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Death Records
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Arizona Genealogy Birth and Death Certificates 
 In Arizona, birth certificates become public after 75 years and death certificates become public after 50 years. Search by name and years for Arizona birth certificates from 1887, and Arizona death certificates from 1878. http://genealogy.az.gov/ Topics: Death & Dying, Families, History, Hobbies, People, People Last updated Mar 24, 2004 FreeBMD
The Web site for "an ongoing project, the aim of which is to transcribe the Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales, and to provide free Internet access to the transcribed records." Database is searchable by a number of factors, such as name, dates of birth and death, and location. Site also features a FAQ, update information, and database statistics. From a "charity registered in England and Wales." http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ Topics: Death & Dying Last updated Jan 26, 2004 Interment.net: Cemetery Transcription Library
The heart of this site is a database of around three million burial records and tombstone inscriptions for close to six thousand cemeteries worldwide. You can search for burial records (read the search instructions) and browse the cemetery directory by country, state, and county. Special collections include veterans cemeteries, flooded cemeteries, and cemeteries of the California missions. There are numerous articles from the Cemetery Column and links to related sites. http://www.interment.net/ Topics: Death & Dying, History Last updated Jan 11, 2004 MedlinePlus: End of Life Issues
Includes information on coping, advanced care planning, feeding tubes and ventilators, health care choices, palliative care, finances, funeral arrangements, and "What To Do Before and After the Moment of Death." Some material in Spanish. From the National Library of Medicine (NLM). http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/endoflifeissues.html Topics: Death & Dying, Long-term Care Last updated May 15, 2005 MortalitySchedules.com
"In 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 census enumerators were directed to secure in addition to the usually required census data, information as to all persons dying within the 12 months preceding the census taking. These lists became known as the 'Mortality Schedules.'" Mortality Schedules are searchable, or browsable by state. Listings include name, age, sex, marital status, state or country of birth, death date, occupation, and cause of death. From a genealogy site. http://www.mortalityschedules.com/ Topics: Death & Dying, Statistics Last updated Jun 19, 2008 Online Searchable Death Indexes & Records: A Genealogy Guide
This site "gathers together links to online death indexes by state and county. Included are death indexes, obituaries, probate indexes and cemetery and burial indexes." Browsable by state. http://www.deathindexes.com/ Topics: Death & Dying, Families, History, Hobbies, People, People Last updated May 11, 2004 Oregon State Archives: Genealogy Records
Information from the Oregon State Archives about doing genealogy research. Resources include a guide to Oregon county records (which "contains a comprehensive descriptive inventory of selected records for each of Oregon's 36 counties"), a searchable selection of hundreds of thousands of vital statistics records, a guide to provisional and territorial records, and topical research aids. http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/banners/genealogy.htm Topics: Death & Dying, Families, History, Hobbies, People, People Last updated Jul 22, 2004 Social Security Death Index
The Social Security Death Index (SSDI) is a searchable database of the Death Master File (DMF) from the U.S. Social Security Administration. DMF contains over 60 million records created from SSA payment records (mostly from the mid-1960s to date) and is updated monthly. The database can contain name, social security number, date of birth, date of death, and last residence/lump sum payment information when available, and can be searched on those criteria. http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ Topics: Death & Dying, Families, History, Hobbies, People Last updated Dec 12, 2008 Tacoma Area Obituaries
Searchable index to over 360,000 records for obituaries published in the Tacoma (Washington state) News Tribune/Morning News Tribune. Coverage is complete for 1984 to the present; additional names from 1930 to 1983 are gradually being added to the index. Information in search results includes the name of the deceased individual, date of death, and date and page number of the newspaper. From the Tacoma Public Library. http://search.tpl.lib.wa.us/obits/ Topics: Death & Dying, Newspapers, People Last updated Mar 6, 2007 USA.gov: Replace Your Vital Documents
Collection of links for help in replacing lost or damaged documents, such as bank records, driver's licenses and vehicle registration, immigration documents, passports, medical records, savings bonds, damaged currency, Social Security cards, tax returns, and birth, marriage, and death certificates. From USA.gov, the U.S. government's official Web portal. http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/Family_Issues/Vital_Docs.shtml Topics: Death & Dying, Home & Housing, Hurricane Katrina, Science, Weather Last updated Jan 19, 2009 Western States Historical Marriage Record Index
Search thousands of marriage records by the name of the bride or groom. Records may contain marriage date and place, county where recorded, and residency information. "Virtually all of the pre-1900 marriages are included ... for Arizona, Idaho and Nevada." Also includes many Idaho and Utah marriages and a "significant number of marriages from Wyoming, eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, western Colorado" and California. An ongoing project of the Brigham Young University-Idaho Family History Center. http://abish.byui.edu/specialcollections/fhc/gbsearch.htm Topics: Death & Dying, Families, History, Hobbies, People, People Last updated May 11, 2004 Where to Write for Vital Records
Contact and fee information for obtaining vital records (birth, death, marriage, and divorce certificates) from all 50 states, U.S. territories, and "foreign or high-seas events." Also features guidelines for how to submit a request to ensure it is processed properly. From the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w.htm Topics: Consumer Research & Advocacy, Death & Dying, Government, Statistics Last updated Aug 31, 2009 |
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