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Alabama

This database provides a detailed transcription of each death record. 

Arizona

Search and download Arizona birth certificates 1855 - 1941 and death certificates 1870 - 1966.  

The index includes pre-1900 marriages for Arizona, Idaho and Nevada with extractions into the 1930s for many counties. 

Arkansas

California

Marriages from selected counties in California are included.

NOTE:  Do NOT click on the red link.  Scroll down and click on the camera icon to the far right of each microfilm entry.  The indexes are listed first, and the death certificate microfilms follow all the indexes.

Colorado

Marriages from selected counties in western Colorado are also included.

This collection includes more than 500,000 digitized pages from Colorado newspapers published from 1859 - 1923.

Connecticut

Indexes to probates records, military records, divorces, court records, etc.  Three indexes to note are Estates of Deceased Persons, Estates of Incompetent Persons, and Estates of Minors.

The History and Genealogy Unit of the Connecticut State Library will conduct a search of their numerous databases and provide a detailed report of their findings regarding a single individual's name for a fee of $15.00.  Click here for the request form for this service.

Search on a last name then browse the alphabetical list.

Jane Devlin and her colleagues have transcribed thousands of vital records, cemetery records, and church records from various sources across the state of Connecticut.

An alphabetical index to all Connecticut probate records 1641 - 1948 is available on 67 rolls of microfilm from the Family History Library.  To find a probate record, order the microfilm that corresponds to the surname of interest.   If you locate a record in the index, be sure to note the district containing the record.  You can then order the microfilm containing the probate record.   For probate records up to and including 1880 (1,622 microfilms), click here.  For probate records from 1881 - 1915 (577 microfilms), click here.  IMPORTANT:  To find the correct film, you must first find the correct district.  Districts are listed in alphabetical order within the list of microfilms so scan the list carefully for the district name.  Then determine which film contains the surname of interest.

Delaware

Search and download images of Delaware birth records.

This is an index to New Castle, Kent, and Sussex County probate records from 1680 to 1925 in the Delaware Public Archives. 

District of Columbia

Florida

This database provides a detailed transcription of each death record.

Find the person in the "Florida Death Index 1877-1939" link immediately above the "Florida Death Certificates 1877-1939" link.  Note the microfilm number and the reference number (which is the certificate number) listed for the person.  Click the "Florida Death Certificates 1877-1939" link and scroll down.  Click the camera for the microfilm of interest.  Browse the images to find the certificate number.  If a volume number is indicated in addition to the certificate number, make sure you are browsing images in the correct volume on the microfilm.

Georgia

Browse the microfilms of marriage records for dozens of Georgia counties.  Scroll down and choose a county from the drop-down menu and click the Search button.  Select the desired range of years.  In the frame on the far left side of the page, click the plus sign (+) next to Index to find a name of interest.  After finding the name and page number, click the plus sign (+) next to Contents to find the marriage record. 

Idaho

The index includes pre-1900 marriages for Arizona, Idaho and Nevada with extractions into the 1930s for many counties. 

Illinois

The Illinois Death Index covers the years 1916 - 1950 statewide.  The pre-1916 Death Index provides information for some counties for a variety of time frames.  The Marriage Index is statewide with various coverage.

The first five sites provide birth certificates, marriage certificates, and death certificates for free. Searches are free at the sixth site, but there is a fee to order records.

Indiana

Iowa

Only death certificates form 1921 - 1940 have been indexed.  (See the link immediately below.) You must browse the images for the other years.

Kansas

Kentucky

NOTE:  You must BROWSE the images to view records for most of the counties in Kentucky.

Find records for Christian, Crittenden, Caldwell, Livingston, Lyon, and Trigg counties.

Louisiana

This index covers the years 1911 - 1956.

This index includes obituaries and death notices published in New Orleans newspapers from 1804-1972 and biographical information published in older collective biographies.

Maine

Also see the probate records linked below for individual counties.

Maryland

This site is free.  However, users must apply for a user name and password.

Massachusetts

Click the SEARCH link at the bottom of the page.