Guide On How To Search For Death Records

The United States began authorizing in the early part of the 20th century. Deathindexes.com - a directory of online death indexes listed by state and county. Included are death records, death certificates indexes, death notices and registers, obituaries, probate indexes and cemetery and burial records. You can also find information here about searching the Social Security Death Index Online. You can also utilize its digitized copies of death certificates are available for online downloading for five states. These are: Arizona (1878-1956), Kentucky (1911-1953), Missouri (1910-1937 & 1945-1956 with more being added), Utah (1904-1954), and West Virginia (1917-1956). For links to those and links to online death certificate indexes for many other states (and some counties).nnNewspaper Obituaries, Death Notices and Burial Permits Obituaries are vital for family research as they give date and place of death and burial. Obituaries usually provides the following information:nn- death or burial noticen- names of surviving and deceased relativesnnA good source of finding copies of obituaries for your family research can be found at local public libraries and more recent listings can also be found online. Be adviced that you will not always find these kinds of newspaper listings for everyone who died. For some additional tips on how to make an extensive family research refer to this guide - Obituaries Research GuidennCemeteries and Burial Indexes If you don't know where someone is buried, death certificates often list place of burial. Some cemeteries have placed their burial indexes online, while others have been transcribed by volunteers.nnProbate Records and Wills Wills and Probate Records are also vital resources for tracing one's family history. They can provide information about a person's heirs, their family, spouse, children, siblings, relatives and other personal information. Some counties now have recent probate indexes online. The LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City is a treasure box for old probate records and wills. You can also try the death index directory I gave earlier or do a Google search. Microfilms can be ordered and viewed for a fee at local Family History Centers. You might also be able to find probate records in the courthouse where the will was probated or a local or state archive or other repository if the records were moved there.nnSocial Security Death Index (SSDI) Deaths reported to the Social Security Administration are listed in this useful index. It's available online at several websites and some of them update it each month. For a list of four online SSDIs (three of them are free to use) - The Social Security Death Index - Online Searching