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.
Note 1: Many of the links listed below take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. In many cases there is a link to the digital collection in the middle of the page, but also near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections' images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. Please also note that I have listed below only BMD databases that are accessible digitally from your computer (or tablet/phone)
Note 2: I have included links to Free Ancestry records and indexes. You do not need a subscription, but do need an Ancestry account. Without a subscription you can view indexes. If there is an image associated with a record, in most cases you will need a subscription, but the index does include very usable information.
(Updated May, 2020; 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
Arizona
- Apache County Birth Indexes
- Apache County Births and Deaths, 1887-1907
- Apache County Coroner's Inquests, 1882-1931
- Apache County Marriage Affidavits, 1889-1931
- Apache County Marriage Indexes
- Apache County Marriages
- Apache County Miscellaneous Births
- Arizona Early Marriages, 1862-1912
- Arizona Birth and Death Records for Various Counties, 1887-1912
- Arizona Birth Certificates, 1855-1926
- Arizona Births and Christenings, 1909-1917
- Arizona Birth and Death Certificates
- Arizona County Marriages, 1871-1964
- Arizona Death Certificates 1870-1959
- Arizona Deaths and Burials, 1910-1911; 1933-1994
- Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951
- Arizona Death Record Index (Compiled from mortuary, cemetery, and church records)
- Arizona Federal Mortality Schedules 1860-1880
- Arizona Marriage Records Search by County
- Arizona Marriages, 1865-1949
- Arizona Obituary Archive
- Arizona Obituary Index to Arizona Newspapers, 1993-1994
- Arizona Pioneers' Home (Prescott) Resident Ledger and Index, 1911-2000
- Cochise County Birth and Death Records, 1887-1909; Index to Births and Deaths & Contagious Diseases
- Cochise County Bisbee, Births and Deaths, 1907-1915
- Cochise County Deaths
- Cochise County Douglas, Register of Births and Deaths, Douglas, 1906-1935
- Cochise County Marriage Indexes
- Cochise County Marriages
- Coconino County Births and Marriages
- Coconino County Miscellaneous Births
- Coconino County Register of Births and Deaths, 1892-1909
- Flagstaff Death Index
- Gila County Birth and Death Records 1887-1938
- Gila County Marriage Records, 1889-1952; Indexes, 1889-1953
- Gila County Marriages
- Gila County, Globe, Vital Statistics, 1908-1909
- Gila County, Marriage Records, 1881-1970
- Graham County Births
- Graham County Marriages
- Graham County Record of Births and Deaths, 1889-1909
- Greenlee County Affidavits for Marriage License, 1911-1950
- Greenlee County Births
- Greenlee County Coroner's Inquests and Index, 1911-1967
- Greenlee County Marriage Records 1911-1955 ; Index, 1914-1995
- Maricopa County and Pima County Register of Births and Deaths, 1889-1909
- Maricopa County Marriage Records 1871-1942
- Maricopa County Marriages
- Maricopa County Registers of Births and Deaths, 1881-1909
- Maricopa County, Marriage Records 1871 to November, 1888
- Maricopa County, Phoenix Record of Deaths, 1893-1915
- Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
- Mohave County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Mohave County Record of Births and Deaths, 1887-1909
- Mohave County Vital Records Indexes
- Navajo County Births and Deaths 1895-1912
- Navajo County Marriages
- Navajo County Miscellaneous Records, 1895-1924; Index, 1895-1931
- Online Searchable Death Indexes
- Payson Deaths, 1948-2008
- Pima County Births
- Pima County Death Indexes
- Pima County Marriage Indexes
- Pima County Marriage Licenses and Affidavits, 1879-1921; Indexes, 1881-1913
- Pima County Marriage Records 1872-1897
- Pima County Marriage Records, 1872-1951; Indexes, 1877-1951
- Pima County Marriages
- Pima County Miscellaneous Records, 1880-1921; Indexes, 1877-1921
- Pima County, Tucson, Birth and Death Records, 1884-1909
- Pima County, Tucson, Register of Marriages, 1884-1917
- Pinal County Birth and Death Records 1887-1910
- Pinal County Births and Deaths
- Pinal County Marriage Records, 1875-1951 ;Index, 1875-1954
- Pinal County Marriages
- Santa Cruz County Marriage Licenses and Certificates, 1899-1951
- Santa Cruz County Marriages
- Santa Cruz County Record of Births and Deaths, 1903-1931
- Santa Cruz County Baptism and Marriage Records of the Mission Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi, 1739-1767
- West Valley Genealogical Society Deaths
- Western States Historical Marriage Records Index
- Winslow Permit for Burial or Removal, 1925-1932
- Yavapai County Coroner Inquests, 1867-1929
- Yavapai County Deaths
- Yavapai County Marriages
- Yavapai County Records of Births and Deaths, 1887-1938
- Yuma County Birth and Death Records, 1888-1893
- Yuma County Birth Index
- Yuma County Births
- Yuma County Death Index
- Yuma County Death Records, 1915-1948
- Yuma County Deaths
- Yuma County Marriages
Check out the links for other states on the BMD Records page.
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
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