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Online Naturalization Records Indexes (USA) - Latest Additions

2013-04-01T14:26:00.001-06:00

The Online Naturalization Records and Indexes Directory has been updated with the following links...

Alaska
- Alaska Naturalization Records Index (large PDF file) from courts of Juneau, Petersburg, Skagway, Wrangell, Nome and Cordova - circa early to mid-20th Century

California
- San Luis Obispo County Naturalization Records Index
See: Online California Naturalization Records and Indexes

Colorado
- Clear Creek County Naturalization Index 1867-1906
- Denver and Pueblo Federal District Courts Naturalization Records Indexes 1877-1952 (coverage varies by place and type of record)
- Las Animas County Naturalization Index 1878-1906

Indiana
- Indiana Naturalization Records Indexes (for about 30 counties)
- Lake County Naturalizations Index

Michigan
- Sanilac County: Sandusky District Library Naturalization Records Index

New Hampshire
- Hillsborough County: Manchester Naturalizations and Declarations of Intention Index 1863-1888

New Jersey
- Burlington County: Trenton Naturalizations Index 1838-1967
- Camden Naturalizations Index (for the Camden, New Jersey Federal Court, which covers these counties: Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem, Cape May, Cumberland and Atlantic; indexes petitions 1932-1981 and declarations of intent 1933-1964)

New Mexico
- New Mexico: Last Name Index to Naturalization Records 1860-1963 (U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico)

New York
- Essex County Naturalization Records Index 1836-1906 (update: more years added)
- Madison County Naturalization Records 1819-1953
- Richmond County Naturalization Database 1883-1959 (coverage varies by type of document)
- Westchester County Archives Naturalization Records Index 1808-1955 (update: more years added)
See: Online New York Naturalization Records and Indexes includes New York City and State

Pennsylvania
- Delaware County: Naturalization Records Index 1795-1990
- Westmoreland County Naturalization Records 1906-1982 (includes digitized images of the documents)
See: Online Pennsylvania Naturalization Records and Indexes

West Virginia
- West Virginia Naturalization Records, 1814-1991 at FamilySearch (includes a variety of naturalization records for 32 of West Virginia's 55 counties; coverage varies by county)

Wisconsin
- Green Bay Area Research Center Genealogy Indexes (includes: Brown County Citizenship Records, 1829-1984; Calumet County Citizenship Records, 1850-1955; Kewaunee County Citizenship Records, 1850-1950; Manitowoc County Citizenship Records, 1848-1955; Outagamie County Citizenship Records, 1852-1963)
- Oshkosh Area Research Center: Naturalization Records Index (naturalization indexes from c. 1840s-1970s for Dodge County, Green Lake County, Marquette County, Oshkosh City, and Winnebago County)

See: Online Naturalization Records and Indexes - USA

Online Vital Records News for AZ, IL, MO and PA

2013-02-11T12:31:00.000-07:00

Arizona and Missouri Online Death Certificates
The Arizona Department of Health and the Missouri State Archives have both added the year 1962 to their online collections of death certificates. The year 1937 has also been added for Arizona births. See...

Arizona Deaths 1844-1962 and Births 1855-1937 from the Arizona Department of Health; early years may be spotty

Missouri Death Certificates 1910-1962 from the Missouri State Archives

For a list of more online death certificates see:
Online Death Certificates and Records

Pennsylvania Death Certificates Are Being Digitized
Ancestry and the Pennsylvania State Archives have a partnership to digitize and index Pennsylvania death certificates (1906-1962) possibly by the end of the year (2013). For more information see: Pennsylvania State Archives Newsletter. Scroll down to the "Death Certificate Digitization" article when you get there.

For some online Pennsylvania death indexes currently available see:
Online Pennsylvania Death Records, Indexes and Obituaries

Illinois: Cook County and Chicago Online Images Removed
Unfortunately, FamilySearch has removed digitized images for Cook County, Illinois birth, marriage and death records from their website. However, their online indexes for these records remain. The images were removed for: Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878-1922; Birth Registers, 1871-1915; Deaths, 1878-1922; and Marriages, 1871-1920. For more information see this entry at the FamilySearch wiki: Cook County Death Records

Copies of these records can still be obtained online for a fee from the Cook County Clerk. And the indexes for these records (and for some later years) are still available online. See: Chicago Genealogy Records and Sources on the Internet

Online Death Records, Indexes and Obituaries - Latest Additions and Updates

2013-01-14T11:12:00.001-07:00

The Online Death Records Indexes and Obituaries website has been updated with links to the following items...

Arkansas
- Arkansas Death Certificate Search 1935-1961
- Washington County: Fayetteville Public Library Obituary Records Index 1868-2010

California
- Los Angeles County: Pacific Crest Cemetery Burials (Redondo Beach, CA)
- Los Angeles County: Harbor View Memorial Cemetery Burials (San Pedro, CA)
See: Online Los Angeles, California Death Records & Indexes

Colorado
- La Plata County: Animas City Cemetery Burials (includes photographs of the grave markers)
- La Plata County: Greenmount and Animas City Cemeteries - Burials Map (Durango, CO)
- La Plata County Coroner Records, early 1893-early 1914
- Logan County: Riverside Cemetery Burials (Sterling, Colorado)
- San Juan County: Hillside Cemetery Burials (Silverton, CO)

Idaho
- Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937 from FamilySearch
- Gooding County Obituary Index 1946-1947, 1980-1991 and 1993-2011

Illinois
- Kankakee County Clerk Genealogy Online (for Birth Certificates 75 years or older; Marriage Licenses 50 years or older; and Death Certificates 20 years or older)
- McDonough County Probate Case Files Index 1833-1925
- Vermilion County: Danville Jewish Community Obituaries

Indiana
See: Recently Added Indiana Death Records and Obituaries Indexes

Iowa
- Des Moines County: Burlington Public Library Genealogy Index (indexes birth and marriage announcements, and obituaries in local newspapers from the 1830s-1897)

Kansas
See: Kansas Death Records and Obituaries Indexes - Newest Additions and Updates

Kentucky
- Boone County Cemetery Registers

Louisiana
- St. Tammany Parish Library Obituary Records Search

Maine
- Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907 from FamilySearch (birth, marriage and death returns; currently indexed from 1892-1907)
- Oxford County: Town of Dixfield Cemeteries
- Penobscot County: City of Brewer Cemetery Records (includes North Brewer Cemetery, Oak Hill Cemetery, and Woodlawn Cemetery)

Maryland
- Washington County Obituary Locator 1790-2011 (update: more years added)

Michigan
- Calhoun County: Albion Area Obituaries Index and Riverside Cemetery Records 1830s-present (update: more years added)

Minnesota
- Wadena County Death Index 1880-February 1994

Mississippi
- Jones County Cemeteries

Nevada
- Carson City Recorder Genealogy Indexes: includes birth records index 1867-1957; death records index 1887-1957; and burial indexes for Lone Mountain Cemetery and Empire Cemetery (update: more indexes added)

New Mexico
- Rio Abajo Area of Central New Mexico - Burial Records (downloadable research papers - 3 volumes) for the villages of Tomé, San Fernando, Los Enlames, Valencia, Peralta, Casa Colorada and Manzano, 1793-1956

