Online Searchable Death Indexes for the USA

SSDI and Obituaries

Death Indexes For Individual States and Counties

• Alabama Death Index 1908-1959 (requires payment)

• Bibb County Cemeteries
• Jefferson County: Birmingham Area Newspapers Obituaries Index, August 1957-December 1976
• Jefferson County: Birmingham Genealogical Society Research Materials includes Angwin Mortuary Index 1906-1975 & Birmingham, Alabama cemeteries
• Winston County Death Records, Obituaries & Wills

• Arizona Death Index 1878-1957 & Birth Index 1887-1932 includes PDF images of the birth & death certificates
• For more Arizona death indexes by county, see the first link in the General Section below

• Arkansas Death Index 1914-1950 (requires payment)
• Arkansas Cemeteries by County (not complete, but has many cemeteries listed)
• For some individual Arkansas county listings see the first link in the General Section below

• California Death Index 1940-1997
• Pre-1905 California Death Index Project for assorted counties

• For more California death indexes see...
  • Online California Death Indexes, Records and Obituaries
    includes listings for Los Angeles, San Francisco, and many other California cities and counties; also has information about a California birth index

• Online Colorado Death Indexes & Records

• Connecticut Death Index 1949-2001 (requires payment) 1.4 million entries

• Delaware Probate Index Database

• Florida Death Records Index 1877-1998 (requires payment) records for Florida deaths before 1917 are spotty

• For more Florida death indexes by county, see the first link in the General Section below

• Online Georgia Death Indexes & Records

• Idaho Death Index 1911-1951 (at Rootsweb)
• Idaho Death Index 1911-1951 (at Ancestry - part of an Ancestry subscription)
• Eastern Idaho Obituary Index (134,000 entries)

• Online Illinois Death Indexes & Records

• Online Chicago & Cook County, Illinois Death Records Indexes & Obituaries

• Online Indiana Death Indexes & Records

• See the first link in the General Section below

• See the first link in the General Section below

• Kentucky Death Index 1911-2000 at Ancestry part of an Ancestry subscription, which also includes:
  a KY birth index 1973-1999, a KY marriage index 1911-1999 and digitized Kentucky death certificates 1911-1953
• Kentucky Death Index 1911-2000 at Rootsweb
• Kentucky Death Index 1911-1992 from the University of Kentucky (also has marriages & divorces 1973-1993)
• Kentucky Cemetery Records Database not complete, but worth a look if you have KY ancestors

• Fayette County: Lexington Cemetery Burial Search
• Johnson County Deaths 1852-1876
• Johnson County Death Index 1900-1999
• Johnson County Obituaries Assorted Years
• Knox County Cemeteries
• Laurel County Death Records 1856-1858
• Metcalfe County Cemeteries & Assorted Death Records

• Louisiana Statewide Death Index 1900-1949 (requires payment)

• Baton Rouge Newspapers Obituaries Index 1952-1959 & 1980-1991
• New Orleans Death Index 1804-1915
• New Orleans, Louisiana Death Records Index, 1804-1949 (requires payment)
• New Orleans Death Index 1837-1857 & 1870 from the Daily Picayune
• New Orleans (Orleans Parish) Probate Index 1805-1846
• New Orleans Times-Picayune Obituaries Index 1994-July 2003 from the Jefferson Genealogical Society
• Jefferson Parish Library Times-Picayune Obituary Notices Index 1972-1978
• Washington Parish Obituaries Indexes (Word documents)

• Maine Death Index 1960-1997 (Rootsweb)
• Maine Death Index 1960-1997 (part of an Ancestry subscripton - requires payment)
• Maine Death Index 1960-1996 (Maine State Archives)
  
  
• Cumberland County: Snow Index to Brunswick Newspapers 1853-1960 includes obituaries & marriages
• Penobscot County: Dexter, Maine Obituaries 1944-present includes full obituaries

• Maryland Death Index 1898-1944

• Baltimore City Death Index 1875-1972

• For more Maryland death indexes by county, see the first link in the General Section below

