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FREE ONLINE BIRTH INDEXES, TRANSCRIPTIONS AND RECORDS
This page lists websites containing free online birth and baptismal records, information, and indexes. Some of the webpages are government or library sites, while others are sponsored by religious or genealogy groups. Some sites, such as the Mormon (LDS) Family History resources and a few government sites, allow their visitors to view and download certificates for free. But, in most cases, you will need to order copies of birth certificates from the appropriate county, state, or national government office.
Many genealogy societies as well as governments and other organizations and groups are in the process of digitizing vital records, and their online databases are incomplete. That is because, rather than wait until all records have been indexed, they put the records indexed thus far online. So if you do not find what you want to find at a particular site, do check back periodically to see if the records you are interested in have been added to the database.
Many of these sites also allow you to search for marriages and deaths as well, but this page will only discuss birth indices, birth certificates, and baptismal records.
If the free sites below do not meet your birth or baptism record needs, then you may also wish to surf through the more comprehensive list of both free and paid birth and baptismal record sites on Cyndi's List. If you feel overwhelmed trying to skim long webpages such as the one at Cyndi's List, and do not know how to have your browser search for keywords on a page for you, then read this page about how to easily find a word or phrase on a page with the help of your browser's "find" option.
If you have other truly free, useful sites you want to see added to this page of free birth resources, or find any errors or broken links, then please do contact me. And if you want to learn about what kinds of other truly free genealogy resources there are which you can access from home, see our resources page.
FINDING BIRTH INFORMATION AND RECORDS
First, if you do not find the birth information you are seeking by using Google or Yahoo or another search engine, do not assume that means that it is not on the Web. Many vital records sites will not allow the search engines to look at what they have on their sites because they do not want this relatively private information to be abused.
So, if you do not succeed with a search engine or with the sites listed below, then try searching, instead, for free online resources and genealogical societies for the area or areas you are interested in, and study their sites carefully. They may have databases that search robots can not access or have not yet discovered, or have lists of other free sites where you can look for records about your ancestors.
On this page, I have tried to find and list sites that will make your search for free birth information easier, but this is not a complete list. So if you find something good that I have not listed below, be sure to email that information to me so I can add it to this page.
NEWSPAPER BIRTH NOTICES
Historical newspapers provide another excellent type of resource for finding birth information. In those cases where there are birth announcement indexing or transcription projects which I know about, they are included below in the appropriate geographical area.
Although there is a relative paucity of historical newspapers available online for free from before around 1980, more and more historical newspapers are becoming available online for free as libraries around the world work on preserving our collective history. If you wish to search historic newspapers, see these two excellent sites listing Historical Newspapers Online and Newspaper digitization projects. And also check your local public library to see if there are additional historical newspapers you may have access to from home which are not yet listed.
Many libraries carry the historical New York Times. In some areas, you may also be able to get free access to digital archives for newspapers such as the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle, as well as historical British Newspapers. While the chances are slim that any given family will spend money on a birth announcement, these resources are always worth checking if you have free online access to them from home.
For more information about library access to databases from Newsbank, Proquest and the Gale Group, see the library section of our general online genealogy resources page.
Some transcriptions of historical birth announcements also occur across the web on various genealogy sites, and links to some of these are provided below. But many of these are also available on various rootsweb mailing lists. Try searching for birth announcements at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search to see what other transcriptions are in the rootsweb mailing list archives.
THE GENWEB PROJECTS
GenWeb was started out as a volunteer endeavor to make genealogical data freely available for everyone, and there are GenWeb projects around the world. The GenWeb data archives consist of files uploaded or data input online by people who want to share the transcriptions they have made or are doing.
The number of transcriptions per file, as well as the quality and amount of detail is quite varied. The files found in the archives can be as small as the transcription of one birth or baptismal record. Others may consist of all births reported for a particular surname in a particular time span, while others are major projects covering all of the births recorded during a certain period of time in a particular location.
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If you do not find GenWeb transcriptions for a particular country or location listed below, that means I did not find any birth or baptismal record files for that area. If you know of any GenWeb Archive files for areas that are not listed below, which contain birth or baptismal transcriptions, then please do email us about them so they can be added to this page.