New Jersey
- Warren County: Belvidere Apollo Obituary Index 1826-1914 (update: more years added)

New York
See: New York Death Records and Cemetery Indexes - New Additions

North Carolina
- Craven County: New Bern Obituaries and Death Notices Index 1751-1927 and 1968-Recent (update: more years added)

North Dakota
- North Dakota Gravestone Photos (ongoing project)

Ohio
See: Ohio Death Records and Obituaries Indexes - New Additions

Pennsylvania
- Butler County: Butler Area Public Library Online Obituary Database 1818-2012 (update: more years added)
- Montgomery County: Lower Merion Historical Society Burial Records Search
- Philadelphia: Christ Church Philadelphia Genealogy Search (includes Baptisms 1708-1843, Marriages 1708-1826, and Burials 1709-1808)
- Westmoreland County Estate and Marriage License Search

South Carolina
- South Carolina Death Index 1915-1961 (update: years 1960 and 1961 added)

South Dakota
- Pennington County: Rapid City Society for Genealogical Research - Online Indexes (includes: Rapid City Journal Obituaries Index 1970-2010 and Behrens' Mortuary Indexes 1879-1971)

Tennessee
- Shelby County: Zion Christian Cemetery Burials (African American cemetery in Memphis)
- Sumner County Genealogy Indexes (includes cemeteries and funeral home records)

Texas
- Texas Death Records 1977-1986 from FamilySearch (not yet fully indexed; includes digitized copies of the death certificates)
- Lamar County Death and Cemetery Records Database (update: more entries added)

Vermont
- Bennington County: Pownal Historical Society (includes cemetery burials, deaths 1921-1980 and other items)

Virginia
- Arlington County: Arlington National Cemetery Burials (from the official website of Arlington National Cemetery)
- Fairfax County: Civil War Veterans Buried in Fairfax County, Virginia

Wisconsin
- Forest County: Crandon Public Library Local History Obituary Index 1890-1925, 1992-1994, 2001-2003 and 2005-recent (update: more years added)
- Green Bay Area Research Center Genealogy Indexes; includes: Brown County Wills and Probate Case Files, 1821-1976; Oconto County Wills and Probate Case Files, 1857-1952; Outagamie County Probate Case Files, 1853-1958 (listed in the Brown County section)
- La Crosse Public Library Genealogy Index; indexes obituaries 1904-1960, 1968-1969, and 1983-present; also has indexes for birth, marriage, divorce and cemetery records (update: more years added)
- Langlade County Genealogical Society Cemeteries Index
- Walworth County: Lake Geneva Public Library Obituary and Birth Announcement Indexes

This is a list of the most recent additions. There are many more links for death records indexes at: Online Death Records Indexes and Obituaries

Kansas Death Records and Obituaries Indexes - Newest Additions and Updates

2013-01-09T14:13:00.000-07:00

Links to the items listed below were recently updated or added to:
Online Kansas Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries ...

Kansas Death Indexes - Newest Additions
- Douglas County: City of Lawrence Cemetery Records Search (includes Maple Grove Cemetery, Memorial Park Cemetery, Oak Hill Cemetery, and Memorial Park Mausoleum)
- Franklin County: Wellsville Cemetery Records (includes Wellsville Cemetery, Rock Creek Cemetery and Walnut Creek Cemetery)
- McPherson County: McPherson City Cemetery Burials
- Sedgwick County: Wichita Eagle & Beacon Obituary Index 1955-2011 (update: more years added)
- Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library Obituaries Index 1906-present (update: more years added)

New York Death Records and Cemetery Indexes - New Additions

2013-01-07T11:45:00.001-07:00

Links to the items listed below were recently added to:
Online New York Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries

New York Death Indexes - Latest Additions
- New York State Deaths 1957-1962 (free downloadable data file; not searchable online; does not include New York City)
- New York Gravestone Photos (ongoing project)
- Monroe County: Rochester Genealogical Society Church Records (includes: "Index to Episcopal Church Records of Rochester 1820-1851," and scanned images for some other church records)
- Queens: Cedar Grove Cemetery Burials (Flushing, NY)
- Queens: Prospect Cemetery Burials (at York College Campus, Jamaica, Long Island, New York)
- For the above two items (Queens) see: Online New York City Death Records and Indexes

Ohio Death Records and Obituaries Indexes - New Additions

2013-01-05T10:28:00.002-07:00

Links to the items listed below were recently updated or added to:
Online Ohio Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries ...

Ohio Death Indexes - Newest Additions
- Belmont County Death Index 1867-1908
- Columbiana County: Salem News Obituaries Index 1955-2012, and Grandview Cemetery Association Burial Database (update: more years added to the obituaries index)
- Geauga County Births and Deaths 1867-1908
- Henry County Genealogical Society Databases (includes estate records, veterans graves, early obituaries and more)
- Lorain County: Probate Court Early Birth and Death Records 1867-1908
- Stark County: Alliance Review Obituaries Index; coverage is spotty 1871-1948; full coverage from 1949-present (update: more years added)
- Summit County: Barberton Public Library Obituaries Indexes
- Trumbull County: Warren-Trumbull County Public Library Obituaries Index, 1900-1949, 1970, part of 1980, 1981 & 1987-2009 (update: more years added)

Recently Added Indiana Death Records and Obituaries Indexes

2013-01-02T13:18:00.001-07:00

Links to the items listed below were recently added to:
Online Indiana Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries ...

Indiana Death Indexes - Newest Additions
- Adams County: Berne Public Library Obituary Index from Local Newspapers 2000-2005
- Fayette County Public Library Obituary Finder
- Franklin County WPA Death Records Index 1882-1920
- Hancock County WPA Death Index 1882-1920
- Knox County: Early Vincennes 1732-1835 (includes some digitized probate records 1790-1820s)
- Kosciusko County: Countywide Cemetery Preservation Digital Photo Project (ongoing project; currently has photos and text from 66 cemeteries)
- Kosciusko County USGenWeb Genealogy Indexes (includes WPA Death Records Transcription 1882-1920, Wills, Obituaries and other items)
- Kosciusko County: North Webster Community Public Library Cemetery and Obituary Indexes

Online Military Records and Indexes Website - Latest Additions

2012-12-11T13:05:00.001-07:00

The Online Military Records and Indexes website has been updated with links to the following...

