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      To obtain a copy of any of a death certificate in the United States, write or go to the vital statistics office in the state or area where the event occurred. To ensure that you receive an accurate record for your request and that your request is filled with all due speed, please follow these steps:

      • Make your letters concise and to the point.
      • Do NOT include more than one or two requests at once, and be careful not to write confusing details of your family lines.
      • Type or print all names and addresses in your letter.
      • Provide complete information on an individual and event for which you need documents. Include all names that may have been used, including nicknames, alternate spellings, etc. List dates and type of event as completely and accurately as possible. If you don't know the exact date, specify the span of years you wish searched and be prepared to pay for searches that span several years.
      • Always provide an S.A.S.E., (Self Addressed Stamped Envelope).
      • County offices have limited personnel and are often swamped with paper work. Genealogical queries are done as a service which is outside of their realm of responsibility. They ask therefore that you exercise patience and courtesy in your transactions with their offices.
      • Be sure and include following information:
        • date of request
        • full name of deceased (last name in caps)
        • sex of that person
        • date of death
        • place of death (city or town, county, state)
        • relationship to party
        • the purpose for which the record is needed
        • requestor's name & address
        • requestor's driver's license number & state (some counties require it)
        • requestor's signature

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        Alaska
        • Alaska State Vital Records Office
        • Alaska Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Alaska
        • Fairbanks, Alaska Cemetery Records (FREE)
        • Alaska Vital Records 1818-1963
          includes birth, marriage, and death records from Alaska that took place between the years 1818 and 1963
        Alabama
        • Alabama State Vital Records Office
        • Alabama Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Alabama
        • Federal death records of Alabama, 1860 : (Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount & Butler Counties).
        • Baldwin County, Alabama, 1860 federal census and schedule of deaths
        • Federal death records of Alabama, 1860 : (Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount & Butler Counties).
        • Federal death records of Alabama, 1860 : (Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount & Butler Counties).
        • Cemetery records, Barbour County, Alabama
        • Federal death records of Alabama, 1860 : (Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount & Butler Counties).
        • Federal death records of Alabama, 1860 : (Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount & Butler Counties).
        • Federal death records of Alabama, 1860 : (Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount & Butler Counties).
        • Web: Birmingham, Alabama, Obituary Index, 1930-1996 (FREE)
        • Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974
        • Alabama, Death Index, 1908-1959
        • Alabama, Marriages, Deaths, Wills, Court, and Other Records, 1784-1920
        Arkansas
        • Arkansas State Vital Records Office
        • Arkansas Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Arkansas
        Arizona
        • Arizona State Vital Records Office
        • Arizona Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Arizona
        • Search Arizona Birth & Death Certificates - an online search of birth (over 75 yrs old) and death (over 50 yrs old) certificates from the Arizona Dept of Health Services
        • Arizona, Death Records, 1887-1960
        California
        • California State Vital Records Office
        • California Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for California
        • Oakhill Cemetery Inscriptions, Oakhurst, California
          an index of headstone inscriptions from the Oakhill cemetery
        • Merced County, California Deaths, 1852-1999
          an index to deaths in the county between 1852 and December 1999
        • Sacramento California, "Sacramento Bee" newspaper 1859, Obituaries, Marriages, Births
        • San Diego Union-Tribune (California) Obituaries, 1993-1994
          a collection of obituaries from the newspaper in 1993 and 1994
        • California, San Joaquin, County Public Library Obituary Index, 1850-1991
        • Web: Ventura County, California, Obituary Index, 1916-1996
        • California Pre 1905 Death Index
        • California, Death Index, 1940-1997
          an index to the death records in California from 1940 through 1997
        • California, Death Index, 1905-1939
        • California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980
          includes birth, marriage, and death records from various counties throughout California that took place between the years of 1849 and 1980
        • Archives.com - Search California Death Records
        Colorado
        • Colorado State Vital Records Office
        • Colorado Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Colorado
        • Colorado, Wills and Probate Records, 1875-1974
          includes images of probate records from the state of Colorado
        • Archives.com - Search Colorado Death Records
        Connecticut
        • Connecticut State Vital Records Office
        • Connecticut Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Connecticut
        • Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934
          search details from Connecticut death and burial records
        • Death Records for Connecticut (Ancestors at Rest) - Coffin plates, funeral cards, death cards, wills, memorial cards, cemeteries, vital stats, obituaries, church records, family bibles, cenotaphs and tombstone inscriptions.
        • Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2012
          index (over 1.7 million entries) to deaths in Connecticut contains name of decedent, sex, race, death date, death place, place of residence, age, marital status at death, and more
        • Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999
          search images of probate records for all counties in the state of Connecticut
        • Archives.com - Search Connecticut Death Records - search over 2.1 billion records
        Delaware
        • Delaware State Vital Records Office
        • Delaware Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Delaware
        • Delaware Death Records, 1861-1933
          search death records from Delaware from 1811-1933
        • Delaware, Wills and Probate Records, 1676-1971
          images of probate records for all counties in the state of Delaware
        • Delaware Death Records, 1855-1961 - Name index and images of statewide death records.