THE LDS FAMILY SEARCH SITE
The Latter Day Saints websites have many birth record indices for around the world, including some actual certificates for free, and they are continuing to add new data and databases. One thing that is important to understand, though, is that they have two relatively separate sites running concurrently, and each site must be searched independently.
http://pilot.familysearch.org (requires Flash Player)
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp (Flash not required)
If you find any records of interest, be sure to write down which database you get information from at either FamilySearch site. Their IGI (International Genealogical Index) consists of both user submitted research that is not validated or confirmed, which sometimes is wrong, as well as reliable extracts of various records. Their other databases (e.g., films of parish records, census records, actual certificates and indexes) are reliable resources, but you need to make sure you note which type of IGI data you are using.
Be sure to check the LDS sites, especially if you do not find what you want at the other sites listed on this page, as FamilySearch is a great resource for international and Church and Parish records, and they are continually adding information.
We can also obtain some records from them for a lower cost (i.e., $2) than from government offices (where fees range from about $5 to about $27). So, if you would like information about how to use LDS site batch numbers to help you do things such as purchase copies of vital records which have been filmed by the Latter Day Saints Church, order films, or narrow your search at http://familysearch.org, read this section of our finding aids page.
And if you think you might be interested in helping transcribe records for the Family Search website, check out the following:
FamilySearch - About Indexing
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/indexing/indexing.asp
About FamilySearch Partner projects
http://www.familysearchindexing.org/projects/current_partner_projects.jsf
CENSUS RECORDS
Census records are one of the best resources available to find out approximate birth dates for people, if you are not able to get more precise information some other way. And, if a person was living in the United States at the time of the 1900 Federal Census, or in Canada for the 1901 Canadian Census, these particular censuses have the month and year of birth. While this is not always accurate, it may be another resource worth consulting.
The U.S. 1900 Federal Census is available online from home to library card holders in most of the United States, and also should be available for free if you can go to those public libraries and Family History Centers which carry paid databases for their onsite patrons.
A transcription of the 1901 Canadian census is at http://automatedgenealogy.com/index.html, and you can obtain images of the 1901 and other Canadian Censuses if you want to browse by location at http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/census/index-e.html.
For information about home access to free public census record sites for these and other countries, click here, and about home library access to census records, click here.
DEATH RECORDS
Death records are another possible resources for finding birth information for people, if you are not able to get more precise information some other way. While death record birth information is not always accurate, it may be another resource worth consulting, as death indexes, death certificates, tombstones and obituaries often have a year of birth, and sometimes exact dates and places of birth, and names of parents. Just remember that these dates and names of parents are often simply the best guesses of family members about when their loved ones were born.
Some of the sites we list as birth records resources, do have death information as well. But, for more complete lists of basic death records resources, read our free genealogy resources page.
THE INTERNET ARCHIVE
The Internet Archive contains archival copies of the internet, as well as free digital copies of many books. its "Wayback Machine" is a great resource to use if a webpage you want to view has disappeared from the internet. As long as you have the exact URL of the page you wish to view, you can use the archive to retrieve its archival copies of the specific page.
It also is a potentially great resource for free digitalized books containing birth and baptismal records. For example, click on the following link to view the results of a general search for parish records:
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=parish%20registers
You can refine your search of their holdings by adding another keyword for the country of interest, just the same as you would if you were using Yahoo or Google to find a webpage about parish registers for that country. But in this case, the Internet Archive will be searching its own archive for titles instead of searching today's Internet.
BRITISH ISLES
ENGLAND
You can search for birth record listings from 1837 onwards into at least the 1920's and 1930's for England and Wales for free at the FreeBMD site. These listings were created by volunteer transcribers, and care is taken to double check the entries.
http://freebmd.org.uk
FreeREG is another free resource for the United Kingdom. They provide free searches of baptism marriage, and burial records, that have been transcribed from parish registers and non-conformist registers. Make sure Javascript is turned on for the site.
http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/Search.pl
You can also search for parish baptismal record information which has been transcribed by volunteers for what are called Online Parish Clerk projects. The counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Essex, Hampshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Somerset, Sussex, Warwickshire, and Wiltshire each have their own OPC website, and you can find links to them and more information about the OPC projects at the following two sites:
http://www.onlineparishclerks.org.uk
http://genealogy.about.com/b/2008/02/09/online-parish-clerks-opc.htm
The LDS site also has information from church and baptismal records from the United Kingdom. For a more up to date list of all such databases for England at FamilySearch, go here.