Revolutionary War
- Indiana Society Sons of the American Revolution Patriot Graves Registry

War of 1812
- National Society United States Daughters of 1812 Ancestor Database
- Pennsylvania: War of 1812 Index of Soldiers

Mexican War
- Indiana Mexican War Veterans (from the Indiana Digital Archives)
- New York: Pension Claims of First N.Y. Regiment Volunteers Who Fought in the Mexican War

Civil War
- Indiana Civil War Muster Rolls Index (213,000 entries; from the Indiana State Digital Archives)
- Kentucky Confederate Pensions 1912-1946
- Mississippi Confederate Pension Applications, 1889-1932 (about 36,000 applications arranged alphabetically by name)
- New Jersey Civil War Gravestones Database
- North Carolina Civil War Confederate Soldiers and Widows Pension Applications, 1885-1953 at FamilySearch
- Pennsylvania: Registers of Pennsylvania Civil War Volunteers, 1861-1865 (PDF images; not indexed)
- South Dakota: Special Census of Civil War Veterans Living in Dakota Territory (South Dakota) in 1885

World War I
- Mississippi World War I Statement of Service Cards and Indices
- World War I Draft Registrations for Northern Virginia (Draft registrations from the City of Alexandria, Arlington County, and Fairfax County)

World War II
- World War II Draft Cards (Fourth Registration) at FamilySearch (includes digitized images) update: more states added
- Georgia World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1942 for individuals born between 1897 and 1929 (at FamilySearch)
- Indiana - St. Joseph County: South Bend Tribune Service Notes Database for World War II, Korea and Vietnam
- Oklahoma Military Deaths - WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam

Korean War
- Arkansas Korean War Project

Vietnam War
- Michigan Military Personnel Who Died in the Vietnam War

This is a list of the most recent additions. There are many more military records links at: Online Military Indexes and Records

Online Birth and Marriage Records Indexes - Latest Additions and Updates

2012-09-05T10:44:00.001-06:00

The Online Birth and Marriage Records Indexes List (USA) has recently been updated. Here are the latest additions and updates:

Arizona
- Arizona Death Records Index 1844-1961 and Birth Index 1855-1936 (update: year 1961 added to death index and 1936 added to birth index)

Arkansas
- Washington County Marriage Record Search 1845-1941 (includes scanned images)

California
- California Birth Index 1905-1995 at FamilySearch
See: Online California Vital Records Indexes

Colorado
- Colorado Statewide Marriage Index 1900-1939 at FamilySearch (browsable images)
See: Colorado Genealogy Records and Indexes on the Internet

Indiana
- Indiana Marriage Records Index 1811-1959 from FamilySearch for assorted counties (update: more counties added)
See: Online Indiana Vital Records Indexes for Birth, Marriage & Death Records

Kentucky
- Campbell County Marriage License Index

Louisiana
- Caddo Parish & Shreveport Marriage Index, March 3, 1920-present (update: more years added)

Michigan
- Michigan Births, 1867-1902 - Index and Images from FamilySearch
- St. Joseph County Marriage Index 1889-1925

New Mexico
- Bernalillo County Marriage Index 1888-Recent; includes Albuquerque

New York
- New York City Birth Records Index 1880-1909 (update: more years added)
See: New York Vital Records Indexes & Genealogy Records on the Internet

Ohio
- Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1994 at FamilySearch (does not include all counties; coverage varies by county)
- Hamilton County: Cincinnati Birth and Death Records 1865-1912 (includes digital images)
- Miami County Marriage Index 1807-1865
See: Online Ohio Vital Records Indexes

Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Statewide Marriage Records 1885-1889
- Bucks County Marriage Records Index 1885-present
- Cambria County Marriage Records Index 1885-1920
- Montgomery County Marriage License and Probate Case Search 1990s-present
See: Online Pennsylvania Vital Records Indexes - Birth, Marriage & Death Records

South Carolina
- Richland County (includes Columbia) Marriage License Search, July 1911-present

Tennessee
- Shelby County (Memphis) Marriages 1820-1970 and 1920-1989; partial; (update: more years added)

Texas
- Williamson County Clerk - Search Birth, Marriage and Death Records
See: Online Texas Vital Records Indexes

For links to the above items see: Online Birth and Marriage Records Indexes

Online Indexes for Death Records, Cemeteries and Obituaries - Latest Additions

2012-06-25T11:39:00.000-06:00

The Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records Directory (USA) has been updated with links to the following items...

California
- California Death Index 1905-1939 at FamilySearch (browsable images arranged alphabetically by name)
- Los Angeles County: Mt. Olive and Broadway Cemetery Burials (Whittier, CA); See: Online Los Angeles County Death Indexes, Records and Obituaries
- Sacramento County Burial Grounds: Indigent Burials (large PDF file)
- San Joaquin County Public Library Obituary Index, 1850-1991 (from FamilySearch) includes digitized images of the obituaries
- San Mateo County: Holy Cross Cemetery Burials (Catholic Cemetery in Colma, CA)

Colorado
- Adams County: Mount Nebo Memorial Park - Cemetery Burials (in Aurora, Colorado)

Florida
- Palm Beach County Official Records Search 1968-recent (includes marriage licenses and some estate death certificates)

Georgia
- Richmond County: Augusta Graveside Project (burials in city maintained cemeteries; work in progress)

Illinois
- DeKalb County Online Genealogy Search; for birth certificates (75 years or older), marriage licenses (50 years or older), death certificates (20 years or older) and naturalization certificates (100 years or older)
- McDonough County Probate Case Files Index 1833-1925
- Sangamon County Probate Case Files Index 1821-1906 (update: more years added)
- Will County: Plainfield Cemetery Ledger and Plainfield Enterprise Obituary Index

Iowa
- State Historical Society of Iowa Death Indexes c.1917-c.1933 (PDF files for some Iowa counties; coverage varies by county)
- Louisa County Cemeteries

Kentucky
- Jessamine County: Maple Grove Cemetery Burials (in Nicholasville, KY)
- Meade County Cemetery Inscriptions

Massachusetts
- Bristol County: Fall River Herald News Obituary Index 1951-2010 (some years missing; Excel files)
- Suffolk County: Boston Globe and Herald Obituary Database 1953-2010 (indexes full length obituaries only, no death notices) update: more years added

Michigan
- Menominee County: Riverside Cemetery Burials (in Menominee, Michigan)
- Oakland County: Farmington Library Obituaries Index 1890-1999 (also indexes some marriages and cemetery burials)
- Wayne County Death Records Indexes 1934-1953 (excluding the City of Detroit); See: Online Detroit and Wayne County Death Records and Indexes

Minnesota
- Norman County Death Index 1871-1981 (also has other genealogy indexes)
- Sherburne County Genealogy Indexes (includes indexes for obituaries, deaths 1870-1923, cemetery burials and more)

Missouri
- Missouri Death Certificates Index and Images 1910-1961 (update: year 1961 added)
- Jackson County: City of Lee's Summit Cemetery Map (includes burial search; requires Flash)
- St. Louis: Bellefontaine Cemetery Association Map (includes burial search; requires Flash)
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch Obituary Index (covers 1880-1930, 1942-1945, 1960-1969, and 1992-2011) update: year 2011 added
- for the above 2, see: Online St. Louis, Missouri Death Records, Indexes & Obituaries

New Hampshire
- Sullivan County: A Survey of Springfield, New Hampshire's Small Cemeteries and Single Graves

New Mexico
- New Mexico: County Death Records 1907-1952, for Sandoval, Socorro, and Valencia Counties (browsable images; coverage varies by county) from FamilySearch

New Jersey
- New Jersey Death Records Index, June 1878-June 1888 (update: more months added)

Ohio
- Montgomery County: Calvary Cemetery Burials (Catholic Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio)

Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Death Records Indexes 1906-1961 (PDF files; you must search each year separately; for some years surnames are listed by Soundex code)
- Blair County Death Records Indexes (from the Blair County Genealogical Society)
- Delaware County Archives (includes indexes for births, marriages, deaths, wills, veteran's graves and other items)
- Westmoreland County: Baltzer Meyer Historical Society Index of Obituaries (for Greensburg, Pennsylvania)

Tennessee
- Montgomery County Archives Search (includes indexes for obituaries, early wills or probates, marriages, and other items)

