This document provides a list of 19 links to online vital records for various US states, including birth, death, and marriage records. Some of the states covered include Arizona, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia, Virginia, and resources for researching burned county records. The links give researchers access to searchable indexes and databases of historical vital records to aid in genealogy and family history research.
1. Vital Records Online
1. Arizona – Birth 1855-1937and Death 1861- 1962 http://genealogy.az.gov
2. Idaho – Death Records http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/famhist/index.cfm
3. Illinois – Statewide MarriageIndex1763-1900
http://www.ilsos.gov/isavital/marriagesrch.jsp
Death Records 1916-1950
https://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/idphdeathindex.h
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4. Kansas – MarriageIndex1854-1861 https://www.kshs.org/p/kansas-marriage-index-
1854-1861/11315
5. Maine – Marriage History Search
http://www.maine.gov/portal/about_me/vital_records.html
6. Maryland – Vital Records http://guide.mdsa.net/pages/viewer.aspx?page=vital
7. Massachusetts –Vital Records 1600-1850
http://ma-vitalrecords.org/
8. Michigan – Death Records 1897 –1952, CivilWar Records, State Census, and Early
Documents. Usethe Advanced Search at top http://seekingmichigan.org/
9. Minnesota – Death Records 1904-1907 and 1955-2001
http://www.mnhs.org/genealogy/
10.Missouri– Birth and Death Records Pre – 1910 and Death Records 1910 – 1964
http://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/archivesdb/birthdeath
11.North Dakota – Public Death Index1881- present
https://apps.nd.gov/doh/certificates/deathCertSearch.htm
2. 12.Ohio – Death Records Index
http://apps.ohiohistory.org/death/
13.South Carolina – Death Index 1915-1962
http://www.scdhec.gov/vitalrecords/SCDeathIndexes/
14.South Dakota – Birth Record Over 100 Years
http://apps.sd.gov/ph14over100birthrec/index.aspx
15.Tennessee – Indexto TennesseeDeath Records
http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/vital/death2.htm
16.Utah – Death Records 1904 –1961
http://archives.utah.gov/research/index.html
17.West Virginia – Birth, Death and Marriages Records
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_select.aspx
18.Virginia - Bottom left corner, click on “search the LVA catalog”
http://www.lva.virginia.gov/
http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/opac/dripabout.htm
19.Burned Counties Research
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Burned_Counties_Research