England Baptisms 1700-1900 - searchable
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1473014;p=collectionDetails;t=searchable (requires Flash and Javascript)
Cheshire, Church of England Christening Records for 1538-1907 - searchable
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1447092;p=collectionDetails;t=searchable (requires Flash and Javascript)
Diocese of Durham Bishops' Transcripts for about 1700 to 1900 - browsable
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1309819;t=browsable;w=0;p=collectionDetails (requires Flash and Javascript)
WALES
Many Welsh birth record listings for 1837 onwards into the 1920's and 1930's are available for free at the FreeBMD site. These listings were created by volunteer transcribers, and care is taken to double check the entries.
http://freebmd.org.uk
Internet Archive has "The Registers of the Parish of Llansannan 1667-1812, Conwy, Wales", in the historic county of Denbighshire, for free:
http://www.archive.org/details/registersparish00elligoog
Transcriptions of historical Welsh birth announcements from the "Western Mail and South Wales News" and the "Cambrian", appear on Rootsweb's Glamorgan and Monmouthshire mailing lists. You can either subscribe to one of these, or search their mailing list archives for Glamorgan here or for Monmouthshire here.
Forest of Dean
Parish Church record transcriptions including baptisms from the 1500s thru the 1900s for the Forest of Dean area, including records from Glamorgan, Herefordshire, Warwickshire and Monmouthshire - must register in order to be able to search the records
List of Parishes and Dates Covered
http://www.forest-of-dean.net/cgi-bin/transcripts/transcripts_2.cgi
Search Forest of Dean Parish Records
http://www.forest-of-dean.net/fodmembers/index.php?mode=page&id=2 (must register before you can search)
IRELAND
The Irish Family History Foundation's birth and baptism record searches require free registration. Free results listings include full name, year of event, and county. If you wish more details, payment is required.
http://ifhf.brsgenealogy.com/index.php
The LDS site has searchable Civil Registration Indexes from Ireland for 1845-1958:
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#r=1;p=allCollections (requires Flash and Javascript)
SCOTLAND
We have found very few free birth records information databases for this country. Please do email me if you have any suggestions.
The "Scotland Borders" website has many birth and baptismal extracts of official records, especially from the 1800's, and has a search engine.
http://www.geocities.com/scotborder/index.html
The Scotland Births Deaths Marriages Exchange lists user submitted information from civil and parish registrations. Its excellent database includes fairly complete details about births in Scotland in the 1700s and 1800s.
http://www.sctbdm.com/index.php
This next website includes transcriptions of limited information from LDS family history library films of births in Forfar (Angus) in 1857 and in Renfrew in 1866 and 1867.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~connochie/bdm/bdmindex.html
Birch Hill and Murray River - transcriptions of selected Church of Scotland Baptismal Records - 1800's
http://www.islandregister.com/acc3095.html (if unable to open, try accessing from a different ISP or computer - the site is there)
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
Be sure to also see CyndisList, which has more links for free (as well as paid) resource sites for birth records and transcriptions from Australia and New Zealand.
New Zealand
Rootsweb's User Contributed Australia/New Zealand Databases include selected Early Auckland Births.
http://userdb.rootsweb.ancestry.com/aus
New South Wales
http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/searchHistoricalRecords.htm
Queensland Australia
Search this government site for births that occurred in Queensland between 1829 and 1914. Results include the years of births, and most entries include full names of both parents. Some are missing the father's name. Index is free, certificates cost. To search, click on "Launch the online historical index search" after reading their introduction.
http://www.justice.qld.gov.au/search-historical-records.htm SSL required
Western Australia
Search the Department of the Attorney General's Birth indexes for 1841 to 1932. Entries include the year and place of birth, and entries before 1906 include names of the parents. Index is free, certificates cost. Select "Births" in the dropdown box, and a search screen will appear.
http://www.bdm.dotag.wa.gov.au/_apps/pioneersindex/default.aspx requires javascript
CENTRAL, WESTERN AND EASTERN EUROPE
BELARUS
We have found very few free birth records information databases for this country. Please do email me if you have any suggestions.
The following site contains searchable transcriptions of church parish registers including some from Belarus. To view the site in English through Google's translation engine, click here. And for a translation of the page showing which records are available for what areas, click here.
http://www.geneteka.genealodzy.pl
JewishGen also has indexed many Jewish vital records from Belarus, some in their Polish Records Indexing and others in their Belarus Records databases.
http://www.jewishgen.org/jri-pl/jriplweb.htm
http://jewishgen.org/databases/belarus/
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
We have found very few free birth records information databases for this country. Please do email me if you have any suggestions.
