Online Birth & Marriage Records Indexes for Genealogy Research

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...

Alabama Marriages 1800-1969 for selected counties and years (requires payment)
Alabama Divorce Index 1950-1959 (requires payment)
the above two databases are included in a single subscription at Ancestry, along with an Alabama Death Index 1908-1959

Arizona...

See: Online Arizona Death Records & Indexes includes a link to an AZ birth index

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)

Arkansas County Marriages, 1837-1957 from FamilySearch Labs (not yet complete; some counties not yet included) these are currently being tested so there may be errors, missing data or occasional downtime

Randolph County, Arkansas Marriage Index 1837-2002 also includes other indexes
Union County Marriage Records Index, circa 1800s-1900s

California...

For some California birth, marriage and divorce records indexes see...
California Vital Records Indexes - Online Birth, Marriage, Divorce & Death Records
also includes information for ordering California birth, marriage, divorce & death certificates

California Unclaimed Persons Database
lists people who have died in California where a next of kin was never located
Los Angeles County Inmates Database Sheriff's Dept

Colorado...

Colorado Genealogy Resources & Databases - Birth, Marriage and Divorce Records includes links to some county marriage records indexes, early birth indexes and a statewide divorce index, 1880-1939

Connecticut...

Connecticut Marriage Index 1959-2001 (requires payment) at Ancestry

Delaware...

Delaware Marriages 1645-1899 (requires payment) at Ancestry
Delaware State Birth Records 1861-1908 from FamilySearch Labs (not yet complete) this is currently being tested so there may be errors, missing data or occasional downtime

Florida...

Florida Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001 (requires payment)
Florida Divorce Index 1927-2001 (requires payment)
The above 2 databases are included in a subscription to Ancestry's US records collection, along with a Florida death index 1877-1998

For some individual county listings for Florida marriages see...
Florida Vital Records Indexes - Online Marriage, Divorce & Death Records also includes information for ordering birth, marriage, divorce & death certificates

Georgia...

Georgia Marriages 1699-1944 (requires payment) click on the link to see a list of counties & years covered

Morgan County Marriage Records Searchable Database

Hawaii...

Hawaii State Archives Genealogy Indexes includes some marriage indexes

Idaho...

Idaho Marriages 1842-1996 select counties & years (requires payment) at Ancestry

Illinois...

Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763-1900 coverage varies by county
Miscellaneous Illinois Genealogy Databases includes land records, Civil War veterans and more
Online Searchable Illinois Naturalization Indexes [on this website]

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 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...

Indiana Vital Records Indexes Online - for Birth, Marriage & Death Records

Kansas...

Kansas Marriage Index, 1854-1861 not complete

Chase County Marriage Index 1860-1938
Franklin County Assorted Indexes includes marriage index 1858-1895
Greenwood County Marriage Index
Johnson County Marriage License Index & Divorce Index (click "civil" on the menu to search for divorces)
Osage County Marriage Records Index

Kentucky...

Kentucky Marriage Index 1973-2000
Kentucky Vital Records Index includes deaths 1911-1992, marriages & divorces 1973-1993

Kentucky Birth Index 1911-1999 (requires payment) includes some births before 1911
Kentucky Marriage Index 1973-1999 (requires payment)
The above 2 databases are included in an Ancestry subscription, along with a KY death index 1911-2000

Louisiana...

Louisiana Marriage Index 1718-1925 (requires payment) not complete, but has over 570,000 listings
Caddo Parish & Shreveport Marriage Index 1937-present
Orleans Parish...
- Alphabetical Birth Indexes for Orleans Parish 1796-1902 (includes New Orleans)
- Orleans Parish Birth Records Index for births more than 100 years old
- New Orleans, Louisiana Birth Records Index, 1790-1899 at Ancestry (requires payment)
- Online New Orleans & Orleans Parish Marriage Indexes, Records & Information
- Assorted Indexes of Orleans Parish Court Records

Maine...

Maine Marriage Index 1892-1996 note: there is a gap from 1967 to 1976

Maryland...

Maryland Marriage Records Index 1655-1850 (requires payment) most Maryland counties are covered

Massachusetts...

Massachusetts Marriages 1633-1850 (requires payment) covers assorted towns and years

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

Michigan Birth Records 1867-1902 and Michigan Marriages 1868-1925 at FamilySearch Labs FamilySearch Labs is a pilot program so there may be errors, missing data or occasional downtime

Clinton County Marriage Records Search 1927-recent
Clinton County Genealogy Records Indexes includes newspaper indexes for births to 1900, marriages 1863-1940
Grand Traverse County Marriage Record Search 1853-present
Kent County: Marriage Index for Kent County Marriages 1845-1929
Saginaw County Marriage Records 1995-present

Minnesota...

Minnesota Vital Records Indexes - Online Birth, Marriage, Divorce and Death Indexes also includes information on ordering Minnesota birth and death certificates

Clay County, Minnesota Marriage Record Index 1872-1939

Mississippi...

Mississippi Marriage Records Index 1776-1935 (partial) at Ancestry (requires payment) click on the link to see a list of counties & years covered

Miscellaneous Mississippi Marriage Records Indexes includes indexes for some marriages in these counties: Forrest, Franklin, Greene, Harrison, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lawrence, Marion, Perry, Rankin, and Stone County

Adams County Databases (requires registration) includes marriage index 1940s to present
Harrison County Marriage Records Index

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

Missouri Birth & Death Records Database, Pre-1910 not compete, but has many counties
Also see... Online Missouri Death Records and Obituaries

Vien Ici - Missouri Marriages Database indexes marriages for assorted years (mostly 19th Century) for Crawford County, Franklin County, Iron County, Jefferson County, St. Francois County, Ste. Genevieve County and Washington County
Greene County - Assorted Records includes a divorce index, naturalization records & court records
Jackson County Marriage Index 1860s-present includes Independence & Kansas City
St. Louis Genealogy Records and Resources [on this website] includes links to St. Louis Marriages 1804-1876, and other St. Louis records

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...

