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     Death records have been a great help to many genealogy and family history researchers, providing valuable information and clues to an ancestor's or relative's death.  Death records and newspaper obituaries can give detail to your genealogy research like no other record can. Because death certificates were not readily available in many areas before 1900, sometimes an early newspaper notice or obituary can fill in your ancestor's life with extraordinary detail.  Civil vital death records mark the milestones of our lives, and are the foundation of family history research. Chronicling the personal moments of our lives through the objective perspective of the public record, can offer details often found through no other genealogical resource.

     Over the past few years, many people and organizations have been publishing death record archives on the Internet.  Some with thousands of records, others with millions.    All of the records and databases listed below are FREE and can be accessed and searched without having to pay for a subscription.   We try not to list any sites that have only a few records for the purpose of getting you to a website that will charge a fee to actually see the record beyond just a name.  

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 ALABAMA:

·         Alabama Deaths and Burials, 1881-1952

·         Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974

·         Alabama Deaths / Obituaries

·         Birmingham, Alabama, Obituary Index, 1930-1996

·         Ozark Dale County Library Obituary Database

·         Huntsville-Madison Co., AL, Public Library Obit. Index, 1819-2006

 ALASKA:

·   Alaska Deaths / Obituaries

 ARIZONA:

·    Arizona Deaths and Burials, 1910-1911; 1933-1994

·    Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951

·    Arizona Genealogy Death Certificates, 1844-1959

 ARKANSAS:

·    Arkansas Deaths and Burials, 1882-1929; 1945-1963

·    Arkansas, Death Index, 1914-1950

·    Sebastian County Births and Deaths, 1877-1963

·    Arkansas Deaths / Obituaries

 CALIFORNIA:

·    California Death Records, 1940-1997

·    California, Death Index, 1905-1939

·    California, Death Index, 1940-1997

·    California Deaths / Obituaries

·    California, County Birth and Death Records, 1849-1994

·    San Francisco, CA, Funeral Home Records, 1835-1931

·    San Joaquin, Co., CA: Obituary Index, 1850-1991

 COLORADO:

·    Colorado Deaths / Obituaries

·    Kit Carson County Death Register (1893-1907) 

 CONNECTICUT:

·    Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934

·    Connecticut Deaths / Obituaries

·    Milford Deaths, 1849 - 1869

 DELAWARE:

·    Delaware Deaths and Burials, 1815-1955

·    Delaware, Death Records, 1855-1961

 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Washington, DC:

·    District of Columbia Deaths and Burials, 1840-1964

·    District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1959

·    District of Columbia Deaths / Obituaries

 FLORIDA:

·   Florida Deaths and Burials, 1900-1921

·   Florida Deaths, 1877-1939

·   Florida, Death Index, 1877-1998

·   Florida Deaths / Obituaries

 GEORGIA:

·    Georgia Death Certificates, 1919-1927

·    Georgia Non-Indexed Death Certificates, 1928-1930

·    Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927

·    Georgia Deaths, 1928-1930

·    Georgia, Death Index, 1933-1998

·    African American Funeral Programs

·    Gordon County Ga Obituaries

·    Georgia Deaths / Obituaries

 HAWAII:

·    Hawaii Deaths and Burials, 1862-1919

 IDAHO:

·    Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937

·    Idaho Deaths and Burials, 1907-1965

·    Idaho State Death Index 1911-1956

·    Eastern Idaho Death Records

·    Idaho, County Birth and Death Records, 1907-1920

·    Idaho Statesman [Boise] Obituary Index

·    Idaho, Obituaries, 2007

 ILLINOIS:

·    Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1922

·    Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947

·    Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre–1916

·    Illinois Statewide Death Index (1916–1950)

·    Illinois Deaths / Obituaries

·    Illinois Obituaries Archive

·    Chicago Police Dept. Homicide Record, 1870–1930

·    Cook Co., IL, Maywood Herald Obituary Index, 1885-2002

·    Cook Co. Coroner's Inquest Record Index, 1872–1911

·    DeWitt Co. Coroner's Inquest Files Index (1924–1977)

·    Macoupin Co. Coroner's Inquest Index (1835–1928)

·    Mattoon Death Certificate Registers Index (1899–1918)