• Massachusetts Death Index 1970-2003 (requires payment)
• Massachusetts Town Death Records Before 1850 90,000 entries (requires payment)
• The above 2 databases are included in a subscription to Ancestry's US genealogy records collection
• Massachusetts Death Index 1841-1910 has year of death only (copies of death records can be ordered by mail for a fee)
• Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts Burials Search 55,000 entries

• Barnstable County: Gravestone Records from the 15 Towns of Cape Cod 1683-1860 ongoing project
• Bristol County: Walter-Blake Graveyard Burials Taunton, Massachusetts
• Middlesex County: Vital Records for the Town of Natick 1874-1913
• Middlesex County: Billerica Cemeteries some with online transcriptions
• Plymouth County: Town of Middleboro Vital Records Index 1649-1945 (downloadable PDF files) also has cemetery listings and other records
• Suffolk County...
  • Massachusetts Obituaries Archive Search includes the Boston Globe 1980-present & the Boston Herald 1997-present (you can obtain copies of the obituaries online for a fee)
  • Boston Globe & Herald Obituary Index 1971-1974 & 1983-2002 full length obituaries only, no death notices
  • Boston Jewish Advocate Obituary Database

• Online Michigan Death Indexes & Records

• Minnesota Death Certificate Search 1904-2001 from the Minnesota Historical Society

• Minnesota Death Index 1908-2002 (requires payment - part of an Ancestry subscription, which also includes a Minnesota Birth Index 1935-2002 & Minnesota Marriage Records Index 1958-2001, except 1996)

• Dakota County...
  • Dakota County Obituaries & Cemeteries obituary index covers about 1860s-present
  • Dakota County Newspaper Index 1980-present includes obituaries
• Hennepin County...
  • St. Mary's Cemetery - Burials 1874-1894 (Catholic cemetery in Minneapolis)
  • Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis - Burial Search 1872-present
• Olmsted County: City of Rochester Death Index 1871-1940 also includes probate & obituaries Indexes
• Pennington County Historical Society Obituaries & Cemeteries Search includes some listings for Red Lake County & Marshall County
• Red Lake County: St. Joseph Area Catholic Cemetery Database
• St. Louis County...
  • St. Louis County, Minnesota Death Records Index 1870-2000
  • Duluth Public Library Obituary Index indexes obitiuaries from the Duluth News-Tribune & Duluth Herald newspapers 1962-present
• Stearns County: St. Cloud Daily Times Obituary Index 1998-present
• Wabasha County Cemetery Records Index

• Lincoln County: Daily Leader, Brookhaven Obituary Index
• Madison County Cemeteries
• Tippah County Death Notices 1836-1936

• Online St. Louis and Missouri Death Records Indexes
  Includes resources for the state of Missouri, St. Louis, and many Missouri counties

• Montana Death Index 1907-2002 part of an Ancestry subscription (requires payment) not complete for some early years

• See the first link in the General Section below

• Carson City: Nevada Appeal Obituaries and Carson Appeal Newspaper Index obituaries index covers 1996-present; newspaper index covers 1865-1886 (some years missing)
• Douglas County Vital Records 1862-1923 (requires payment)
• Mineral County Death Index
• Pershing County Record of Deaths 1919-1936
• Storey County Death & Birth Indexes 1862-1903 (requires payment)

• New Hampshire Probate Records, 1635-1753
• Belknap County: New Hampton Cemetery Burials (PDF files)
• Carroll County: Conway Death Records 1887-1930 (also has birth & marriage records indexes)
• Rockingham County: Hampton Cemeteries & Other Genealogy Records

• See the first link in the General Section below

• New Mexico Death Index 1899-1940
• Assorted New Mexico Death Indexes by County (most are for the early 20th Century)
• Also see: New Mexico Genealogy Resources and Records