        • Archives.com - Search Delaware Death Records
        Florida
        • Florida State Vital Records Office
        • Florida Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Florida
        • Florida Death Index, 1877-1998
          over 5 million deaths recorded in Florida from 1877-1998
        • About Vital Statistics in Florida
        • Archives.com - Search Florida Death Records
        Georgia
        • Georgia State Vital Records Office
        • Georgia Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Georgia
        • Georgia, Death Index, 1919-1998
          search an index of more than 2.7 million deaths recorded by the state of Georgia from 1919 to 1998
        • Augusta-Richmond County Public Library Vital Records Database - Online searchable index for 1982 to the present
        • Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992
          images of probate records from the state of Georgia
        • Georgia Death Certificates - Index of Georgia death certificates with links to digital images. Georgia Death Certificates, 1919-1927
        • Archives.com - Search Georgia Death Records
        Hawaii
        • Hawaii State Vital Records Office
        • Hawaii Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Hawaii
        • Archives.com - Search Hawaii Death Records
        Iowa
        • Iowa State Vital Records Office
        • Iowa Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Iowa
        • Archives.com - Search Iowa Death Records
        Idaho
        • Idaho State Vital Records Office
        • Idaho Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Idaho
        • Idaho, County Birth and Death Records, 1863-1970
          contains birth and death records from select counties in Idaho that took place between the years of 1863 and 1970
        • Archives.com - Search Idaho Death Records
        Illinois
        • Illinois State Vital Records Office
        • Illinois Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Illinois
        • llinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
        • Database of Illinois Death Certificates, 1916–1950 - listings of death certificates filed with the Illinois Department of Public Health between 1916 and 1950.
        • Illinois, Wills and Probate Records, 1772-1999
          images of probate records from the state of Illinois
        • Archives.com - Search Illinois Death Records
        Indiana
        • Indiana State Vital Records Office
        • Indiana Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Indiana
        • Archives.com - Search Indiana Death Records - recent obituary indexes for NWI Times, Post Tribune and Chesterton Times
        Kansas
        • Kansas State Vital Records Office
        • Kansas Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Kansas
        • Archives.com - Search Kansas Death Records
        Kentucky
        • Kentucky State Vital Records Office
        • Kentucky Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Kentucky
        • Kentucky Death Certificates - Photocopies of Kentucky death certificates for the years 1911 thru 1951
        • Kentucky Vital Records Index - search indexes to Kentucky vital records
        • Kentucky Deaths and Obituaries - search online
        • Archives.com - Search Kentucky Death Records
        Louisiana
        • Louisiana State Vital Records Office
        • Louisiana Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Louisiana
        • Archives.com - Search Louisiana Death Records
        Massachusetts
        • Massachusetts State Vital Records Office
        • Massachusetts Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Massachusetts
        • Massachusetts Town Birth, Death & Marriage Records - search Massachusetts vital records
        • Massachusetts Vital Records - explains how to locate, research and order Massachusetts vital records, including birth, marriage and death certificates
        • Archives.com - Search Massachusetts Death Records
        Maryland
        • Maryland State Vital Records Office
        • Maryland Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Maryland
        • Maryland State Archives - Vital Records Information
        • Archives.com - Search Maryland Death Records
        Maine
        • Maine State Vital Records Office
        • Maine Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Maine
        • Vital Records from Maine Newspapers, 1785-1820 - (book)
        • Maine Death Search (1960 through 1996)
        • Archives.com - Search Maine Death Records
        Michigan
        • Michigan State Vital Records Office
        • Michigan Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Michigan
        • Michigan Death Records: 1867 - 1898 - search online
        • Genealogical Death Indexing System - Michigan Dept of Community Health - through 1884
        • Archives.com - Search Michigan Death Records
        Minnesota
        • Minnesota State Vital Records Office
        • Minnesota Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Minnesota
        • Minnesota Death Certificate Search - 1904 to 2001 - Minnesota Historical Society hosts this online index of death records
        • Archives.com - Search Minnesota Death Records
        Missouri
        • Missouri State Vital Records Office
        • Missouri Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Missouri
        • Missouri Death Certificates 1910-1955 - (from Missouri State Archives) The index can be searched by first name and last name, county, and by year and month. Once a name is selected, a digitized image of the original certificate can be retrieved.