Nevada Marriage Index Database 1956-2005 (requires payment) contains these 2 indexes...
- Clark County (including Las Vegas) Marriage Index 1956-1966
- Nevada Statewide Index to Marriages 1966-2005 (including Las Vegas)
Nevada Divorce Index 1968-2005 (requires payment)
Clark County: Las Vegas Marriage Records Index Search 1988-Recent Do you know someone who was married in a drunken stupor by an Elvis lookalike? You can find out here. And yes, you can find Britney Spears in this database.

New Hampshire...

New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900; from FamilySearch Labs these are currently being tested so there may be errors, missing data or occasional downtime

New Jersey...

New Mexico...

Assorted Online Indexes from the New Mexico Genealogical Society includes some marriage records for Colfax, Grant, Luna, Mora & Rio Arriba Counties
New Mexico Marriages 1727-1900 (requires payment) for assorted years and counties
New Mexico Genealogy Records & Resources
Valencia County: Belen Genealogy Records Database

New York...

For some New York marriage records by county see...
New York Vital Records Indexes - Online Birth, Marriage & Death Records also includes information for ordering birth, marriage, divorce & death certificates

Online New York Naturalization Indexes [on this website]

Graveyard Shift: New York City Metropolitan Area Cemeteries by Carolee Inskeep...a book available from Amazon.com -- includes detailed entries for all New York city cemeteries, plus listings of some additional cemeteries in New York state, Long Island, and New Jersey, indexed, 272 pages

North Carolina...

North Carolina Vital Records Indexes - Online Birth, Marriage & Death Records also includes information on ordering North Carolina birth & death certificates

North Dakota...

Ohio...

For some Ohio marriage records by county see...
- Ohio Vital Records Indexes - Online Birth, Marriage & Death Records also includes information on ordering Ohio birth & death certificates

Oregon...

Oregon Genealogical Information Locator - Various databases from the Oregon State Archives searchable all at once -- includes a Multnomah County (Portland) Probate Index 1855-1900, Portland Births 1881-1901, & many other indexes
Multnomah County Marriage Records Index 1855-1907

Pennsylvania...

Blair County: Altoona Mirror Birth Notices Index (recent)
Chester County Archives Birth and Marriage Indexes, and more
Philadelphia Marriage Indexes, 1885-1951 from FamilySearch Labs these are currently being tested so there may be errors, missing data or occasional downtime
Westmoreland County Marriage License Search 1885-present
York County Marriage Index 1885-1929 & Birth Records Index 1893-1906 also includes death & naturalization indexes

South Carolina...

South Carolina Marriages 1641-1965 (requires payment) coverage varies by county

South Dakota...

South Dakota Birth Index (for births over 100 years ago)
South Dakota Marriage Certificates Index 1905-1949 (requires payment)

Tennessee...

Tennessee Marriage and Divorce Indexes (plus Births for Shelby County) (these may not be complete) includes...
- Tennessee Marriage and Divorce Indexes 1980-2005
- Shelby County (Memphis) Marriages 1820-1910
- Shelby County Birth Index 1874-1906
- More indexes for Shelby County

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 (requires payment) coverage varies by county

Hamilton County Marriage License Index Search (includes Chattanooga) covers 1857-1919 and 1985-2008

Texas...

Texas Vital Records Indexes - Online Birth, Marriage, Divorce and Death Records
also includes information for ordering Texas birth, marriage, divorce and death certificates

Utah...

Utah State Archives Assorted Records includes some early birth records (1890s-1905)
Weber County & Ogden Online Certified Marriage License Request - June 1888 to Present

Vermont...

Vermont Birth Index 1981-2001 (requires payment)
Vermont Marriage Index 1981-1984 & 1989-2001 (requires payment)
Vermont Divorce Index 1981-1984 and 1989-2001 (requires payment)
Vermont Death Index 1981-2001 (requires payment)
The above 4 databases are included in a US genealogy records subscription at Ancestry

Some Early Vermont Marriages

Virginia...

Virginia: the Library of Virginia Digital Library Program
Virginia: 1790 & 1800 County Tax Lists with online images

Washington...

Washington Birth Records Index 1907-1919 (requires payment)
Select Washington Marriages 1802-1902 (requires payment) click on the link to see which counties are covered
The above 2 databases are included in a subscription at Ancestry, along with a Washington death index 1940-1996

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, King County/Seattle (1855-1940 with more being added) 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...

West Virginia Vital Records Indexes includes birth and marriage indexes for several counties with more being added; also has death records; coverage varies by county

Wisconsin...

Wisconsin Marriage Index 1973-1997 (requires payment)
Wisconsin Birth Index 1820-1907 (requires payment)
Wisconsin Marriages, pre-1907 most are from 1880-1907 (requires payment)
The above 3 indexes are included in a single subscription at Ancestry

Wisconsin Pre-1907 Vital Records Index covers 1852 to September 30, 1907 (most entries date from 1880; includes some entries prior to 1852)

Milwaukee County Marriage Records 1822-1876

Wyoming...

Sheridan County, Wyoming Marriage Index 1890s-1920s

General Vital Records Databases & Directories

Online Searchable Death Indexes for the USA

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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Online Birth & Marriage Records Indexes for the USA

a genealogy guide for finding vital records

also includes some divorce records