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:
- 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.
Note 1: Some 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: There are obituary record indexes included, but are only listed if the index contains the death date, not just the date of publication of the obituary.
(Updated December, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)
General Canada
- Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959
- Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955
- Canada Marriages, 1661-1949
- Canada Miscellaneous Marriages
Saskatchewan
- Allan, Catholic Church, Saint Aloysius Church Records, 1907-1911
- Balgonie, Catholic Church, Saint-Joseph , Parish Registers, 1891-1910
- Battleford, Eglise Catholique, Saint-Vital , Registres Paroissiaux, 1878-1907
- Biggar Independent Obituary Index 2000
- Cantal, Catholic Church, Saint Raphael Church Records, 1899-1910
- Cumberland House, Eglise Catholique, Mission de Saint-Joseph , Registres Paroissiaux, 1846-1915
- Doukhobor Births Registered in Saskatchewan, 1899-1908
- Doukhobor Deaths Registered in Saskatchewan, 1899-1917
- Esterhazy, Catholic Church, Our Lady of Victories Church Records, 1900-1914
- Forget, Eglise Catholique, Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette , Registres Paroissiaux, 1899-1914
- Grayson, Catholic Church, Our Lady of Good Help Church Records, 1899-1910
- Green Lake, Eglise Catholique, Saint-Julien , Registres Paroissiaux, 1875-1912
- Humboldt Newspaper Marriage Extracts
- Île-à-la-Crosse, Eglise Catholique, Saint-Jean-Baptiste , Registres Paroissiaux, 1867-1912
- Kamsack, Eglise Catholique, Mission de Saint-Philip , Registres Paroissiaux, 1894-1910
- La Loche, Eglise Catholique, Mission de la Visitation Portage La Loche , Registres Paroissiaux, 1890-1912
- Langenburg, Catholic Church, Saint Joseph Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1892-1918
- Lebret, Catholic Church, Sacred Heart Church Records, 1868-1910
- Leipzig, Catholic Church, Saint Paschal Church Records, 1905-1919
- Lestock, Eglise Catholique, Notre-Dame-de-l'Esperance , Registres Paroissiaux, 1889-1912
- Lestock, Eglise Catholique, Sainte-Delphine , Registres Paroissiaux, 1906-1912
- Marieval, Eglise Catholique, Saint-Coeur-de-Marie , Registres Paroissiaux, 1885-1909
- Moose Jaw Times Births, Marriages, and Deaths
- Moose Jaw, Catholic Church, Saint Joseph Church Records, 1904-1909
- Moosomin, Catholic Church, Saint Mary Parish Registers, 1883-1974
- Onion Lake, Eglise Catholique, Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire , Registres Paroissiaux, 1877-1913
- Pelican Narrows, Eglise Catholique, Mission de Sainte-Gertrude , Registres Paroissiaux, 1847-1910
- Prince Albert, Catholic Church, Sacred Heart Cathedral Parish Registers, 1882-1912
- Prud'homme, Eglise Catholique, Saints Donatien et Rogatien , Registres Paroissiaux, 1905-1915
- Regina Leader Post Obituaries 2004-
- Regina, Catholic Church, Saint Mary Church Records, 1883-1911
- Saskatchewan Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Saskatchewan Cemetery Transcripts (includes date of death), ca. 1850-1994
- Saskatchewan Marriages
- Saskatchewan News Index 1884-2000 (includes BMD articles)
- Saskatchewan Provincial Records, 1879-1987
- Saskatchewan, Catholic Church Records, 1846-1957
- Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Pembina County, North Dakota, Lutheran Church Records of Icelandic People
- Saskatoon Obituaries 2004-
- Saskatoon Obituaries Index (includes date of death), 1936-45
- Saskatoon Obituary Index 1930 Onward
- Saskatoon Star Phoenix Death and Obituary Index
- Saskatoon, , Woodlawn Cemetery transcriptions (includes date of Death)
- Saskatoon, Catholic Church, Saint Paul's Cathedral Parish Registers, 1903-1923
- Scott, Catholic Church, Saint Joseph Baptisms, 1906-1911
- Vonda, Eglise Catholique, Saint-Philippe-de-Neri , Registres Paroissiaux, 1907-1911
- Willow Bunch, Eglise Catholique, Saint-Ignace , Copie des registres nos 1, 2, 3 de la Paroisse St-Ignace, Willow Bunch
- Wolseley, Catholic Church, Sainte Anne Church Records, 1888-1910
- Yorkton, Catholic Church, Saint Gerard Parish Registers, 1899-1910
Check out the links for other provinces on the BMD Records page.
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
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