Death Records Search

A Guide to Finding Death Records and Databases on the Internet

Death records have been a great help to many genealogy and family history researchers, providing valuable information and clues to an ancestor's or relative's death.  Over the last few years, many people and organizations have been publishing death record archives on the Internet. Some with thousands of records, others with millions.  Presented on this website are individual "State Guides" designed to show you where all the best death record archives and databases are found.

Click on a State to see a death record resource guide:

Select a State to Continue... Alabama death records Alaska death records Arizona death records Arkansas death records California death records Colorado death records Connecticut death records Delaware death records Florida death records Georgia death records Hawaii death records Idaho death records Illinois death records Indiana death records Iowa death records Kansas death records Kentucky death records Louisiana death records Maine death records Maryland death records Massachusetts death records Michigan death records Minnesota death records Mississippi death records Missouri death records Montana death records Nebraska death records Nevada death records New Hampshire death records New Jersey death records New Mexico death records New York death records North Carolina death records North Dakota death records Ohio death records Oklahoma death records Oregon death records Pennsylvania death records Rhode Island death records South Carolina death records South Dakota death records Tennessee death records Texas death records Utah death records Vermont death records Virginia death records Washington death records West Virginia death records Wisconsin death records Wyoming death records Social Security Death Index Social Security Death Index, Guide How to Obtain an SS5 Form Our News Archives February 2006 March 2006 December 2006 More Vital Records Sites Death Certificates Obituary Database Birth Records Search Birth Certificates Marriage Records Search Cemetery Records Online Vital Records Search Tool Genealogy and How		Death Records News            SSDI, The Most Vauable and Overlooked Resource by Vitalguy Friday, March 10, 2006   The most valuable and often overlooked genealogy database for finding death records and related information has to be the social security death index (SSDI).   This has to be the largest uniform database available to Americans researching their ancestry, aside from census data which is really many, many separate databases. The SSDI is available in many places on the web for free but not all are created equal.   The source database is constantly updated and corrected by the governmental body charged with maintaining it.   These updates are made available to anyone who wants them but they are not cheap.   The current database plus a subscription for updates costs thousands of dollars.   Fortunately many businesses pay the subscription charge and give you access for free.   And some web sites which subscribe to the updates are better about getting new, corrected and revised data online regularly.   It's not an easy task, requiring good computer database specialists.   But it is apparently worthwhile for some businesses to properly maintain the data. The SSDI is not just a good source of dates someone was born or died.   It also can link you to other, more important data via the original SS application form.   All you have to do is write a letter and request a copy of it.   Both Rootsweb and Ancestry.com provide tools with their searchable SSDI databases which allow you to generate a letter to the Social Security Administration requesting the original application. On this site, we provide you a tool to access the SSDI from the better, more up to date web sites.   This tool is located on our SSDI page.   This section of our site provides a complete description of the SSDI as well as a lot of information which will help you to use it. Look Up More Death Records: Given Name (optional) Last Name Any Locality Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Canada England Germany All Non-U.S. Any Locality 2 Comments: can you help me find a death record for Michele Prescott? By  Anonymous, at July 01, 2007   Please check http://www.searchmyrecords.com site. From here you can search death record, birth record, marriage record, crime record etc. Please go to this site and get your records. Thank you and Happy Christmas to All viewer.. By  smith007, at December 28, 2007   Post a Comment << Home

Good luck to you finding death records!