Texas
- Dallas Area Cemeteries (from the Dallas Genealogical Society)

Utah
- Utah Death Certificates 1904-1961 (update: years 1959-1961 added; 1961 is not yet indexed)

Virginia
- Winchester Evening Star Obituary Index 1896-1912 (from the Handley Regional Library) also has a link for Mount Hebron Cemetery Burials
- Winchester Evening Star Obituaries, 1899-1909 (digitized images from FamilySearch)

Washington
- South King County Genealogical Society Indexes (includes indexes for obituaries, cemeteries, marriages and births)

Wisconsin
- Eau Claire Historical Search; including Obituary and Cemetery Indexes (also has a database for Barron County birth, marriage and death notices)

Wyoming
- Sweetwater County: Burial Index for Riverview Cemetery in Green River, Wyoming

See: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries

Comparing Home Prices in the 1930 and 1940 Censuses

2012-04-09T10:30:00.000-06:00

After doing a lot of 1940 census research on my ancestors and other relatives last week, I started comparing information given in the 1940 census with the previous census of 1930. I was immediately struck by the sharp decline in home values from 1930 to 1940. But we know this was the time of the Great Depression.

My great grandfather, August Beine, owned a home at 2860 Arlington Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri. The 1930 census shows the home valued at $10,000. The same home was valued at $2500 in the 1940 census.

My mother's great aunt, Sadie Nyhof, and her husband Anton were living at 5974 Romaine Place in St. Louis in 1930. Their home was valued at $10,000. Anton died in 1935. Sadie was still living in the house in 1940, which was valued at $2500. In both censuses, another family rented part of the house. The rent was $47/month in 1930 and $27.50/month in 1940.

These examples show how the value of two homes declined significantly during the Great Depression of the 1930s, a period my parents and grandparents lived through. The 1930 and 1940 censuses can provide intriguing snapshots of this time in our history. Along with home values (or monthly rent), the 1940 census also shows salaries, education (years of school completed, including college) and other interesting information. What have you found?

For information on the 1940 US Census and where to find the records online, see: Compact Guide to the 1940 Census

Sources:

Beine family
1940 US Census, Missouri, St. Louis City, ED 96-519D, Sheet 6A (line 32); enumerated April 18, 1940.
1930 US Census, Missouri, St. Louis City, ED 96-103, Sheet 18B (line 79); enumerated April 6, 1930.

Nyhof family (and renter)
1940 US Census, Missouri, St. Louis City, ED 96-764, Sheet 10B (lines 57 and 59); enumerated April 11-12, 1940.
1930 US Census, Missouri, St. Louis City, ED 96-255, Sheet 7A (lines 20 and 23); enumerated April 7, 1930.

1940 census records listed above were accessed from 1940census.archives.gov. 1930 census records listed above were viewed at the Rocky Mountain (Denver) National Archives branch on microfilm and online at Ancestry.com.

Cool Stuff in the 1940 Census

2012-03-27T11:03:00.003-06:00

I've been looking over the basic information given for each person and household in the 1940 U.S. federal census (due to be released on April 2, 2012). Some of it is the same or similar as the information given in the 1930 census. But three items from the 1940 census stood out as being, well, kinda cool...

"Enter X after name of person furnishing information."
(The x has a circle around it.)
For the first time, we'll get to see who gave the information to the census enumerator. And if that person was not a member of the household, the enumerator was instructed: "If you find it necessary to obtain the information from a person who is not a member of the household, write the name of this person in the left-hand margin, opposite the entries for the household, thus: 'Information from John Brown, neighbor.'" Very cool.

"In What Place Did This Person Live on April 1, 1935?"
The census form states: "...For a person who lived in a different place, enter city or town, county, and State, as directed in the Instructions. (Enter actual place of residence, which may differ from mail address.)" Column 19 in this section asked for: "State (or Territory or foreign country)." We'll now know where someone was living half way between the 1930 and 1940 censuses, including if they were living outside the USA. Pretty cool.

"Income in 1939"
Ever wonder how much your ancestors made? The 1940 census should tell you. From the census form: "Amount of money wages or salary received (including commissions)." And: "Did this person receive income of $50 or more from sources other than money wages or salary? (Yes or No)." Leaving you to guess what those other sources might be. Also, the value of the home (if owned) or the monthly rent (if rented) is given in the "household data" section. So you'll get a little glimpse into your ancestor's economic life. Definitely cool.

Cool 1940 Census resources: Compact Guide to the 1940 Census

Enumerator instructions quoted above are from: 1940 Census: Instructions to Enumerators (large PDF file)

The 1940 Census: Helpful Resources

2012-02-27T09:54:00.001-07:00

The 1940 U.S. Federal Census was made available digitally on the Internet beginning April 2, 2012. Since then separate indexes were created by FamilySearch volunteers and Ancestry.com. Here are some resources to help you learn more about the 1940 Census and where to find the records online...

Where to Find the 1940 Census Online
The 1940 Census is available for free online at:

1940 Census Records at Ancestry.com (index and digital images; free)

1940 Census Records at FamilySearch (free; indexed for all states and some territories)

Information Given in the 1940 Census
For a summary of the information given in the 1940 Census see:
Compact Guide to the 1940 Census

You can read the detailed instructions given to the census enumerators here:
1940 Census: Instructions to Enumerators

Blank 1940 Census Form
The U.S. Census Bureau has a high resolution PDF of a blank 1940 census form. You can download it from:
Blank 1940 Census Form

This post was updated on 17 September 2012.

Online Death Records, Indexes and Obituaries - Latest Additions and Updates

2012-01-30T09:47:00.006-07:00

The Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records Directory has been updated with links to the following items...

Alabama
- Alabama Loose Records Index (indexes estate or other records for these counties: Baldwin, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Henry, Jefferson, Shelby, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa)

Arizona
- Maricopa County: West Valley Genealogical Society Obituaries Project circa 1990s-recent (update: more years added)

Colorado
- Denver Public Library Cemetery, Mortuary and Obituary Indexes; includes...

Denver Obituary Indexes 1900-2010 (some early years not included) for the Denver Post or Rocky Mountain News
Colorado Obituary Project (statewide index of non-Denver obituaries mostly from the 1970s through 1990)
Colorado Statesman Index 1904-1954 (African American Newspaper)
Intermountain Jewish News Obituary Index, October 1918 to June 2011
Farmer and Hale Mortuary Index 1889-1909
Horan Mortuary Burial Registers Index 1900-1956
Rogers and Nash Mortuary Records Index 1873-1979
Fairmount Cemetery Sexton Records 1891-1953 (includes burial dates for 85,000 burials)
Riverside Cemetery African-American Burials 1876-2004
Calvary Roman Catholic Cemetery Listing 1889-1893 (index to lot purchases)
Arapahoe County Coroner's Reports Index 1876-1891

Florida
- Alachua County Virtual Cemetery Project
- Lee County Genealogical Society Obituaries and Death Notices Index (from the Fort Myers News-Press)
- Palm Beach County Obituaries & Death Notices Index, 1980-early 2011; and Cemetery Records

Georgia
- Pickens County Genealogy Indexes (includes deaths 1919-1923, cemeteries and mortality schedules)

