Genealogy

- Births, Deaths & Marriages

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For California

For other states

General sites

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Vital Records 1769-1850  (From California Missions) FREE through Huntington Library

Birth: California Birth Index 1905-1995 @ AncestryLE Must be in the Library to use California Birth Index 1905-1995 @ FamilySearch FREE

Death: California death index 1905-1994 Microfilm in Heritage Center California death index 1905-1939 @ AncestryLE Must be in the Library to use California death index 1905-1994 @ FamilySearch FREE California death index 1940-1997 @ AncestryLE Must be in the Library to use California death index 1940-1997 @ FamilySearch FREE Social Security Death Index 1962-2014 @ AncestryLE Must be in the Library to use Social Security Death Index 1962-2014 @ FamilySearch FREE

Fresno Bee obituaries 1962-present Available in the Heritage Center Fresno Bee 1986-present Available from Home with Library Card

Marriage: California, County Marriages, 1850-1952 @ FamilySearch FREE California, Marriage Index, 1949-1959 @ AncestryLE Must be in the Library to use California Marriage index 1960-1986 Microfilm in Heritage Center  California Marriage index 1960-1985 @ AncestryLE Must be in the Library to use California Marriage Index, 1960-1985 @ FamilySearch FREE

California Divorce index 1962-1984  Microfilm in Heritage Center California Divorce index 1962-1984 @ AncestryLE Must be in the Library to use California Divorce Index, 1966-1984  @ FamilySearch FREE

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.

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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:

  • Arizona Genealogy Birth and Death Certificates

• 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).

    Also:

    • Marriage Index, 1933-1939
    • Arkansas Cemeteries

• 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:
  • Colorado Marriages Search, 1975-present
  • Vital Records Indexes
• Conneticut:

  • 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).

    Also:

    • Idaho Death Index, 1911-1951

• 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).

    Also:

    • Death Index, pre-1916
    • Death Certificates, 1916-1950
    • Marriage Index, 1763-1900

• 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).

    Also:

    • Marriages to 1850
    • Marriages 1993-2000

• 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).

    Also:

    • Death Records, 1911-2000
    • Marriage Database, 1780-1920, 1973-2002

• 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:
  • Death Records, 1960-1997
  • Marriages to 1875
  • Marriage Records, 1892-1996
• 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).

    Also:

    • Deaths

• 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).

    Also:

    • Michigan Death Index, 1867-1897

• 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).

    Also:

    • Minnesota Birth Index, 1900-1910
    • Minnesota Death Certificates Index, 1908-1996

• 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).

    Also:

    • Birth and Death Database, Pre-1910

• 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:

  • Death Index Project, 1899-1940

• 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:

  • North Dakota Death Index

• 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).

    Also:

    • Death Certificate Index, 1913-1937

• 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).

    Also:

    • Births Before 1905

• 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).

    Also:

    • Death Records, 1908-1912
    • Death Records, 1914-1916
    • Death Records, 1914-1925 (partial)

• 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).

    Also:

    • Birth Index, 1903-1997
    • Births, 1926-1999
    • Death Index, 1964-1998
    • Texas Marriages, 1967-2002

• 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:

  • Virginia Death Records Indexing Project

• 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:

  • West Virginia Vital Research Records

• 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).

    • Vital Records, pre-1907

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• 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
• 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.

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