·    Tazewell Co., IL Obituary Card Index, 1914-2007

·    Vermilion Co Coroner's Inquest Files Index (1908–56)

·    Wayne Co. Coroner's Inquest Index (1888–1960)

·    Woodford Co., Illinois, Obituaries, 1887 to Present

 INDIANA:

·    Social Security Death Index: Indiana 

·    Pre-1882 Indiana Deaths

·    Indiana Deaths / Obituaries

·    Allen County Death Index, 1870s to 1920s

·    Allen County, Indiana:  African-American Deaths,  1887-1920

·    Allen County, IN: McComb & Sons Funeral Home, 1926-1950

·    Allen County Burial Permits, 1994 to 2009

·    Allen County Church Burial Records

·    Allen County, IN: Burials in Fort Wayne and Vicinity, 1883

·    Allen Co., Indiana Area, Obit. Index, 1841- Present

·    LaPorte, Co., Michigan City, Indiana Obituary Index, 1887-2011

·    Marion Co., IN: Jacobs Brothers Funeral Home of Indianapolis (1939-56)

·    Monroe County, Indiana Obituary Index, 1899-2011

·    Montgomery County, Indiana, Obituary Index, 1877-2010

·    Porter Co., IN  Vidette Obituary Index, 1927-2011  

·    Vigo County: Wabash Valley, Indiana Obituaries, 1900-2010

·    Evangelical Messenger Obituary Index

 IOWA:

·    Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990

·    Obituaries – 1990’s to present

·    Iowa Deaths / Obituaries

 KANSAS:

·    Kansas Deaths and Burials, 1885-1930

·    Knights & Ladies of Security/Security Benefit Death Claims

·    Fraternal Order Death Notices

·    Kansas Deaths / Obituaries

 KENTUCKY:

·    Kentucky Death Index For 1911-1986

·    Kentucky Death Index For 1987-1992

·    Kentucky Deaths and Burials, 1843-1970

·    Kentucky Death Records, 1911-2000

·    Ashland, Boyd Co. Obit. Index, 1922-45, 1970-73, 1998-2010

·     Kentucky Deaths / Obituaries

 LOUISIANA:

·    Louisiana Death Records

·    Louisiana Deaths / Obituaries

·    Louisiana, Deaths Index, 1850-1875, 1894-1956

·    Index of Deaths in Metro New Orleans, LA - starts in 1994

·    Madison Parish, Louisiana Deaths 1900 - 1949

·    Obituary Index - Times Picayune Newspaper

·    Obituary Notices from Times-Picayune, Jan., 1972-78

 MAINE:

·    Maine Deaths and Burials, 1841-1910

·    Maine Death Records, 1960 thru 1997

·    Death History Search 1960-2009

·    Maine Deaths / Obituaries

·    Maine Death Records, 1956-1997

·    Maine Obituaries

·    Maine: Death Records

·    Maine, Death Index, 1960-1996

 MARYLAND:

·    Maryland Deaths and Burials, 1877-1992

·    Washington County, Maryland, Obituary Index, 1790-2007

·    Maryland Deaths / Obituaries

 MASSACHUSETTS:

·    Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910

·    Massachusetts Vital Records Index (1841-1910)

·    Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850

·    Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915

·    Massachusetts Deaths / Obituaries

·    Massachusetts, Death Index, 1970-2003

·    The Boston Jewish Advocate: Obituary Index, 1905-2007

 MICHIGAN:

·    Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995

·    Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897

·    Michigan Death Records, 1897-1920

·    Michigan, Death Index, 1971-1996

·    Michigan Deaths / Obituaries

·    Michigan: Death Records

·    Barry County, Michigan, Death Index, 1900-2012

·    Branch County, Michigan, Death Index, 1867-2011

·    Emmet County, Michigan, Death Index, 1868-2011

·    Genesee County, Michigan, Death Index, 1867-1930

·    Grand Traverse County, Michigan, Death Index, 1867-2011

·    Iosco Co., MI, 1892-1949: Tawas Herald Obituaries

·    Iosco County, Michigan Obituaries, 1978-90

·    Isabella County, Michigan, Obituary Index, 1875-2005

·    Muskegon County, Michigan, Death Index, 1867-1965

·    Wyandotte, Wayne County, Michigan, Death Index, 1820-1965

 MINNESOTA:

