Vital Records
Contents:
- How-to/Research Information
- Other Helpful Genealogy Sites
- Resources & Searchable Databases
- Vital Records
- Ethnic Heritage
- 1930 Federal Population Census
- This NARA site is dedicated to the release of the 1930 census. It is complete with finding aids and indexes.
- American Battle Monuments Commission: World War II Dead
- Arranged by cemetary and memorial, this site displays the burials and missing in action for 172,218 victims.
- American FactFinder
- This U.S. Census Bureau site is designed to make finding census information easier. Included are community profiles, reference and thematic maps, and population and housing facts.
- Arizona Birth & Death Certificate Archive
- Birth and death certificates for residents of Arizona are now available to the public through this site, provided the birth was more than 75 years ago, and the death more than 50 years ago.
- Deaths of U.S. Citizens in Foreign Countries
- Information on reports of American who have died abroad. Guidance is provided for obtaining reports from U.S. consular offices to the Department of State naming U.S. citizens who died within foreign countries.
- Online Searchable Death Indexes for the USA
- This site provides databases for genealogists and other researchers.
- Find A Grave
- This site helps you search for ancestors' graves, memorials, monuments, burial records, and cemeteries. It also provides links to the graves of thousands of famous people around the world.
- Family History: Clues in Census Records, 1850-1920
- This article by Claire Pretchel-Kluskens appeared in the January 1998 issue of NARA's The Record.
- First in the Path of the Fireman: The Fate of the 1890 Census
- This article, written by Kellee Blake, was published in the Spring 1996 issue of Prologue.
- Illinois Statewide Death Index (1916-1950)
- This database provides listings of death certificates filed with the Illinois Department of Public Health between 1916 and 1950.
- Marriage Registers of Freedman
- Elaine Everly, NARA staff member, wrote this article on Freedmans' marriage registers. It is an invaluable source of family history published in the Fall 1973 issue of Prologue Quarterly.
- Myths and Realities about the 1960 Census
- This article by Margaret O. Adams and Thomas E. Brown appeared in the Winter 2000 issue of Prologue.
- National Adoption Information Clearinghouse
- The NAIC will assist genealogists seeking modern vital records and gives current information on state laws and procedures.
- National Cemetery Association: National Gravesite Locator
- This site includes a database of over 3,000,000 veterans' cemetery records online, covering VA burials since the Civil War.
- New York City Death Index
- Nearly 1.4 million records are included in the database, covering: 1891 to 1894 Manhattan Only, 1895 to 1897 Manhattan and Brooklyn Only, and 1898 to 1911 All Boroughs.
- The Official Land Patent Records Site (BLM)
- Maintained by the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) General Land Office, this site currently provides public access to over two million federal land title records, issued between 1820 and 1908, for twelve Eastern Public Land States.
- Obtaining Birth/Death Records in Other States
- Compiled by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, this site links to the vital records offices of all 50 states.
- Obituaries and Cemeteries Online
- Helpful links on where to search for burial records, tombstone inscriptions, and obituaries online through this LibrarySpot site.
- Online Searchable Death Indexes
- Created by Joe Beine, this site lists death indexes by state, and include county indexes, obituaries, death certificate databases, and a vital records database.
- Passengers on the Mayflower: Ages & Occupations, Origins & Connections
- This site, The Plymouth Colony Archive Project, lists all the passengers on the Mayflower, and their occupations. Very useful for proving ancestry lines from the original Plymouth Colony settlers.
- Record Searching: Birth, Marriage, Death, Divorce, Land
- This Internet Public Librarian site assists in locating public or vital records using the Internet.
- Record of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War, 1861-1865
- This digital version of William S. Stryker's classic work is presented here by the New Jersey State Library.
- Social Security Death Index
- Sponsored by FamilyTreeMaker.com, this site indexes all of the death records that have been reported to the Social Security Administration.
- State Archives
- Locations of NARA State Archives and historical societies with contact information.
- U.S. Vital Records Information
- This site is helpful for beginning researchers, because it is organized by state and then county, and gives instructions on how to make inquiries concerning vital records.
- Where to Write for Vital Records
- The National Center for Health Statistics provides this state-by-state health information site.
- World War I Service Cards Database
- Database of over 145,000 service cards of Army and Marine soldiers from Missouri between 1917 and 1919.