Illinois
- Vermilion County Cemeteries: Photographs of Grave Markers (also includes photos of grave markers from nearby counties)

Indiana
- Southern Indiana Cemetery Database (includes some cemeteries in Orange, Spencer, Vanderburgh and Warrick Counties)

Iowa
- Muscatine County: Muscatine Obituary Index 1840-present (with gaps)

Louisiana
- Baton Rouge State-Times and Morning Advocate Obituaries Index 1952-1991 (Excel files) from the East Baton Rouge Parish Library

Maine
- Aroostook County: Fairmount Cemetery Digital Map (includes burials) (in Presque Isle, Maine)

Michigan
- Detroit Area Death Notices and Obituaries 2001-current (from the Detroit Free Press and the Detroit News)

See: Online Detroit and Wayne County Death Records & Indexes

Missouri
- Miller County Obituaries and Probate Index

New Jersey
- Camden County: City of Camden Historical and Genealogical Records (includes births, marriages, deaths, burial records and more; browsable only)
- Essex County: Archdiocese of Newark Catholic Cemeteries - Genealogy Online Search
- Union County: Plainfield Public Library Courier News Obituary Index mid-1920s to the mid-1980s (partial; more being added)

New York
- New York City Death Records Search 1862-1948, includes: 1868-1894 Manhattan; 1862-1897 Brooklyn; 1898-1948 All Boroughs (update: more years added)

See: Online New York City Death Records Indexes and Obituaries

Ohio
- Cuyahoga County: Woodland Cemetery Burials (Cleveland); See: Online Cleveland & Cuyahoga County, Ohio Death Records & Indexes

- Lucas County: Toledo State Hospital Cemeteries Burial Log
- Lucas County: Toledo-Lucas County Public Library - Blade Obituaries Index 1970-present (update: more years added)
- Trumbull County: Warren-Trumbull County Public Library Obituaries Index, 1900-1939, 1970, part of 1980, 1981 & 1987-2009 (update: years 1900-1939 added)

Oklahoma
- Oklahoma Gravestones Photo Project

Tennessee
- Tennessee Death Indexes 1908-1912 and 1914-1933 (update: years 1932 & 1933 added)
- McNairy County Genealogy Indexes (includes indexes for births, marriages, deaths, cemeteries and more)

Texas
- Collin County Birth, Marriage and Death Indexes
- Collin County: Plano Star Courier Name Indexes 1918-1922
- Fannin County Genealogy Indexes (includes cemetery burials, death indexes and other items)
- Harris County: Glenwood Cemetery Burial Records Index (Houston, Texas)

Washington
- King County: Herzl Memorial Park Headstone Images (Jewish cemetery in Shoreline, Washington, north of Seattle)

Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Medical Journal (WMJ) Physician Obituary Database 1903-2008

See: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries

Recently Added Online Indexes for Cemeteries, Obituaries and Death Records

2011-10-03T10:00:00.006-06:00

The Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records Website has been updated with links to the following items...

Alabama
- Madison County: Huntsville-Madison County Public Library Obituaries Index
- Madison County: Huntsville Cemeteries (has burial indexes for 5 cemeteries in or near Huntsville, Alabama, including Maple Hill Cemetery)

Alaska
- Anchorage Newspapers Obituary Index, 1981 through 10-1-2001

Arkansas
- Sebastian County Birth and Death Records Index from FamilySearch (indexes births and deaths from Sebastian County 1877-1929, and deaths from Fort Smith 1945-1963)

Connecticut
- New Haven Jewish Cemetery Association Burials Database

Florida
- Indian River County Library Obituary Indexes 1916-recent; for the Vero Beach Press Journal and other newspapers (update: more years added)

Georgia
- Sumter County Genealogy Indexes (includes indexes for cemeteries, death certificates and obituaries)

Idaho
- Ada County: Idaho Statesman Obituary Index 1968-Present; from the Boise Public Library (update: more years added)

Indiana
- Harrison County Public Library Obituary Index

Kansas
- Crawford County Vital Statistics Database - Birth and Death Records 1886-1911 and Tombstone Transcriptions 1860-1976
- Johnson County Cemeteries (also includes some cemeteries in nearby Kansas and Missouri counties)
- Rice County: Sterling Cemetery Burials

Maine
- Knox County: Camden Public Library Local Cemetery Database
- Oxford County: Brownfield Cemetery Burials

Massachusetts
- Berkshire County Probate Guide and Index 1761-1900
- Dukes County History and Genealogy for the Town of Tisbury and the Island of Martha's Vineyard (includes some cemetery burials, marriage indexes and death indexes)
- Franklin Coounty Probate Guide and Index 1812-1925

Michigan
- Delta County Death Records Index 1865-2009
- Leelanau County Cemeteries
- Sanilac County: Sandusky District Library Obituary Database and Cemetery Records

Minnesota
- Crow Wing County: Evergreen Cemetery Association Directory of the Dead - Burials (Brainerd, MN)
- Stearns County: St. Cloud Daily Times Obituary Index 1928-recent

Missouri - St. Louis
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch Obituary Index: covers 1880-1930, 1942-1945, 1960-1969, and 1992-2010 (update: more years added)
- Westliche Post Obituaries Index 1879-1890 (some months missing); St. Louis German-language newspaper; (update: more years added)
- St. Louis City Wills Index, Books M-X (1877-1894) and Books Y–J2 (1895-1904); (update: more years added)
- St. Louis City Recorder - Gatewood Gardens Cemetery Index and Washington Park North Reinterments (update: Washington Park Cemetery North Reinterment Index added)

See: Online St. Louis, Missouri Death Records, Indexes & Obituaries

Montana
- Missoula County: Missoula City Cemetery Burials

Nevada
- Carson City Recorder Genealogy Indexes (includes birth and death records indexes 1887-1957)

New Jersey
- Bergen County New Jersey Cemeteries

New York
- Tompkins County Public Library: Indexes for Birth and Death Notices, Obituaries and Gravestone Inscriptions

North Carolina
- Davidson County: Lexington Dispatch Obituaries Indexes
- Madison County Newspaper Obituaries from the Early 1900s - circa 1910-1930s (not complete)

Ohio
- The Ohio list was posted separately at: Recently Added Ohio Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemetery Burials

Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County: Pittsburgh City Deaths, 1870-1905 from FamilySearch (includes scanned images of the death records)
- Blair County: Alto-Reste Park Cemetery Burials (Altoona, PA)
- Butler County: Butler Area Public Library Online Obituary Database 1818-2010 (update: more years added)
- Erie County Public Library Obituary Index 1822-recent
- Northampton County: Bangor Daily News Genealogy Index 1917-1990 (for births, marriages, obituraries, and more)
- Philadelphia County: Laurel Hill Cemetery Burials (Philadelphia)

South Dakota
- Moody County Historical Society Cemetery Database

Utah
- Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949 from FamilySearch

Vermont
- Bennington Town Clerk Cemetery and Genealogy Indexes (includes deaths 1763-1850 and other indexes)

Virginia
- Fairfax County Genealogy and Historical Records Finding Aids (includes death certificate index 1912-1917; will books indexes 1742-1935; marriage book indexes 1853-1957; and other indexes)

Washington
- Cowlitz County Genealogy Indexes (includes indexes for cemeteries, probate records and wills)

