Genealogy
Births, Deaths, Marriages
For California | For other states | General sites
Information about California births, marriage and deaths are available in printed format, as microforms, and on the World Wide Web. A listing of available resources follows.
Early California Population Project (searchable vital records from the California missions, 1769-1850)
Births:
Available via Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only; login here, go to Advanced Search page and click on US map for California).
Deaths:
| California death index 1905-1994 | microfilm in library |
| California death index 1940-1997 | RootsWeb.com |
| Social Security Death Index 1962-present | RootsWeb.com |
| Fresno Bee obituaries 1962-present | card file in library |
| Fresno Bee obituaries 1996-1999 | Ancestry Library Edition * |
| Fresno Bee 1986-present | Newsbank ** |
Marriages:
| California marriage index 1960-1986 | microfilm in library |
| California divorce index 1962-1984 | microfilm in library |
Fresno County Recorder's Office
Informational copies of birth, death and marriage certificates (1873-present) can be obtained from the Fresno County Recorder's Office. Go to their web site for more information.
Some other resources:
Fresno County Cemeteries, 1837-1910 (Fresno: Fresno Genealogical Society, 1985)
Armenian Cemeteries, Ararat and Masis Ararat, by Rebecca F. Greer (Fresno: Fresno Genealogical Society, 1995)
Fresno Catholic Cemeteries, Volume I, by Rebecca F. Greer (Fresno: Fresno Genealogical Society, 1995)
Birth, marriage and death records abstracted by the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Central California Chapter, from Fresno County records.
Indexes for births, marriages and deaths which occurred in other states are available on the World Wide Web. (In the case of Arizona, birth and death certificate facsimiles are viewable online). Here is an alphabetical list of the indexes, by state:
Alabama:
Death and marriage indexes via Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only; login here, go to Advanced Search page and click on US map for Alabama).
Arizona:
Arkansas:
Death and marriage indexes via Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only; login here, go to Advanced Search page and click on US map for Arkansas).
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California:
Birth and marriage indexes via Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only; login here, go to Advanced Search page and click on US map for California).
Also:
- Death Records, 1940-1997
- Early California Population Project (searchable vital records from the California missions, 1769-1850)
- Marriages Database, 1949-1986
Colorado:
Connecticut:
Marriage and death indexes via Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only; login here, go to Advanced Search page and click on US map for Connecticut).
Florida:
Marriage and death indexes via Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only; login here, go to Advanced Search page and click on US map for Florida).
Georgia:
Marriage and death indexes via Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only; login here, go to Advanced Search page and click on US map for Georgia).
Idaho:
Marriage index via Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only; login here, go to Advanced Search page and click on US map for Idaho).
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Illinois:
Marriage indexes via Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only; login here, go to Advanced Search page and click on US map for Illinois).
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Indiana:
Birth, marriage and death indexes via Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only; login here, go to Advanced Search page and click on US map for Indiana).
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Iowa:
Cemetery and marriage indexes via Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only; login here, go to Advanced Search page and click on US map for Iowa).
Kansas:
Marriage index via Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only; login here, go to Advanced Search page and click on US map for Kansas).
Kentucky:
Marriage indexes via Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only; login here, go to Advanced Search page and click on US map for Illinois).
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Louisiana:
Marriage and death indexes via Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only; login here, go to Advanced Search page and click on US map for Louisiana).
Maine:
Maryland:
Marriage indexes via Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only; login here, go to Advanced Search page and click on US map for Maryland).
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Massachusetts:
Birth, marriage and death indexes via Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only; login here, go to Advanced Search page and click on US map for Massachusetts).
Michigan:
Marriage and death indexes via Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only; login here, go to Advanced Search page and click on US map for Michigan).
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Minnesota:
Birth and marriage indexes via Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only; login here, go to Advanced Search page and click on US map for Minnesota).
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Mississippi:
Marriage indexes via Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only; login here, go to Advanced Search page and click on US map for Mississippi).
Missouri:
Marriage indexes via Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only; login here, go to Advanced Search page and click on US map for Missouri).
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Montana:
Death and marriage indexes via Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only; login here, go to Advanced Search page and click on US map for Montana).
Nevada:
Marriage index via Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only; login here, go to Advanced Search page and click on US map for Nevada).
New Jersey:
Marriage indexes via Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only; login here, go to Advanced Search page and click on US map for New Jersey).
New Mexico:
New York:
Marriage indexes via Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only; login here, go to Advanced Search page and click on US map for New York).
North Carolina:
Birth, marriage and death indexes via Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only; login here, go to Advanced Search page and click on US map for North Carolina).
North Dakota:
Ohio:
Death and marriage indexes via Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only; login here, go to Advanced Search page and click on US map for Ohio).
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Oregon:
Death and marriage indexes via Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only; login here, go to Advanced Search page and click on US map for Oregon).
South Carolina:
Death indexes via Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only; login here, go to Advanced Search page and click on US map for South Carolina).
South Dakota:
Birth, marriage and death indexes via Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only; login here, go to Advanced Search page and click on US map for South Dakota).
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Tennessee:
Marriage indexes via Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only; login here, go to Advanced Search page and click on US map for Tennessee).
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Texas:
Marriage indexes via Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only; login here, go to Advanced Search page and click on US map for Texas).
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Utah:
Birth and death indexes via Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only; login here, go to Advanced Search page and click on US map for Utah).
Also:
- Births, pre-1905, and other (State Archive Records)
- Utah State History - Burials Database
- Deaths, 1904-1954
Vermont:
Death index via Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only; login here, go to Advanced Search page and click on US map for Vermont).
Virginia:
Washington:
Birth and death indexes via Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only; login here, go to Advanced Search page and click on US map for Washington).
West VIrginia:
Wisconsin:
Birth, marriage and death indexes via Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only; login here, go to Advanced Search page and click on US map for Wisconsin).
- Cemetery Junction: Directory of more than 65,000 cemeteries in the United States.
- FuneralNet.com: Searchable database of funeral homes, cemeteries and obituaries.
- Find A Grave: Contains information of graves of famous people, plus a searchable database of 7.6 million cemetery records online.
- Interment.net: Cemetery Transcription Library - Browse cemetery records of thousands of cemeteries from around the world.
- Nationwide Gravesite Locator (Veterans). Also see a similar database at Ancestry Library Edition.
- Obituary Central: World Wide Web headquarters for researching obituaries.
- Obituary Daily Times (RootsWeb): An index, updated daily, of obituaries available online.
- The Obituary Links Page: Links to many obituary files and databases online, conveniently listed according to geographical subdivisions.
- Online Birth and Marriage Indexes and Records for the USA.
- Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records.
- USA Funeral Homes Online: Another online, searchable directory of funeral homes.
- Vitalrec.com: A good summary of how to obtain records worldwide.
- Vital Records in the United States: Another summary page, searchable by subject, with a clickable map.
- Western States Historical Marriage Record Index: Searchable database of 365,000+ marriage records obtained from different counties in the western United States.
