VITAL RECORDS STATE INFORMATION
All States Check These First:
Cyndis List: http://www.cyndislist.com/
Family Search: https://familysearch.org/
Genealogy Articles, Tips & Research Guides: http://www.genealogybranches.com/
Online Searchable Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries: http://www.deathindexes.com/
Arizona: Births 1855-1934 and deaths 1844-1959: http://genealogy.az.gov/
California: Death Records 1940-1997 http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi
California Death Records Pre-1905 http://www.rootsweb.com/~cabf1905/counties.htm
Los Angeles County, Obituary Index: http://www.lapl.org/resources/indexes/rip.html
Colorado: State Archives: Probate files: http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/online.htm#probate
Connecticut: Barbour Collection of Vital Records: http://www.cslib.org/barbour.htm
Delaware: State of Delaware, Probate: http://archives.delaware.gov/collections/probate.shtml
Idaho: Birth, Marriage, Death – Special Index, BYU: http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/index.cfm
Special Collections at BYU include: Western States Marriage Records; Idaho State Death Index 1911-1951; Eastern Idaho Death Records (no dates noted): Virtually all of the pre‑1900 marriages are included in the index for Arizona, Idaho and Nevada. Many Idaho, Nevada and Utah counties have been extracted into the 1930’s and some, much later. A significant number of marriages from Wyoming, eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, western Colorado and selected counties in California are also included. For more details, see “List of Counties by State”. As of April 15, 2010, this file contains over 699,443 marriage records with additional entries being added nearly every working day.
Idaho Statesman Obituary Index 1977 to present at Boise Public Library: http://www.boisepubliclibrary.org/Research/Obituaries/obituarysearch.asp
Illinois: Death Certificates 1916-1950; Illinois Marriage Index 1763-1900; Military Records; Probate Records http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases.html
Indiana: State Library (scroll down for databases) http://www.in.gov/library/databases.htm
Kansas: Kansas State Historical Society: http://www.kshs.org/portal_genealogy
Kentucky: Vital Records Project: http://kyvitals.com/vis/search/search_death_recs.php
Kentucky Death Records 1911-2000 http://vitals.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ky/death/search.cgi
Kentucky Marriage/Divorce records 1973-1993; Kentucky Death Index 1911-1992 (for each of these databases, scroll to bottom of page) http://ukcc.uky.edu/vitalrec/
Kentucky VitalSearch http://www.vitalsearch-ca.com/gen/ky/ky_.htm
Louisiana: State of Louisiana, Death: http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/tabid/638/Default.aspx
Maine: Marriage records 1892-1996 (gap 1967-1976); Death Index 1960-1996 http://www.maine.gov/portal/facts_history/vital_records.html
Maryland: State Archives: http://guide.mdsa.net/viewer.cfm?page=vital
Massachusetts: Probate Research: http://www.mass-doc.com/probate_record_request.htm
Michigan: Library of Michigan, death certificates:
http://seekingmichigan.org/discover-collection?collection=p129401coll7
Minnesota: Death Certificate search 1906-1996 http://people.mnhs.org/dci/
Historical Society: http://www.mnhs.org/genealogy/
Mississippi: Dept. of Archives: http://mdah.state.ms.us/arrec/gen_research.php
Missouri: State Archives, Death Certs: http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/
State Archives, Birth & death pre 1910: http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/birthdeath/
St. Louis: http://www.germanroots.com/stlouis.html
Nevada: State Library: http://nsla.nevadaculture.org//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=587&Itemid=95
Las Vegas (Clark Co. ONLY) marriages 1984 to date
http://www.clarkcountynv.gov/Depts/clerk/Services/Pages/MarriageLicenseRecords.aspx
New Hampshire: http://recordsproject.com/genealogy/new-hampshire.asp
New Jersey: Archives: http://www.njarchives.org/links/webcat/genealogy.html
New Mexico: Birth, Death: http://www.deathindexes.com/newmexico/index.html
New York: Birth, Marriage, Death: http://www.italiangen.org/VRECLIST.stm
City Death Index 1891-1919 http://www.stevemorse.org/vital/nydeath.html
North Dakota: Public Death Index: https://secure.apps.state.nd.us/doh/certificates/deathCertSearch.htm
NDSU: http://library.ndsu.edu/archives/biography-genealogy
Ohio: Death Certificates 1913-1937 http://www.ohiohistory.org/dindex/
Please note that the Ohio Historical Society has all the death records for the period 1908 through 1944. They also have 1945-1953, but they too are not yet indexed in any form for the public’s use. They will send you to the county to get copies if needed. They also have newspaper indexes and more. Investigate!
Oklahoma: Historical Society: http://www.okhistory.org/research/index.html
Oregon: Oregon State Archives > Oregon Historical Records http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/vital.html
Ancestry.com has Death Indexes 1903-1998 on line ($$) www.ancestry.com
Oregon: Birth records are closed for 100 years; marriage records are available, but to get a copy of the application, 50 years is the rule; death records are closed for last 50 years, then you can go to Oregon State Archives for a copy. http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/banners/genealogy.htm
Oregonian (newspaper index) search: https://secure.sos.state.or.us/prs/personProfileSearch.do?earlyOregonian=true&searchReset=true
Other Oregonian access is through a Multnomah County Library card.
Pennsylvania: Register of Wills: http://paperless.co.lancaster.pa.us/viewerportal/portal.asp?cc=true
Rhode Island: Where to get vital records: http://www.rihs.org/Vitals.htm
South Dakota: Birth records older than 100 years: http://www.state.sd.us/applications/PH14Over100BirthRec/index.asp
Tennessee: History & Genealogy Index: http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/vital/index.htm
Tennessee State Library & Archives: http://www.tn.gov/tsla/Collections.htm
Death Index 1949-2005 (center, all counties): http://register.shelby.tn.us/
Texas: Death Records 1964-1998 http://vitals.rootsweb.ancestry.com/tx/death/search.cgi
Index to Probate Records: http://three-legged-willie.org/texas.htm
Family Tree Legends: Births, 1926-1995: http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/txbirths
Family Tree Legends: Marriages: http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/txmarriages
Family Tree Legends: Deaths, 1964-1998: http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/txdeaths
Utah: Death Certificate Index, 1904-1958: http://archives.utah.gov/research/indexes/20842.htm
State Archives: http://historyresearch.utah.gov/indexes/index.html
Vermont: Vital Records: http://vermont-archives.org/research/genealogy/vitals/ (scroll down to see index for PR-016).
Family Tree Legends, Deaths, 1989-2001: http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/25859
Ancestry.com has birth records; marriage records and death records for 1909-2008.
Virginia: Library of VA: http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/using_collections.asp#_guides-BirthsDeathsMarriagesVitalRecords
Washington: Secretary of State, Vital Records: http://www.sos.wa.gov/library/VitalRecords.aspx
West Virginia: Vital Records: http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/