        • Missouri Birth & Death Records Database pre-1910 - searchable abstract of the birth, stillbirth, and death records recorded before 1909 and that are available on microfilm at the Missouri State Archives
        • Archives.com - Search Missouri Death Records
        Mississippi
        • Mississippi State Vital Records Office
        • Mississippi Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Mississippi
        • Archives.com - Search Mississippi Death Records
        Montana
        • Montana State Vital Records Office
        • Montana Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Montana
        • Archives.com - Search Montana Death Records
        North Carolina
        • North Carolina State Vital Records Office
        • North Carolina Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for North Carolina
        • North Carolina Vital Records
        • Archives.com - Search North Carolina Death Records
        North Dakota
        • North Dakota State Vital Records Office
        • North Dakota Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for North Dakota
        • Archives.com - Search North Dakota Death Records
        Nebraska
        • Nebraska State Vital Records Office
        • Nebraska Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Nebraska
        • Archives.com - Search Nebraska Death Records
        New Hampshire
        • New Hampshire State Vital Records Office
        • New Hampshire Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for New Hampshire
        • Archives.com - Search New Hampshire Death Records
        New Jersey
        • New Jersey State Vital Records Office
        • New Jersey Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for New Jersey
        • Second in Line: Vital Records in New Jersey - New Jersey vital records were mandated statewide in 1848, just the second state to do so. These and earlier vital records collections can fill pedigree holes.
        • Archives.com - Search New Jersey Death Records
        New Mexico
        • New Mexico State Vital Records Office
        • New Mexico Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for New Mexico
        • Archives.com - Search New Mexico Death Records
        Nevada
        • Nevada State Vital Records Office
        • Nevada Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Nevada
        • Archives.com - Search Nevada Death Records
        New York
        • New York State Vital Records Office
        • New York Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for New York
        • Archives.com - Search New York Death Records
        Ohio
        • Ohio State Vital Records Office
        • Ohio Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Ohio
        • Ohio Death Certificate Index - 1913-1927 and 1933-1937 - The Ohio Historical Society searchable online database
        • Archives.com - Search Ohio Death Records
        Oklahoma
        • Oklahoma State Vital Records Office
        • Oklahoma Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Oklahoma
        • Archives.com - Search Oklahoma Death Records
        Oregon
        • Oregon State Vital Records Office
        • Oregon Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Oregon
        • OHD - Center for Health Statistics (and Vital Records)
        • Oregon State Archives - Vital Records
        • Archives.com - Search Oregon Death Records
        Pennsylvania
        • Pennsylvania State Vital Records Office
        • Pennsylvania Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Pennsylvania
        • Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1966
          search death records from 1906 through 1966
        • Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014
          contains more than 210,000 cards containing vital statistics on families dating back to the 1600s
        • Archives.com - Search Pennsylvania Death Records
        Rhode Island
        • Rhode Island State Vital Records Office
        • Rhode Island Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Rhode Island
        • Archives.com - Search Rhode Island Death Records
        South Carolina
        • South Carolina State Vital Records Office
        • South Carolina Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for South Carolina
        • South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1965
        • Archives.com - Search South Carolina Death Records
        South Dakota
        • South Dakota State Vital Records Office
        • South Dakota Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for South Dakota
        • Search Newspaper Vital Records Index - search births, deaths, marriages & more from South Dakota Historical Society
        • Archives.com - Search South Dakota Death Records
        Tennessee
        • Tennessee State Vital Records Office
        • Tennessee Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Tennessee
        • Tennessee Death Index: 1908 - 1912 All Counties - search online
        • Index to Tennessee Death Records 1908 - 1912
        • Archives.com - Search Tennessee Death Records
        Texas
        • Texas State Vital Records Office
        • Texas Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Texas
        • State of Texas Vital Records
        • Archives.com - Search Texas Death Records
        Utah
        • Utah State Vital Records Office
        • Utah Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Utah
        • Archives.com - Search Utah Death Records
        Virginia
        • Virginia State Vital Records Office
        • Virginia Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Virginia
        • Archives.com - Search Virginia Death Records
        Vermont
        • Vermont State Vital Records Office
        • Vermont Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Vermont
        • Vital Records of Franklin County
        • wanton, Franklin county, Vermont, Church Records, 1872-1934: Saint Mary's Church Death Records
        • Archives.com - Search Vermont Death Records
        Washington
        • Washington State Vital Records Office
        • Washington Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Washington
        • Washington Death Index, 1940-64
        • Archives.com - Search Washington Death Records
        Wisconsin
        • Wisconsin State Vital Records Office
        • Wisconsin Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Wisconsin
        • Search Pre-1907 Vital Records - dating back to the 1840s (Wisconsin Historical Society)
        • Wisconsin Vital Records - from Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services
        • Wisconsin Deaths, 1820-1907
        • Wisconsin Vital Records
        • Archives.com - Search Wisconsin Death Records
        West Virginia
        • West Virginia State Vital Records Office
        • West Virginia Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for West Virginia
        • Search WV Birth, Death, and Marriage certificates on-line - from the West Virginia Division of Culture & History
        • West Virginia Cemetery Readings, 1941
          each entry provides the decedent's name, birth date, death date, living relative, and survey date
        • Archives.com - Search West Virginia Death Records
        Wyoming
        • Wyoming State Vital Records Office
        • Wyoming Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Wyoming
        • Archives.com - Search Wyoming Death Records

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