Wisconsin
- Richland County: Newspaper Index of Names with Local Interest 1855-1900 (includes birth, marriage and death notices)
- Winnebago County: Riverside Cemetery Burials, 1841-1908, an incomplete list
- Winnebago County: Winneconne Cemetery Burials
- Winnebago County: Oakhill Cemetery Burials (Neenah, WI)

See: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries

Recently Added Ohio Death Records Indexes and Cemetery Burials

2011-09-27T12:12:00.001-06:00

Links to the items listed below were recently updated or added to: Online Ohio Death Records Indexes and Cemetery Burials

Ohio - General
- Ohio Obituaries Index 1810s-recent from the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center (update: more counties added)

Cleveland and Cincinnati
- Cuyahoga County: Lake View Cemetery Burials (Cleveland)
See: Online Cleveland & Cuyahoga County, Ohio Death Records & Indexes

- Hamilton County: Cincinnati Birth and Death Records 1865-1912 - includes digital images (update: more records added; database is now nearly finished)
- Hamilton County: Cincinnati Catholic Cemetery Society Search Burial Records (includes: St. Mary Catholic Cemetery, St. Joseph Old Catholic Cemetery, St. John Catholic Cemetery, Baltimore Pike Cemetery)
See: Online Cincinnati & Hamilton County, Ohio Death Records & Indexes

Ohio Counties
- Butler County: Greenwood Cemetery Burials (Hamilton, OH)
- Bulter County Cemeteries and Other Genealogy Indexes
- Erie County: Milan Cemetery Burials (Milan, Ohio)
- Franklin County Cemeteries - Gravestone Photos (includes many old and abandoned cemeteries)
- Miami County Genealogy Indexes (includes cemetery, probate and marriage indexes; from the Troy Historical Society)
- Perry County Probate Death Index 1867-1908
- Ross County Probate Court Archives - Genealogy Indexes (includes death records index 1888-1908, probate index 1798-1910, marriage records indexes, and other items)

For links to the above items and more Ohio death indexes, see:
Online Ohio Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemetery Burials

Online Indexes for Death Records, Cemeteries and Obituaries (USA) - Latest Additions

2011-07-12T09:06:00.004-06:00

The Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records website has been updated with links to the following items...

Arizona
- Arizona Death Records Index 1844-1960 & Birth Index 1855-1935 (update: year 1960 added for deaths; 1935 added for births)

Arkansas
- Washington County Cemeteries
- Yell County Obituaries

California
- Los Angeles County: Long Beach History Index (includes some obituaries)
- Los Angeles County: Pioneer Cemetery Roster (in Sylmar, CA) from the San Fernando Valley Historical Society

See: Online Los Angeles County Death Indexes, Records and Obituaries

- San Francisco County Probate Index 1906-1940

Colorado
- Park County Local History Archives - Genealogy Indexes (includes indexes for obituaries and marriages)
- Routt County History and Genealogy Indexes (includes: Routt County Burial Index and Database of Deceased Steamboat Springs Veterans)

Connecticut
- Hartford County: Ancient Burying Ground of Hartford - Burial List
- New Haven County: Uptown Burial Ground (Derby, CT)
- New Haven County: Oxford Cemetery Project

Delaware
- New Castle County: Catholic Diocese of Wilmington Burial Database Search (update: 2 cemeteries added)

District of Columbia
- District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1959 at FamilySearch (includes index and digitized images of the death certificates)

Florida
- Charlotte County: Scanned Cemetery Books (includes one book for DeSoto County)

Georgia
- Glynn County Genealogy Indexes (includes some cemetery burials, obituaries and other items)

Indiana
- Indiana Resources from the Allen Public Library Genealogy Center (includes assorted cemetery or other death indexes for Adams, Allen, Grant, Hancock, Hendricks, Huntington, Jay, Madison, Marion, Noble, Posey, Wabash, Wells, and Whitley Counties)

Kansas
- Anderson County Genealogy Indexes and Obituaries (includes some obituary transcriptions from the Anderson County Advocate)
- Doniphan County Cemetery Burials

Louisiana
- Caddo Parish: City of Shreveport Cemeteries Database (includes: Greenwood Cemetery, Jewella Cemetery, Oakland Cemetery and Star Cemetery)

Maine
- York County: Obituaries Index for Sanford and Springvale Newspapers 1890s-present

Massachusetts
- Middlesex County: City of Newton Genealogy Indexes (includes Death Indexes 1635-1899)

Michigan
- Allegan County Genealogy Indexes (includes obituaries indexes and death certificates from Old Douglas Hospital)
- Isabella County: Riverside Cemetery Records (City of Mt. Pleasant)
- Wayne County: Detroit and Nearby: Mt. Elliott Cemetery Association Genealogy Search; See: Online Detroit and Wayne County Death Records & Indexes

Minnesota
- Blue Earth County: Mankato Free Press (and its predecessor newspapers) Obituaries Index (for assorted years with some gaps)
- Hennepin and Ramsey Counties: Minneapolis and St. Paul Death Records Index 1866-1916 (from FamilySearch)
- Olmsted County: Woodlawn Cemetery Burial Index (Stewartville, MN)

Missouri
- Missouri Death Certificates Index and Images 1910-1960 (update: year 1960 added)
- Polk County Genealogical Society Obituaries Index
- Schuyler County Cemeteries

New Jersey
- Morris County: Orchard Street Cemetery Records - Cornish Burials (Dover, NJ area)

New York
- Chemung County Library Obituaries Indexes (for various years)
- Erie County Cemeteries: Indexes To Select Death Notices From The Buffalo, NY Area
- Ontario County: Victor Village Cemetery Index
- Steuben County Obituaries Index

North Carolina
- North Carolina Deaths 1931-1994 (index only) from FamilySearch
- County Records in the North Carolina State Archives (includes estate indexes for: Avery, Clay, Columbus, Gaston, Polk, Sampson, Swain, and Washington counties; and wills indexes for Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Cherokee, Cumberland, Davidson, Forsyth, Greene, Haywood, Hyde, Jackson, Mecklenburg, Pamlico, Richmond, Rowan, Stokes, and Wilkes counties) coverage varies by county

- Harnett County Public Library Obituary and Cemetery Burials Search
- New Hanover County Register of Deeds Death Certificates Index (also has indexes for Birth Certificates and Marriage Records)
- Randolph County: Asheboro Courier and Courier-Tribune Newspapers Obituaries Index 1903-1985

Ohio
- Hamilton County: Cincinnati Birth and Death Records, 1865-1912 for surnames "A" through "Fill" (more being added); includes digital images; See: Online Cincinnati & Hamilton County, Ohio Death Records & Indexes

- Lorain County: Westwood Cemetery Gravestone Inventory Database (in Oberlin, Ohio)
- Sandusky County: McPherson Cemetery Burials (Clyde, Ohio)
- Summit County: Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library Obituary Index

Oklahoma
- Choctaw County Genealogy Indexes and Obituaries (includes obituaries from the Hugo Daily News, December 2003-June 2006)
- Creek County: Sapulpa Herald Obituary Index 1987-1995
- Oklahoma County: Edmond Newspapers Obituaries Index

Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County: McKeesport and Versailles Cemetery Burials
- Bedford County Historical Society: Pioneer Library Obituary Index
- Cambria County: Grandview Cemetery Burials (Johnstown, Pennsylvania)
- Northumberland County: Mount Carmel Area Public Library Obituary Index

South Carolina
- Greenville County Probate Search (recent)

South Dakota
- Lawrence County: Mt. Moriah Cemetery Burials (City of Deadwood)

Tennessee
- Knox County: Knoxville Obituaries Index 1991-present

Texas
- Cass County Cemeteries
- Fort Bend County Libraries Obituary Database
- Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel Newspaper Obituary Index 1971 to present
- Nacogdoches County: Cason Monk-Metcalf Digitized Funeral Registers 1900-1952
- Shelby County Genealogy Indexes (includes indexes for deaths, cemeteries, funeral homes and marriages)

Utah
- Utah County: Spanish Fork Cemetery Burials Search

Vermont
- Vermont Vital Records at FamilySearch (complete for 1871-1908; more years being added; includes town clerk transcriptions of births, marriages and deaths)

Virginia
- Arlington County: Preserve and Honor Arlington Cemetery Burials (includes gravestone photographs for Afghanistan and Iraq War burials at Arlington Cemetery)
- Arlington County: Jewish Burials at Arlington National Cemetery
- Lynchburg Obituaries Index 1837-1930 and Funeral Homes Index (from the Jones Memorial Library)

Washington
- Adams County Obituaries 1898-1964
- Whatcom County: Bayview Cemetery Records (in Bellingham) not yet complete

Wisconsin
- Calumet County Cemeteries and Genealogy Indexes
- Columbia County Cemeteries and Obituaries Indexes
- Fond du Lac County: Campbellsport Area Cemeteries
- Sheboygan County: City of Plymouth Cemeteries (for Woodlawn and Union Cemeteries)
- Sheboygan County: Immaculate Conception Cemetery Burials (in Sheboygan, WI)
- Sheboygan County Cemeteries and Genealogy Indexes

Wyoming
- Laramie County: Cheyenne Cemetery Burials; includes Lakeview Cemetery, Beth El Cemetery, International Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) Cemetery, Serenity Gardens (Columbarium), Mount Olivet (Catholic Cemetery), and Mount Sinai (Jewish Cemetery)
- Laramie County: Cheyenne Genealogical and Historical Society Vital Records Indexes (includes indexes for obituaries, Carpenter Cemetery burials, and Laramie County marriage records)

See: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries

Online Birth and Marriage Records Indexes (USA) - Latest Additions

2011-05-24T10:12:00.000-06:00

Links to the items listed below have been added to: Online Birth and Marriage Records Indexes or its supplementary state webpages.

Arkansas
- Craighead County: Marriage and Divorce Records Indexes

California
- California Birth Index 1905-1995
- San Mateo County Marriages Index 1853-1965
- Tulare County Marriage Indexes 1852-1909
See: Online California Vital Records Indexes

Colorado
- Douglas County Marriage Search 1874-current
- Ouray County Marriage License Index 1877-2010
- Pitkin County Marriage Records 1882-1930
See: Colorado Genealogy Records and Indexes on the Internet

Florida
- Florida: Search Official Records (public records search for about 60 Florida counties; includes some marriages; coverage varies by county)
See: Online Florida Vital Records Indexes

Georgia
- Muscogee County, Georgia Marriage Database 1845-1905
- Muscogee County Marriage Database 1845-1878 and Birth Register Database 1890-1900

Illinois
- Champaign County Historical and Genealogical Index (indexes some marriage licenses and other records)

Indiana
- Indiana Marriage Index 1993-2004 (update: 2 years added)
See: Online Indiana Vital Records Indexes

Iowa
- Scott County Genealogy Index; Davenport Area (indexes marriages, census records, obituaries and other items)

Kansas
- Sedgwick County Marriage Affidavits Index (9 May 1870 to 25 Nov. 1933)

Louisiana
- Tangipahoa Parish: Clerk of Court - Marriages 1975-present

Maine
- Maine Marriage Index 1892-2009, except 1967-1976 (update: more years added)

Michigan
- Charlevoix County: Marriage Records Search
- Clinton County Marriage Record Search
- Emmet County Marriage Record Search 1857-recent

Mississippi
- Itawamba Historical Society Online Archives (includes marriage book abstracts 1837-1856, and other items)
- Lauderdale County: Online Bookshelf (includes women's marriage records index 1838-1940)
- Pike County Marriage License Search

Missouri
- Boone County Marriage License Search c.1980s-recent
- Daviess County Marriage Index 1837-1898 and Divorce Index 1842-1896
- Greene County Marriage Records Search
- Howard County Marriage Records Indexes
- McDonald County: Mariage Licenses Index, October 1865 to December 2009
See: Online Missouri Vital Records Indexes

New Jersey
- New Jersey Marriage Records Indexes 1665-1799 and 1848-1878 (update: more years added)

New York
- Monroe County: City of Rochester Historic Marriage Records Search 1876-1943 (update: more years added)
See: New York Vital Records Indexes & Genealogy Records on the Internet

North Carolina
- Mecklenburg County Divorce Index 1846-1969
See: North Carolina Vital Records Indexes on the Internet

Ohio
- Cuyahoga County Birth Corrections (1873-1908), and Affidavits (1860-1897)
- Hamilton County Probate Court - Archived Records Search (includes wills, estates, birth index books, marriages and other records)
- Lake County Marriage Records Index 1840-1915
See: Online Ohio Vital Records Indexes

Oklahoma
- Creek County Marriage Index November 1907-March 1921
- Oklahoma County Marriage Records Index 1889-1951

Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia City Marriage Records Search (recent)

Tennessee
- Nashville and Davidson County Records Online (inlcudes links to marriage indexes and many other items)
- Knox County Marriage Records Index 1901-1950

Texas
- Dallas County Marriage Records Search 1964-present
See: Online Texas Vital Records Indexes

Wisconsin
- Langlade County Birth Records Index to 1909
- Milwaukee County Marriage Certificates 1822-1876

See: Online Birth and Marriage Records Indexes

Online Indexes for Cemeteries, Obituaries and Death Records - Latest Additions

2011-02-04T09:02:00.002-07:00

The Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records website has been updated with links to the following items...

