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Online Birth & Marriage Records Indexes for the USA

a genealogy guide for finding vital records

also includes some divorce records


Items listed here marked "requires payment" are part of Ancestry's U.S. genealogy records collection, which you can try with a free trial.

Alabama... Arizona... Arkansas...
  • Arkansas Marriage, Divorce & Death Records Indexes (requires payment) includes...
    • Arkansas Death Index 1914-1950
    • Arkansas Divorce Index 1923-1939
    • Arkansas Marriage Index 1933-1939
    • Arkansas Marriages 1779-1992 (assorted counties)
    • Arkansas Marriages 1820-1949 (assorted counties)
California... Colorado... Connecticut... Delaware... Florida... Georgia... Idaho... Illinois...
  • Chicago & Cook County...
    • Online Chicago & Cook County Death Records Indexes, Obituaries & Cemeteries
    • Cook County Genealogy Records from FamilySearch Labs (free) this is currently being tested so there may be errors, missing data or occasional downtime; includes...
      • Illinois: Cook County Birth Certificates 1878-1922 (not yet complete)
      • Illinois: Cook County Birth Registers 1871-1915 (not yet complete)
      • Illinois: Cook County Marriages 1900-1920 (will eventually include 1871-1920)
    • Historical Cook County Vital Records - Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates includes birth records 75 years or older, marriage licenses 50 years or older and death records 20 years or older -- begins circa 1872; searches are free; payment is required to download copies of the records.
    • Cook County Marriages from 1833-November 1895 are included in the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index listed above. The original Cook County marriage licenses prior to the Chicago fire of 1871 were destroyed, however Sam Fink compiled marriage records 1833-1871 from newspapers and these are included in the index.
Indiana... Kansas... Kentucky... Louisiana... Maine... Maryland... Massachusetts... Michigan...
  • Michigan Marriages 1851-1875 (requires payment) this database has records for Branch County 1851-1875, Hillsdale County 1851-1865, Jackson County 1851-1867, Kent County 1851-1870 & Wayne County (includes Detroit) 1851-1869
Minnesota... Mississippi... Missouri...
  • Missouri Marriage Records 1805-2002 (requires payment) includes images from the marriage registers; coverage varies by county - not complete
  • Missouri Marriages 1851-1900 (requires payment) this database contains records for various years for the following counties: Barry, Bates, Boone, Callaway, Carter, Cass, Clark, Dade, Dunklin, Grundy, Holt, Iron, Jackson, Johnson, Laclede, Lafayette, Lawrence, Maries, Mississippi, Newton, Pettis, Phelps, Platte, Ray, Reynolds, Ripley, St. Charles, Saline, Stoddard, Stone, Taney, Webster, Worth, and Wright
  • Missouri Marriages to 1850 (requires payment) has over 125,000 names; coverage varies by county
  • Missouri Birth Records 1851-1910 (requires payment) not complete; coverage varies by county
  • The above 4 databases are included in a single subscription at Ancestry
Nebraska...
  • Nebraska Marriages 1856-1898 (requires payment) indexes some marriages for the following counties for various years: Adams County, Buffalo County, Cuming County, Dodge County, Sarpy County, Washington County
Nevada... New Jersey... New Mexico... New York... North Carolina... North Dakota... Ohio... Oregon... Pennsylvania... South Carolina... South Dakota... Tennessee... Texas... Utah... Vermont... Virginia... Washington...
  • Washington Marriage Records includes marriage records or indexes for various years for these counties: Adams County, Asotin County (Historic), Benton County (Historic), Chelan County, Clark County, Columbia County (Historic), Ferry County (Historic), Franklin County, Garfield County (Historic), Grant County (Historic), Grays Harbor County, Jefferson County, Kitsap County, Kittitas County (Historic), Klickitat County (Historic), Lincoln County (Historic), Mason County, Okanogan County, Pacific County, Pend Oreille County (Historic), Pierce County, Skamania County, Snohomish County, Spokane County, Stevens County, Thurston County, Walla Walla County, Whatcom County, Whitman County (Historic), Yakima County
West Virginia... Wisconsin... Wyoming... General Vital Records Databases & Directories
  • Western States Marriage Records Index indexes some marriage records for Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Northern California, Eastern Oregon, Eastern Washington and Southwestern Wyoming
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