Trebon State Regional Archive
The Trebon State Regional Archive is digitizing Catholic parish records, primarily from the 1700's thru around 1900, and is a great birth records resource if you have Catholic Czechoslovakian or Southern Bohemian ancestors. You will need to know the name of the parish where the event took place, and then read the entries on each parish register image page, looking for your ancestor.
The following link is for the English version, Czech and German versions are also available. Be sure to start your search by clicking on the gray oval to reach the Parish Register page and choose a letter of the alphabet to reach a list of parish locations starting with the chosen letter. Note that the website cannot look for specific people. Although the webpages will be in your chosen language, the parish register image pages are in Czech with some Latin and German. If you need help with translation, join an appropriate Rootsweb mailing list or post a query to the genforum board for Czech Republic.
http://digi.ceskearchivy.cz/index_main.php?lang=en&doctree=1nr_ requires flash and javascript
Bohemian and Moravian Church Books
The LDS site has browsable images, which are not indexed yet, of selected archival Church books from Northern Bohemia for 1552-1905, Southern Bohemia for 1650-1900, and Northern Moravia for 1650-1900.
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#r=1;p=allCollections (Javascript and Flash required):
DENMARK
Great site for Danish ancestral records, including births and other parish records back into the 1600's. Requires Flash.
http://www.arkivalieronline.dk/English/default.aspx
FRANCE
We have found very few free birth records information databases for this country. Please do email me if you have any suggestions.
The LDS site has browsable records from the Coutences Catholic Diocese for 1802-1907:
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#r=1;p=allCollections (requires Flash and Javascript):
The Internet Archive has the Jacobite parochial registers of Saint Germain-en-Laye, including births:
http://www.archive.org/details/parochialregiste01sainuoft
GERMANY
We have found very few free birth records information databases for this country. Please do email me if you have any suggestions.
The LDS site has church and baptismal databases for Germany. For a more complete, up to date list of birth and baptismal databases for Germany at FamilySearch, go here.
Baptisms in Germany 1700-1900 (searchable)
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1473000;p=collectionDetails;t=searchable (requires Flash and Javascript)
Brandenburg, Church book duplicates from Brandenburg for 1800-1874 - browse
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1478677;t=browsable;w=0;p=collectionDetails (requires Flash and Javascript)
Germany, Posen, Church Book duplicates from Posen for about 1806-1874, including births - browse
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1491272;t=browsable;w=0;p=collectionDetails (requires Flash and Javascript)
Rootsweb's User Contributed German Records Databases include baptisms for the Schader and Schaider surnames from 1759 through 1856. You may select "baptism" from the dropdown menu to narrow your search.
http://userdb.rootsweb.ancestry.com/deu
ITALY
We have found very few free birth records information databases for this country. Please do email me if you have any suggestions.
Rootsweb's User Contributed Italian Databases include selected births from Alberona, Foggia for 1809-1889.
http://userdb.rootsweb.ancestry.com/italy
LITHUANIA
We have found very few free birth records information databases for this country. Please do email me if you have any suggestions.
The following site contains searchable transcriptions of church parish registers including some from Lithuania. To view the site in English through Google's translation engine, click here. And for a translation of the page showing which records are available for what areas, click here.
http://www.geneteka.genealodzy.pl
JewishGen has also indexed many Jewish vital records from Lithuania.
http://www.jewishgen.org/jri-pl/jriplweb.htm
NETHERLANDS
Genlias
Genlias has birth information for all provinces in the Netherlands. its database includes birth records for the period 1811-1903, as well as some parish records of baptisms dating back well beyond 1811.
Home page: http://www.genlias.nl (requires javascript)
Contents: http://www.genlias.nl/en/page16.jsp
Netherlands Digital Genealogy Portal
The Netherlands Digital Genealogy Portal covers vital records for the Hague and the municipalities of Amersfoort, Delft, Eindhoven, Haarlem, Leiden, and Rotterdam. Each municipality has its own search page, but you can search for all of them through the Netherlands Digital Genealogy Portal. Which records are online does vary by region.
http://www.digitalestamboom.nl/search.aspx?lang=en-US
Note that each of the above municipalities has its own page as well, all of which are individually hyperlinked above.
Family Search - Netherlands
The LDS site has searchable information about Births and Baptisms in the Netherlands. To see if more collections for the Netherlands have been added to FamilySearch, click here.