·    Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990

·    Minnesota Death Certificates Index

·    Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2002

·    Minnesota Deaths / Obituaries

 MISSISSIPPI:

·    Mississippi Deaths / Obituaries

 MISSOURI:

·    Missouri Deaths and Burials, 1867-1976

·    Pre-1910 Death Records

·    Missouri Death Certificate Index, 1910 -1959

·    Coroner's Inquest Database

·    MO Death Index

·    Missouri Deaths / Obituaries

·    Missouri Obituary Archive

·    Cass County, Missouri, Obituary Index, 1870-2011

·    McDonald County, Missouri, Obituary Index, 1899-2008

·    St. Louis Post-Dispatch Obituary Index, 1880-2009

·    Stone County, Missouri, Burial Index, 1852-2005

 MONTANA:

·   Montana, County Births and Deaths, 1861-2004

·   Montana Deaths / Obituaries

 NEBRASKA:

·   Nebraska Deaths / Obituaries

 NEVADA:

·   Nevada Deaths / Obituaries

·   Nevada, County Birth and Death Records, 1871-1992

·   Nevada: Social Security Death Index

 NEW HAMPSHIRE:

·    New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947

·    New Hampshire Deaths and Burials, 1784-1949

·    New Hampshire Obituary Archive

·    New Hampshire Deaths / Obituaries

 NEW JERSEY:

·   New Jersey Deaths and Burials, 1720-1988

·   Index to Death Records, June 1878 - June 1886

·   New Jersey Obituary Archive

·   New Jersey Deaths / Obituaries

·   Burlington County, New Jersey, Death Index, 1814-2010

·   Morristown, Morris Co., NJ, Death Records, 1768-1805

 NEW MEXICO:

·    New Mexico Deaths and Burials, 1788-1798; 1838-1955

·    New Mexico Deaths, 1889-1945

·    New Mexico, County Death Records, 1907-1952

·    New Mexico Deaths / Obituaries

 NEW YORK:

·    New York Deaths and Burials, 1795-1952

·    New York Obituary Archive

·    New York Deaths / Obituaries

 NORTH CAROLINA:

·    North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994

·    North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930

·    North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994

·    Death Notices from N.C. Newspapers

·    North Carolina Deaths / Obituaries

·    North Carolina: Death Notices

 NORTH DAKOTA:

·    Public Death Index, records start in 1881

·    North Dakota Deaths / Obituaries

·    Fargo Forum Obituary Index

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 OHIO:

·    Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997

·    Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953

·    Ohio Deaths / Obituaries

·    OH, Death Index, 1908-32, 1938-44, & 1958-2007

·    Ohio Death Certificate Index 1913-1937

·    Online Ohio Death Indexes & Records

·    Northeast Ohio Obituary Index, 1811-2012

·    Ashtabula County, Ohio, Obituary Index, 1858-2012

·    The Cleveland Jewish News Obit. Index, 1964-2007

·    Cleveland Necrology File

·    Columbiana Co., OH, Salem News Obit. Index, 1957-2011

·    Crawford County, Ohio: Obituaries, 1860-2004

·    Dayton, Ohio, Obituary Index, 1850-2010

·    Fayette Co., OH, Record Herald Obituary Index,1911-2005

·    Hancock County, Ohio, Obituary Index, 1808-2010

·    Lucas County, Ohio, Blade Obituary Index, 1970-2010

·    Preble County, Ohio, Death Index, 1835-2010

·    Sandusky Co. & Northwest Ohio Obituary Index – 1830s to Present

·    Stark County, Ohio Coroner's Records, 1890-2002

·    Summit Co., OH: Coroner, Hospital & Cemetery Records, 1882-1947

 OKLAHOMA:

·    Oklahoman Obituary Index

·    Oklahoma Deaths / Obituaries

·    Deaths found in OKC City Directories, 1918, 1920-23

·    Oklahoma City, OK Obituaries 1972-2011

 OREGON:

