Below are the latest updates to United States & Canadian Vital Records Databases at FamilySearch.org:
Currently updates as of 14 April 2015
Previous update: 24 November 2014
There is a permanent link at the top of the blog to a page with links to all five United States and Canadian Vital Records Database Lists. Use the page to access the following database lists at any time:
- United States Birth & Christening Records at FamilySearch.org
- United States Marriage Documents & Divorce Records at FamilySearch.org
- United States Death & Probate Documents & Indexes at FamilySearch.org
- United States Territorial & School Censuses and Tax Records at FamilySearch.org
- Canadian Vital Records Databases at FamilySearch.org
Recent Changes:
New York, Queens County Probate Records, 1785-1950 — Browsable Images — Images of probate records and proceedings from the Queens County Surrogate’s Court in Jamaica, New York. This collection is being published as images become available. – There are 2,938,523 Images as of 25 November 2014, up 85,985 Images since 8 October 2014.
Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995 — Searchable Index and Browsable Images — Index and images of marriage records from counties in Oklahoma. Currently this collection is 47% complete. Additional records by county will be added as they are completed.– There are 1,013,769 Records and 345,859 Images as of 3 December 2014, up 434,198 Records since 13 November 2013.
[NEW] Hawaii, Obituaries Index, ca. 1980-present — Searchable Index and Browsable Images — Index of obituaries transcribed by volunteers from the Joseph F. Smith Library at Brigham Young University – Hawaii. The obituaries were transcribed from The Honolulu Advertiser, The Honolulu Star-Bulletin, The Kauai Garden Island News, The Maui News and The Hawaii Tribune-Herald. This is an ongoing project; records will be added to the index as they are completed. Some of the original obituaries are in the Hawaiian language. Microfilm copies of some of the newspapers are available at family history centers and at the Joseph F. Smith Library in Laiei. – There are 41,650 Records and 41,931 Images as of 10 December 2014.
Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878-1938 — Searchable Index — Name index of birth certificates as recorded at Cook County, Illinois – including the City of Chicago.– There are 1,675,664 Records as of 11 December 2014; up 142,650 Records since 24 September 2014.
Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006 — Searchable Index and Browsable Images — Index and images of obituary collections organized by county or newspaper and then alphabetically. Extracted information as well as newspaper clippings are represented. The originals are housed in several libraries and repositories throughout Michigan. Some collections contain obituaries from other states and nearby regions. – There are 382,122 Records and 1,093,937 Images as of 16 December 2014; up 312,727 Records and 1,025,090 Images since 19 November 2014.
Ohio, Probate Records, 1789-1996 — Browsable Images — Probate records and estate files from county courthouses in Ohio. The content and time period varies by county. – There are 6,997,828 Images as of 17 December 2014; up 1,962 Images since 1 July 2014.
Washington, County Records, 1803-2010 — Browsable Images — Collection of various records including vital, probate, school, tax, naturalization and other records. The records are from various counties in Washington State, 1856-2010. This is an ongoing collection. Check the wiki or browse the collection to determine current record and county coverage. – There are 6,880,104 Images as of 19 December 2014; up 4,647Images since 20 November 2014.
[NEW] Idaho, Gem County Records, 1877-1962 — Browsable Images — Images of homestead patents, deeds, marriage licenses, naturalizations and probate records from the county clerk and recorder’s office in Emmett.– There are 45,542 Images as of 20 November 2012.
[NEW] Delaware Marriages and Marriage Licenses, 1713-1894 — Searchable Index — Index to selected church marriages and marriage licenses. We do not have rights to publish the images associated with these records. – There are 5,490 Records as of 29 December 2014.
[NEW] Currentobituary.com Index, 2001-2014 — Searchable Index — Index to obituaries published on Currentobituary.com. Obituaries are from all over the United States. – There are 42,607 Records as of 30 December 2014.
[NEW] California, Oakland, Alameda County, Newspaper Record Collection, 1985-2011 — Searchable Index and Browsable Images — Index and images of card file indexes created from local newspapers. The card files for 1985-2002, 2003-2006 and 1986-2011 are located at the Oakland Family History Center. The collection includes, obituaries wedding announcements, anniversaries, birth announcements. The obituaries are mixed with biographical news stories. This collection is being published as images become available. – There are 46,907 Records and 74,691 Images as of 9 January 2015
[NEW] North Dakota, Census, 1915 — Searchable Index and Browsable Images — Index and images of the 1915 state census of North Dakota. – There are 257,483 Records and 18,180 Images as of 22 January 2015.
Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959 — Searchable Index and Browsable Images — Indexed in partnership with the Indiana Genealogical Society. Name index of marriages recorded in the Indiana Territory and in the state of Indiana between 1811 and 1959. This collection includes searchable index data for marriage records from all Indiana counties except Howard, Johnson, and Montgomery. This is an ongoing project, so additional records will be added as indexing is completed. New images are being added as they become available. Images of some marriage records included in the index cannot be viewed online due to various contract restrictions. In instances where digital images are not available, microfilm copies of the original records are available at the Family History Library and through family history centers.– There are 3,287,619 Records and 1,183,405 Images as of 29 January 2015; up 2,679 Records since 3 September 2014.
Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008 — Searchable Index and Browsable Images — Images and partial index of marriage records from Washington counties. The index includes marriage records for Clallam, Lewis, Pacific, Snohomish, Thurston, and Wahkiakum Counties. Images for both indexed and non-indexed counties are available in the browse. Additional records from other counties will be added to this collection as they become available.– There are 48,385 Records and 804,984 Images as of 29 January 2015; up 4,826 Images since 6 November 2014.
[NEW] Delaware Church Deaths, 1750-1886 — Searchable Index — Index to Delaware church records, mostly from the city of Wilmington. We do not have rights to publish the images associated with these records. – There are 1,848 Records as of 30 January 2015.
[NEW] Minnesota, Clay and Steele County Obituaries, 1865-2006 — Searchable Index and Browsable Images — Index and images of newspaper obituary files filmed by FamilySearch at the Clay County Historical Society and the Steele County Historical Society in Minnesota. Index records and additional images will be added to this collection as they become available. – There are 29,797 Records and 29,539 Images as of 30 January 2015.
[NEW] Indiana, Daviess County, County, Washington Times Herald Obituaries, 1984-2012 — Searchable Index and Browsable Images —Index and images of obituary clippings from the Washington Times Herald bound in book form. Contains deaths from Daviess, Martin, Pike and Knox Counties and other areas. The collection was compiled by Kay Hedrick. Some years are missing. – There are 32,135 Records and 5,259 Images as of 30 January 2015.
Ohio, Crawford County Obituaries, 1860-2004 — Searchable Index and Browsable Images — Obituary file from the Crawford County Genealogical Society in Galion, Ohio.– There are 30,008 Records and 127,017 Images as of 30 January 2015; up 30,008 Records since 30 June 2014.
[NEW] North Dakota, Census, 1925 — Searchable Index and Browsable Images —Index and images of the North Dakota state census of 1925. – There are 284,113 Records and 18,403 Images as of 30 January 2015.
Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1939, 1959-1994 — Searchable Index — Name index of deaths recorded at Cook County, Illinois – including the City of Chicago. Deaths for Cook County (excluding the City of Chicago) are missing for the years 1910-1915. Records for 1959-1994 are only for Chicago. – There are 2,220,473 Records as of 2 February 2015; up 219,822 Records since 10 July 2014.
United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012 — Searchable Index and Browsable Images — Index and images of obituaries collected by the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia. The Society continues to collect obituaries and the index and images for these records will be added as they become available. – There are 402,388 Records and 399,713 Images as of 3 February 2015; up 399,066 Records and 395,559 Images since 14 March 2014.
Illinois, Soldier Burial Places, 1774-1974 — Searchable Index — Index from a card file of soldiers buried in the state of Illinois. Most of these soldiers served from 1774 to 1898. – There are 144,735 Records as of 24 February 2015.
Montana, Sweet Grass County Records, 1887-2011 — Browsable Images — Birth, death, coroners, naturalization, probate including estate files and deed records from the Clerk of the District Court, County Clerk, and Recorder’s Offices in Big Timber. This collection is being published as images become available.– There are 7,731 Records and 93,235 Images as of 26 February 2015; up 6,183 Records since 21 August 2014.
Montana, Pondera County Records, 1910-2012 — Searchable Index & Browsable Images — Birth, death and land records from the Clerk/Recorder’s Office; probate and naturalization records from the Clerk of Court in Conrad. This collection is being published as images become available. – There are 27,157 Records and 53,789 Images as of 27 February 2015; up 6,037 Records since 4 August 2014.
Montana, Judith Basin County Records, 1887-2012 — Searchable Index & Browsable Images — Images of birth, death, marriage, naturalization, and probate records from the county clerk/recorder’s and clerk of court offices in Stanford.This collection is being published as images become available. The birth and death certificates are being indexed first. – There are 2,491 Records and 24,372 Images as of 27 February 2015; up 633 Records since 11 September 2014.
Montana, Big Horn County Records, 1884-2011 — Searchable Index & Browsable Images — Deeds, homesteads, probate, naturalization and vital records located at the county clerk/recorder’s and clerk of court’s offices in Hardin. This collection is being published as images become available. – There are 59,997 Records and 73,081 Images as of 27 February 2015; up 8,231 Records since 28 August 2014.