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1500715 (requires Flash and Javascript)
NORWAY
The following is a great site for Norwegian genealogy, and has digitized parish records going back several hundred years.
http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/WebFront.exe?slag=vis&tekst=meldingar&spraak=e
The LDS site has browsable (not indexed) baptism records from Norway for 1700-1900:
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#r=1;p=allCollections (requires Javascript and Flash).
POLAND
The following site contains searchable transcriptions of church parish registers including records from Lodz, Lesser Poland, Mazovia, Subcarpathia, Podlachia, Pomerania, Swietokrzyskie, and Greater Poland. To view the site in English through Google's translation engine, click here. And for a translation of the page showing which records are available for what areas, click here.
http://www.geneteka.genealodzy.pl
JewishGen has indexed many Jewish vital records for Poland and the surrounding countries.
http://www.jewishgen.org/jri-pl/jriplweb.htm
SPAIN
We have found very few free birth records information databases for this country. Please do email me if you have any suggestions.
The Basque national archive website has historical Sacramental Records from the Dioceses of Bilbao, San Sebastian, and Vitoria.
http://www.snae.org/default.en.php
The LDS site has selected browsable Catholic Parish Records from several dioceses for 1530-1935, including Albacete, Avila, Ciudad Real, Ciudad Rodrigo and Gerona:
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#r=1;p=allCollections (requires Flash and Javascript)
This next site has births in Bezana, Spain from about 1770 to 2000, but very few have actual dates.
http://es.geocities.com/bezana_valledevaldebezana/archivosotros/nacimientos.html
SWEDEN
We have found very few free birth records information databases for this country. Please do email me if you have any suggestions.
Rootsweb's User Contributed Swedish Records Databases include selected births from Orebro: Lindesberg.
http://userdb.rootsweb.ancestry.com/sweden
UKRAINE
The following site contains searchable transcriptions of church parish registers and has some records from the Ukraine. To view the site in English through Google's translation engine, click here. And for a translation of the page showing which records are available for what areas, click here.
http://www.geneteka.genealodzy.pl
JewishGen has indexed many Jewish vital records including some from the Ukraine.
http://www.jewishgen.org/jri-pl/jriplweb.htm
Register of Jews born in Odessa in 1846
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ukrodess/page3.html
CANADA
We have only located and tested vital records databases containing birth or baptismal information for seven Canadian Provinces thus far, and are sure there must be more. If you know of any, please email us about them so they can be added to this section.
FamilySearch and other sites are adding more databases rather often, so you may wish to check the LDS and other major websites to see if more Canadian birth or baptismal databases have been added than we have listed below. For a more complete, up to date list of Canadian birth and baptismal databases at FamilySearch, click here. And be sure to also see CyndisList for links to Canadian Family History Society projects for the various provinces.
ALBERTA
Alberta Family History Society newspaper birth announcement transcriptions for 1883-1902 and 1992-1997. Put "+births" or "birth announcements" in their google search box, along with surname or other search terms. Click on the link below, or you can use this Google birth search.
http://www.afhs.ab.ca/data/announcements/index.html
Ted Howard's "TheRecents" website has Edmunton newspaper birth announcement transcriptions for various years between 1904-1938. You can browse the entries, or try this Google birth search to locate the many birth transcription pages not visible from the home page. Each transcribed entry includes a link to the original announcement at Our Future, Our Past.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~abwcobit/ (uses browser "frames")
Kingman, Alberta Lutheran Church Record extracts include some baptisms from 1915-1919
http://members.tripod.com/kingman_2/page4.html
BRITISH COLUMBIA
British Columbia Vital Records Archives (online)
Vital Event Records (introduction)
http://www.bcarchives.bc.ca/BC_Our_Collections/BC_Vital_Rrd_Collect.aspx
Search Birth Registrations - 1872 to 1903
http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-123708D/gbsearch/Births
Search Baptisms - Events over 120 years ago
http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-5E0D533/gbsearch/Baptisms
The LDS FamilySearch site has British Columbia Birth Registrations for 1854 to 1903.
http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;c=1307731 (requires Flash and Javascript)
MANITOBA
We would like to list more free birth records information databases for this province. Please do email me if you find or know of any more free good birth sites or transcription projects appropriate to include here.