·    Oregon Deaths and Burials, 1903-1947

·    Oregon Deaths / Obituaries

·    Oregon, Death Index, 1903-1998

·    Oregon Historical Records Index – Portland Deaths

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 PENNSYLVANIA:

·    Pennsylvania Deaths / Obituaries

·    Pennsylvania Death Indices 1906-1961

·    Eastern Pennsylvania Obituaries

·    Pennsylvania Obituary Archive

·    Altoona Mirror Obituary Index, 1929-2010 PA

·    Butler County, Pennsylvania, Obituary Index, 1810-2010

·    Lawrence Co., Pennsylvania Obituary Index, 1850-2010

·    Philadelphia, PA, City Death Certificates, 1803-1915

·    Philadelphia Jewish Exponent Obit. Index, 1887-2006

·    Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh City Deaths, 1870-1905

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 RHODE ISLAND:

·    Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950

 SOUTH CAROLINA:

·    South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1943

·    South Carolina Deaths, 1944-1955

·    Greenville County, SC Obituaries, 1914-1993

·    Richland County, South Carolina, Obituary Index, 1892-2000

 SOUTH DAKOTA:

·    Campbell County Obituaries

·    Obituaries from the Bowdle Pioneer

·    South Dakota Deaths / Obituaries

 TENNESSEE:

·    Tennessee Deaths and Burials, 1874-1955

·    Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955

·    Tennessee Deaths / Obituaries

·    Death Records Index 1949-2009

·    Index to Tennessee Death Records 1908-1912

·    Funeral Home Records at TSLA: Books & Manuscripts

·    Davidson County Death Records 1900-1913

·    Death Notices in Nashville Newspapers 1855-1907

·    Nashville Obituaries & Death Notices for 1913

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 TEXAS:

·    Texas Death Index, 1964-1998

·    Texas Deaths and Burials, 1903-1973

·    Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000

·    Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

·    Texas Deaths, 1977-1986

·    Texas Deaths / Obituaries

·    Corpus Christi, Texas, Obituary Index, 1940-2010

·    El Paso County, Texas, Death Index, 1956-2009

·    Houston Chronicle Obituaries, 1901-1905

 UTAH:

·    Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956

·    Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946

·    Utah Death Certificate Index, 1904-1959

·    Utah County, Utah Obituary Index, 1874-2010

·    Utah Deaths / Obituaries

·    Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949

·    Grantsville, Tooele County, Utah Cemetery, 1846-1999

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 VERMONT:

·    Vermont Deaths and Burials, 1871-1965

·    Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954

·    Vermont Deaths / Obituaries

·    Lowell Deaths

·    Washington Co. deaths, funerals, 1894-1911

 VIRGINIA:

·    Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912

·    Virginia Deaths / Obituaries

·    Virginia Death Index 1853-1896

·    Fluvanna Co., VA, Colbert Funeral Home Records,1929-76

·    Newport News, VA, Daily Press: Obits. Index, 1898-1988

·    Richmond-area Virginia Obituary Index 1736–1982

·    Richmond Newspapers: Obituary Index from 1804- 1860

·    Winchester, Virginia: Evening Star Obituaries, 1899-1909

 WASHINGTON:

·    Washington, County Deaths, 1891-1907

·    Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960

·    Washington Deaths / Obituaries

·    Tacoma, Washington Area Obituaries Database

·    Wenatchee, Washington, Obituary Index, 1884-2009

 WEST VIRGINIA:

·    West Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1854-1932

·    West Virginia Deaths, 1853-1970

·    West Virginia Death Records Database

·    West Virginia Deaths / Obituaries

 WISCONSIN:

·    Wisconsin Deaths and Burials, 1835-1968

·    Wisconsin Index of pre-1907 Death Records

·    Wisconsin, Death Index, 1820-1907

·    Wisconsin Deaths / Obituaries

 WYOMING:

 UNITED STATES:

·    United States Deaths and Burials, 1867-1961

·    United States Social Security Death Index

·    Rootsweb Death Index 1796-2010

·    U.S.: Selected Jewish Obituaries, 1948-2002

·    Obituaries Database – at Rootsweb

·    Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-2011

·    Index to Kirchenbote Obituaries (German Language Newspaper)

·    United States, Deceased Physician File (AMA), 1864-1968

 UNITED KINGDOM:

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