Vital Records on the Internet
By Karen Coombs
General
http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi
Death Records
Church Records Project
Tombstone Project
Marriage Records Project
Obituary Project
Archive Project
http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/vitalrecords.html
Online searchable marriage index and records by state
http://abish.byui.edu/specialcollections/
Western States Marriage Index
Online searchable death indexes and records by state
http://www.carolyar.com/BirthRecordsmain.htm
Birth records from court records—some states
http://userdb.rootsweb.com/births/
Birth records
http://userdb.rootsweb.com/marriages/
Marriage records
Alaska
Birth and death certificates
California
http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi
Death records
Colorado
http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/hrd/description.htm
Early birth records
http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/default.aspx
Recent marriages
Idaho
http://abish.byui.edu/specialcollections/
http://www.rootsweb.com/~idgenweb/deaths/search.htm
Death records
Illinois
http://cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/birth.html
Birth records
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/idphdeathindex.html
Death records
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/death.html
Death records
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/marriage.html
Marriage records
Indiana
http://digital.statelib.lib.in.us/db/marriages_search.asp
Marriage pre-1850
http://digital.statelib.lib.in.us/db/in_marriages_search.asp
Recent marriages
Kentucky
http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ky/death/search.cgi
Death records
http://ukcc.uky.edu/~vitalrec/
Death records
Marriage records
Divorce records
Recent marriages
Maine
http://vitals.rootsweb.com/me/death/search.cgi
Death records
http://portalx.bisoex.state.me.us/pls/archives_mhsf/archdev.death_archive.search_form
Death records
http://portalx.bisoex.state.me.us/pls/archives_mhsf/archdev.marriage_archive.search_form
Marriage records
Maryland
http://mdvitalrec.net/cfm/dsp_search.cfm
Death records
Massachusetts
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcsrch/VitalRecordsSearchContents.html
Gives year of death only
http://www.rootsweb.com/~maessex/VitalRecords/?affid=qIrURh5AaG-kAbZajcQO&affsiteid=28727949
Death records project—in progress
Michigan
http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/pha/osr/gendisx/search2.htm
Death records
Minnesota
http://people.mnhs.org/dci/Search.cfm?bhcp=1
Death records
http://people.mnhs.org/bci/search.cfm?bhcp=1
Birth records
Missouri
http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/birthdeath/
Birth records
Death records
Montana
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtmsgs/death_records.htm
Death records
New Jersey
http://www.njarchives.org/links/databases.html
Marriage records
New Mexico
Marriage records
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nm/nmdi.htm
Death records
North Dakota
https://secure.apps.state.nd.us/doh/certificates/deathCertSearch.htm
Death records
Ohio
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/archlib/brthdth1.html
Birth records
http://www.ohiohistory.org/dindex/
Death records
Oregon
Delayed birth certificates index
http://www.heritagetrailpress.com/Death_Index/
Death records
South Carolina
http://www.scdhec.net/administration/vr/vrdi.htm
Death records
South Dakota
http://apps.sd.gov/applications/PH14Over100BirthRec/index.asp
Birth records
Tennessee
http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/vital/vital.htm
Birth and death records
http://state.tn.us/tsla/history/vital/death2.htm
Death records
Texas
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/vs/marriagedivorce/mindex.shtm
Recent marriage records
http://vitals.rootsweb.com/tx/death/search.cgi
Death records
Utah
http://historyresearch.utah.gov/indexes/
Death certificates images
http://history.utah.gov/utah_history_research_center/cemetery_burials/
Burial Index
Virginia
http://ajax.lva.lib.va.us/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas29&local_base=clas29
Death records—on going project
http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/vital/index.htm
Birth, marriage and death records—on going project
Washington
http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/default.aspx
All kinds of records—on going project
West Virginia
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_select.aspx
Birth, marriage and death records—with images
Wisconsin
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/vitalrecords/
Birth, marriage and death records
Remember to also search by county. I found many counties with good indexes.
Canada
https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/
Birth, marriage and death records
United Kingdom
Birth, marriage and death record index