[NEW] United States, Burial Registers for Military Posts, Camps, and Stations,1768-1921 — Searchable Index and Browsable Images — Index and images of burial registers for military posts, camps, and stations,1768-1921. This collection corresponds with NARA publication M2014, one roll consisting of two volumes of burials, most occurring between 1860 and 1890. The records are from Record Group 92, Records of the Quartermaster General, and are arranged by place of burial then date of death. See the descriptive pamphlet for a list of the posts, camps and stations. – There are 16,152 Records and 474 Images as of 2 March 2015.
Maine, Vital Records, 1670-1907 — Searchable Index and Browsable Images — Name index and images of birth, marriage and death returns acquired from the State Board of Health, Division of Vital Statistics and the state archives. Records are organized alphabetically, then chronologically within a name. The collection is divided into three parts, Vital Records Prior to 1892, 80 towns, Vital Records, 1892-1907, and Delayed returns for births, deaths, and marriages, 1670-1891. – There are 1,404,391 Records and 1,831,788 Images as of 11 March 2015; up 4826 Images since 11 August 2014.
Montana, Beaverhead County Records, 1862-2009 — Browsable Images — Images of various record types from the county clerk and recorder offices in Dillon, Montana. Records include voter registration, land and property records, and birth and death records. This collection is being published as images become available.– There are 12,073 Records and 71,761 Images as of 19 March 2015; up 551 Records since 4 June 2014.
Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013 — Searchable Index and Browsable Images — Name index and images of county marriage records acquired from local courthouses. Currently this collection is 79% complete. Additional records will be added as they are completed.– There are 4,536,489 Records and 1,563,162 Images as of 20 March 2015; up 141,011 Images since 27 October 2014.
[NEW] New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1866-1938 — Searchable Index — Index to marriage records from New York City including Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, and Richmond boroughs.– There are 1,740,063 Records as of 20 March 2015.
[NEW] New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909 — Searchable Index — Index to birth records from New York City including Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, and Richmond boroughs. – There are 2,795,113 Records as of 20 March 2015.
[NEW] New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949 — Searchable Index — Index to New York municipal death records. The records come from the five-borough city. The time period varies by borough (county): New York City (Manhattan) 1795-1949, Bronx 1898-1948, Brooklyn 1847-1949, Queens 1898-1949, and Richmond 1898-1949. – There are 6,192,370 Records as of 20 March 2015.
United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014 — Searchable Index and Browsable Images —Index to obituaries from thousands of newspapers throughout the United States. Records are being published as they become available. This collection is created in partnership with www.GenealogyBank.com. – There are 10,247,508 Records and 10,874,549 Images as of 23 March 2015; up 9,717,720 Records and 7,358,498 Images since 13 November 2014.
Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1977 — Searchable Index and Browsable Images — Collection of various types of marriage records (registers, licenses, intentions to marry, etc.) from 183 of the 254 counties in Texas. – There are 1,454,505 Records and 538,510 Images as of 24 March 2015; up 1,267,379 Records and 464,964 Images since 31 January 2013.
Kentucky Probate Records, 1727-1990 — Searchable Index and Browsable Images —Digital collection and partial index of probate records created in Kentucky county courts. Probate records include wills, bonds, inventories of estates and other records. Date and record coverage varies by county. The current index covers wills from Caldwell, Henry, Hickman, Russell and Trimble counties. – There are 12,429 Records and 989,444 Images as of 27 March 2015.
[NEW] United States, Register of Confederates and Civilians Who Died in the North,1861-1865 — Searchable Index and Browsable Images — Index and images of a Register of Confederate soldiers,sailors and citizens who died in federal prisons and military hospitals in the North,1861-1865. This collection corresponds to NARA publication, M918, one roll from Record Group 92 Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General. The register was compiled in 1912 in the Office of the Commissioner for Marking the Graves of Confederate Dead. The register is arranged by place of death then alphabetically by name. A table of contents will be found at the beginning of the volume. – There are 25,511 Records and 679 Images as of 2 April 2015.
Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955 — Searchable Index and Browsable Images — Name index and images of Tennessee death certificates. Statewide death registration began in 1914.– There are 1,470,556 Records and 2,017,500 Images as of 3 April 2015; up 193,945 Records and 546,015 Images since 4 March 2013.
Montana, Sanders County Records, 1866-2010 — Searchable Index & Browsable Images — Images of county birth, death, marriage, veteran burials, voter, naturalization, land and probate records located in the county courthouse in Thompson Falls. This collection is being published as images become available. The death certificates have been indexed. – There are 6,943 Records and 55,148 Images as of 6 April 2015; up 1,527 Records since 18 November 2014.
