, 1913-1961
    • Payette County Deaths and Transcribed Obituaries
    • Teton County Records, 1900-1988
    • Southeast Counties Deaths and Transcribed Obituaries, 1864-2007
    • Southern Counties Deaths and Obituary Clippings, 1943-2013
    • Twin Falls County Vital Records, 1906-1988
    • Valley County Deaths and Obituary Clippings
    • Western States Marriage Index
    • Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
    • Online Searchable Death Indexes

    ​Check out the links for other states on the BMD Links! page.

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