• New York City...
  • New York City Death Index 1891-1948 includes: 1891-1894 Manhattan Only; 1895-1897 Manhattan & Brooklyn Only; 1898-1948 All Boroughs
  • New York Times Obituaries and Birth, Marriage & Death Notices 1851-2001 (requires payment)
  • New York City Deaths, 1892-1902 (requires payment) some years are missing
  • New York Times Obituaries Archive Search June 1980-present (you can obtain copies of the obituaries online for a fee)
  • Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1841-1902 searchable newspaper articles, including obituaries
  • Brooklyn: Green-Wood Cemetery Burial Search 1850-present

• New York State (and more NYC listings)...
  • See: Online New York Death Indexes and Records

• North Carolina Death Index 1968-1996 also has partial coverage for 1908-1967 (requires payment)
• For more North Carolina death indexes listed by county see: North Carolina Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries

• North Dakota Death Index 1881-present you must search in 10 year increments or less; 1881-c.1924 is incomplete

• Cass County: Fargo Forum Obituaries Database (covers 1901-1904 & 1984-1995)
• Cass County Probate Records Index 1876-1944
• Stutsman County Death Indexes 1893-1940s

• Online Ohio Death Indexes & Records
  includes full state indexes, plus obituaries and cemeteries for Cincinnati, Cleveland and many other Ohio cities and counties

• Tulsa World & Tulsa Tribune Death Notice Index 1965-1990 with more being added
• Tulsa Funeral Home Index
• For more Oklahoma listings see the first link in the General Section below

• Oregon Death Index 1903-1998 (requires payment)
• Oregon Death Index 1903-1930
• Oregon Historical Records Index includes Portland deaths 1881-1917 and many other records

• Eastern Pennsylvania Obituaries Index 1800s-2000 (60,000 entries)
• For some Pennsylvania county listings see the first link in the General Section below

• Rhode Island Death Index 1630-1930 (requires payment - part of an Ancestry subscription)
• Historical Cemeteries Transcription Master Index (about 95% complete for 1647-1900; less than half of the 20th century gravestones have been added)

• Online South Carolina Death Indexes & Records

• South Dakota Death Index 1905-1955 (requires payment)

• Online Tennessee Death Indexes and Records

• Online Texas Death Indexes and Records
  includes a full state index 1903-2000, plus death or obituary indexes for Dallas, El Paso, Harris, Tarrant & many other Texas counties

• Utah Death Index 1905-1956 includes digitized images of the death certificates
• Utah Death Index 1905-1951 (requires payment - part of an Ancestry subscription)

• Utah State Historical Society Burials Database more than 600,000 listings from various Utah Cemeteries
• Utah Digital Newspapers

• Vermont Death Index 1981-2001 (requires payment)

• Vermont Chronicle Death & Marriage Notices 1800s

• Online Virginia Death Indexes & Records

• Washington Death Index 1940-1996 (requires payment)

• Washington State Digital Archives includes a Social Security Death Index for the State of Washington; mortality schedules 1860-1880; WA death index 1907-1909, and some cemetery and death indexes for individual counties

• Archdiocese of Seattle Cemeteries Search Engine (Burials in Catholic Cemeteries) includes the following Cemeteries: Holyrood, Calvary, Gethsemane & St. Patrick - you must register before making a search
• Clark County Auditor Document Index includes some death records
• Tacoma (Pierce County) Obituary Index 1984-the present (also includes some listings from 1930-1983)
• Wenatchee Area Obituary Index 1905-2001 (except 1930-1939) Chelan & Douglas Counties

• West Virginia Death Index 1917-1956 has earlier records for some counties; also includes some birth and marriage indexes

• West Virginia: Jackson County Obituaries (mostly early to mid 20th century)

• Online Wisconsin Death Indexes & Records

• Albany County Obituaries Index 1868-1964
• Campbell County: Newspaper Index to Births, Marriages & Deaths
• Fremont County: Cemeteries & Funeral Home Records
• Sheridan County GenWeb Site includes birth, marriage, death & cemetery records

General Section

• Rootsweb's Cemetery Database
  user submitted data with names of burials in numerous cemeteries
• Veterans Affairs Burial Search
• U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 (fee-based - part of an Ancestry subscription)