Montana, Cascade County Records, 1880-2009 — Searchable Index and Browsable Images — County record collections from the following record custodians. History Museum in Great Falls: Probate, voter registers, naturalization and immigration records. Great Falls Genealogy Society: Probate case files, # 535-3165, 1903-1926; court orders for dependent children, 1903-1937; old age applications, naturalization records, pre 1945. County Clerk’s Office: Deeds from 1880-1941 and index to 1995. This collection is being published as images become available. – There are 461,167 Records and 614,573 Images as of 8 April 2015, up 461,167 Records since 9 September 2014.
Maryland, Probate Estate and Guardianship Files, 1796-1940 — Searchable Index and Browsable Images — Name index and images of probate estate files from the Register of Wills office in the county courthouse. Currently, the following counties are represented in this collection: Allegany (1779-1946), Baltimore City (1922-1941), Calvert (1882-1940), Caroline (1838-1940), Cecil (1851-1940), Garrett (1873-1946), Kent (1749-1940), Prince George’s (1796-1940), and Queen Anne’s (1833-1940), Somerset (1789-1946), Wicomico (1868-1940). This collection is being published as images become available. – There are 82,727 Records and 1,586,950 Images as of 8 April 2015.
Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950 — Searchable Index and Browsable Images — This collection of marriage records for Alabama counties includes: a) indexed records with images; b) indexed records without images; and c) images which can be browsed but do not have searchable indexes. The indexed records without images display a message “Image is Unavailable” when you attempt to view the image. The browse records are grouped by film number / digital film number (DGS). Each film is arranged by county, volume and date. Currently this collection is 41% indexed. Images will only be available for 84% of this collection when it is complete. Digital images and indexes will be added as they become available.”– There are 1,592,030 Records and 1,007,509 Images as of 9 April 2015; up 700,220 Records since 20 September 2013.
CANADIAN DATABASES:
Newfoundland, Vital Records, 1840-1949 — Searchable Index and Browsable Images — Images of births, delayed registrations of births, marriages, and deaths.– There are 16,711 Records and 58,839 Images as of 9 December 2014; up 16,711 Records since 13 August 2010.
[NEW] Newfoundland Census, 1935 — Browsable Images — Index and images of the census housed at the Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador. – There are 9,509 Images as of 13 January 2015.
[NEW] Newfoundland Census, 1945 — Browsable Images —Index and images of the 1945 census housed at the Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador. – There are 7,457 Images as of 14 January 2015.
[NEW] Nova Scotia Delayed Births, 1837-1904 — Searchable Index and Browsable Images — Delayed birth registrations housed at the Archives of Nova Scotia in Halifax. – There are 70,924 Records and 70,782 Images as of 28 January 2015.
Canadian Headstones — Searchable Index — Name index of headstone inscriptions courtesy of CanadianHeadstones which is a family history database of records and images from Canada’s cemeteries. Volunteers capture images of headstones in a cemetery and upload them to the site.– There are 1,006,536 Records as of 20 February 2015; up 240,168 Records since17 March 2014.
New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950 — Searchable Index and Browsable Images — Index and images of marriage registers and returns .– There are 303,599 Records and 255,805 Images as of 6 March 2015.
Prince Edward Island Marriage Registers, 1832-1888 — Browsable Images — Images of indexes and registers. Marriages took place in churches and before Justices of the Peace. Dates of indexes correspond to dates of marriages, and marriage records are arranged by date of registration so the dates of the indexes and the marriage records do not always match. Indexes are alphabetized by first letter of the surname only. In some indexes, the “Mc” and “Mac” names are indexed by the first letter after “Mc” or “Mac”.– There are 20,262 Records and 3,428 Images as of 11 March 2015; up 20,262 Records since 31 August 2010.
Nova Scotia Marriages, 1907-1932 — Browsable Images — Marriage records from various counties housed at the Archives of Nova Scotia in Halifax. – There are 66,106 Records and 67,444 Images as of 11 March 2015; up 66,106 Records since 18 September 2014.
Canada Census, 1911 — Searchable Index — Index to population schedules of the census. Additional indexed records will be published as they become available. – There are 7,246,159 Records as of 19 March 2015; up 2,591,202 Records since 31 July 2014.
[NEW] Newfoundland Census, 1921 — Searchable Index and Browsable Images — Index and images of the census housed at the Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador. – There are 218,865 Records and 8,415 Images as of 20 March 2015.
Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927 — Searchable Index — Index to marriage records housed at Archives of Ontario in Toronto. Includes regular registrations, 1869-1927, and delayed registrations, 1892-1919.– There are 1,382,652 Records as of 13 April 2015; up 246,273 Records since 9 October 2013.