Province of Manitoba | Database Searches
http://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca//Query.php
NEW BRUNSWICK
Provincial Archives of New Brunswick
Search government records of baptisms, births and more from 1800 to 1959
http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/GovRecs/VISSE/?culture=en-CA
Browse or search transcriptions of newspaper announcements ranging from January 31, 1784 thru December 1896.
http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/NewspaperVitalStats/default.aspx?culture=en-CA
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
We would like to list more free birth records information databases for this province. Please do email me if you find or know of any more free good birth sites or transcription projects appropriate to include here.
Newfoundland and Labrador Parish Records - ongoing transcription project
http://ngb.chebucto.org/Parish/index.shtml
NOVA SCOTIA
Search Nova Scotia official birth and delayed birth registrations for individuals born between 1830 and 1908 - search results screen yields name and year of birth - actual birth records are online and can be viewed for free by Mac and Windows users with special viewer
https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/
List of Baptisms in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, performed by Reverend James MacGregor during 1786-1790.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pictou/bapt1.htm?cj=1&o_xid=0000713921&o_lid=0000713921
ONTARIO
Bill Martin's Early Ontario Record's Page contains transcriptions of early church records submitted by various researchers, and includes many baptisms from the late 1700s through the early 1900's. The site is huge, and you may wish to use this special Google birth search link to find records of interest.
http://my.tbaytel.net/bmartin/earlyont.htm
Ontario Wesleyan Methodist Baptism transcriptions ranging from 1825-1910 (mostly 1840-1873 so far) for Beckwith, Goulbourn, Kemptville, Marlborough, Montague, North/South Gower, North Gower, Osgoode, Oxford-on-Rideau, Ramsay, Richmond, and South Gower.
http://www.afhs.ab.ca/data/ontario/baptisms.html
Olive Tree has baptismal records from some Ontario churches as far back as the 1700's. Scroll past all the ads, and near the bottom of the page, you can choose a database to view, or try a site search to search all databases in one step.
http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/church.shtml
The Olive Tree Genealogy has links to many more free birth and baptismal transcriptions for Ontario, both onsite and offsite. Just scroll past the ads to reach the list of free database links at:
http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/ont_vsbirths.shtml
The Rootsweb's User Contributed Canadian Records Databases include selected births for the Finch surname for 1886-1904 and the Hilts/Hiltz surname for 1869-1903 in Ontario.
http://userdb.rootsweb.ancestry.com/canada
QUEBEC
We would like to list more free birth records information databases for this province. Please do email me if you find or know of any more free good birth sites or transcription projects appropriate to include here.
The LDS has Catholic parish registers for 1621-1900 from Quebec:
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#r=0;p=allCollections (requires Flash and Javascript).
SASKATCHEWAN
We would like to list more free birth records information databases for this province. Please do email me if you find or know of any more free good birth sites or transcription projects appropriate to include here.
Search Saskatchewan official birth record indexes for as early as 1880 through 1907. Free results include both the exact birthdate and the full names of both parents.
https://www.isc.ca/VitalStatistics/Genealogy/vsgs_srch.aspx
MEXICO
The LDS site has some baptismal records from Mexico. For a more up to date list of all such databases for Mexico at FamilySearch, go here.
Catholic Church Records from Aguascalientes for 1616-1961 - browsable
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;c=1502404;t=browsable;w=0 (requires Flash and Javascript)
Mexico Baptisms 1700-1900 - searchable
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1473011 (requires Flash and Javascript)
Mexico, Chihuahua, Catholic Church Records - browse
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;c=1521780;t=browsable;w=0 (requires Flash and Javascript)
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
We have found very few free birth records information databases for this area. Please do email me if you have any suggestions.
BRAZIL
Brazil, Pernambuco Civil Registration - browse
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;c=1468128;t=browsable;w=0 (requires Flash and Javascript)
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Civil Registration 1889-2006
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1475845;t=browsable;w=0;p=collectionDetails (requires Flash and Javascript)
COSTA RICA, JAMAICA AND PERU
We have found very few free birth records information databases for this area. Please do email me if you have any suggestions.
And, for a more up to date list of FamilySearch databases for this area, go here.
Costa Rica Church Records
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1460016;p=collectionDetails;t=searchable (requires Flash and Javascript)
Jamaica, Trelawny Parish
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;c=1538386;t=browsable;w=0 (requires Flash and Javascript)
Lima, Peru Civil Registration 1874-1930 - browsable
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1439836;t=browsable;w=0;p=collectionDetails (requires Flash and Javascript)
UNITED STATES
The United States has its own birth page on this site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~thecohens/birthindexes-usa.html.
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