California
- Santa Barbara County Cemeteries
- Santa Clara County: Los Gatos Death Certificates 1868-1920

Colorado
- Denver County: Riverside Cemetery Block 12 Burials (identifies over 7000 graves in the potter's field section of Riverside Cemetery)
- Denver County: Riverside Cemetery African-American Burials (over 5200 listings)
- Colorado Cemetery Indexing Project: Individuals Interred in Small Colorado Burial Sites

Delaware
- Delaware Death Records and Index 1855-1955 at FamilySearch

Florida
- Nassau County Cemeteries and Obituaries
- Orange County: Carey Hand Funeral Home Records (Orlando and central Florida area)

Illinois
- Champaign County Historical and Genealogical Index (indexes some obituaries, death notices and other records)
- DuPage County: Villa Park Argus Obituary Index 1931-recent

Indiana
- Carroll County Historical Museum Genealogy Databases (includes wills 1830-1991 and Zion Cemetery burials)
- Cass County: Logansport City Cemeteries Burial Search
- Elkhart County Genealogy Indexes (includes cemeteries, probate files and wills)
- Howard County Memory Project (includes cemeteries, funeral notices and more)
- Marshall County: Plymouth Pilot Obituary Index
- St. Joseph County Genealogy Indexes (includes idexes for burial permits, coroner's records, cemetery inscriptions and more)
- Starke County Family History: Deaths, Coroner's Reports and more
- Switzerland County: Vevay Newspaper Index of births, marriages & deaths (update: more years added)

Iowa
- Jasper County: City of Newton - Union Cemetery Burials

Kansas
- Butler County Cemeteries (also has some obituaries and wills)

Massachusetts
- Barnstable County: Falmouth Genealogical Society Obituaries Index (1990-2009) and Cemetery Transcription Project
- Suffolk County: Zimmer Newspaper Index Digitization Project 1878-1937 (An index to some Massachusetts newspaper articles: "The Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Boston Journal, and Boston Transcript were the papers which were indexed most consistently." Includes some obituaries.)
- Worcester County: Evergreen Cemetery Burials (Leominster, Massachusetts)

Michigan
- Berrien County: Niles Obituaries Index
- Charlevoix County: Death Records Search
- Oakland County Genealogy Search: Marriage and Death Index 1941-recent

Minnesota
- Blue Earth County Historical Society: Wills Index 1858-1973, and Cemetery Index

Mississippi
- Neshoba County Cemeteries

Missouri
- Bates County Cemeteries
- Greene County: Hall's Index and Items of Genealogical Interest from Springfield Newspapers
- Jefferson County Newspaper Index 1866-1932 - includes birth, marriage and death notices (update: more years added)

New Jersey
- New Jersey Death Records Index, June 1878-June 1886 (update: 2 years added)

New York City
- Kings County, New York Estate Files Index 1866-1923 from FamilySearch
- Queens County: Montefiore Springfield Jewish Cemetery Burials (Springfield Gardens, NY)

See: Online New York City Death Records Indexes and Obituaries

New York State
- Cattaraugus County Cemeteries
- Livingston County: Dansville Obituary Index 1960-present (update: more years added)
- Rensselaer County: Troy, New York Genealogy Indexes (includes newspaper death notices, cemetery burials and more)
- Suffolk County: New Montefiore Jewish Cemetery Burials (West Babylon, New York)
- Westchester County: Larchmont and Mamaroneck Cemeteries

North Carolina
- Wayne County Death Index 1995-2009

Ohio
- Columbiana County: Salem News Obituaries Index 1965-2010, and Grandview Cemetery Association Burial Database
- Greene County Death Records 1869-1909, and Birth Records 1869-1909
- Lake County: Index to Cemetery Inscriptions
- Lake County: Morley Library Obituary Index
- Wayne County Genealogy Databases (includes Early Obituary Abstracts, Veteran's Home Death Records and other items)

- Cuyahoga County: Cleveland City Cemetery Index (also has Cuyahoga Wills & Estates Index 1826-1904) See: Online Cleveland & Cuyahoga County, Ohio Death Records & Indexes

Pennsylvania
- Beaver County: Beaver Cemetery Burials
- Lehigh County: Morning Call Online Obituary Index 1895-1983 (some years not complete; from the Allentown Public Library)
- Northampton County: Easton Area Public Library Obituary Indexes
- Schuylkill County: Pottsville Public Library - Obituaries and Cemeteries Indexes
- Somerset County: Johnstown Tribune-Democrat Obituary Indexes

South Carolina
- Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina - Cemetery Burials

South Dakota
- Minnehaha County: Sioux Valley Genealogical Society Obituaries Index

Tennessee
- Scott County Death Indexes

Utah
- Utah Death Certificates Index 1904-1959 (update: year 1959 added)
- Utah County Obituary Index

Virginia
- Accomac County: Eastern Shore of Virginia Marriage and Death Notices 1881-1912

Washington
- Grays Harbor County: City of Hoquiam Cemetery Burials

Wisconsin
- Eau Claire County: City of Eau Claire Cemetery Records Search (for Forest Hill and Lakeview Cemeteries)
- Portage County: Cemetery Burials and Stevens Point Area Obituary Index 1864-recent

See: Online Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemetery Burials

Naturalization Records and Indexes (USA) - New Additions

2011-01-24T09:31:00.000-07:00

The Online Naturalization Records and Indexes Directory has been updated with the following links...

California
- Contra Costa County Naturalization Records Index
- Orange County: A List of Citizens Naturalized in Orange County from 1889 to 1905
- Santa Barbara County Naturalizations Index
See: Online California Naturalization Records and Indexes

Colorado
- Larimer County Naturalization Index 1885-1958
- Pitkin County Naturalization Records Index 1888-1908

Kansas
- Assorted Kansas U.S. District Court Naturalization Indexes

Illinois
- Carroll County Naturalization Records Indexes
- Cook County Naturalization Database: Declarations of Intention Index, 1906-1929 (not yet complete)
- Madison County: Naturalizations and Intentions of Madison County, Illinois, an Index 1816-1900
- St. Clair County: Index to Declarations and Naturalizations, Circuit Court 1906-c.1945
See: Online Illinois Naturalization Records and Indexes

Minnesota
- Iron Range Research Center - Genealogy Records Database (indexes some naturalization records and alien registration records for some Minnesota counties)
- Fergus Falls, Minnesota: Name Index to Naturalizations (1897-1944)
- Mankato Petitions, Name Index to Petitions ca. 1907-1929 (U.S. District Court)
- Winona Naturalizations, Name index to petitions and declarations of intention 1895-1924 (District courts)

Missouri
- Assorted Missouri U.S. District Court Naturalization Indexes from the Kansas City National Archives Branch

Nebraska
- Assorted Nebraska U.S. District Court Naturalization Indexes

New Jersey
- Monmouth County: Naturalizations Index 1804-1906
- Passaic County: Naturalization Records Search

New York
- Cayuga County Naturalization Records Index 1799-1952 (PDF file)
See: Online New York Naturalization Records and Indexes

Ohio
- Hamilton County Ohio (Cincinnati) Citizenship Records, 1837-1916 (includes transcriptions of original and restored Declarations of Intention to Naturalize and Naturalization papers filed in Hamilton County between circa 1837 and 1916. While a great number of these records were lost, "a significant number survived and others were restored.")

Pennsylvania
- Cambria County Naturalization Records Index 1835-1991
See: Online Pennsylvania Naturalization Records and Indexes

Tennessee
- Knox County Naturalization Index 1792-1907 (includes Knoxville)
- Shelby County Naturalization Records 1856-1906 (partial) -- includes Memphis
- Index to Naturalization Papers, Federal Court, Western District of Tennessee at Memphis 1906-1967 (partial)

Texas
- Travis County Naturalization Records Index (to c. Sept. 1906)

See: Online Searchable Naturalization Indexes and Records

Online Military Records and Indexes Website - Latest Updates

2011-01-03T08:37:00.001-07:00

The Online Military Records, Indexes and Databases of Soldiers Directory has been updated with the following links...

Revolutionary War
- General Section: Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogy Databases
- Illinois: Index to the George Rogers Clark collection of papers pertaining to the Illinois Regiment of Virginia State Forces

Civil War
- General Section: The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (searchable multi-volume scanned Civil War book series)
- Colorado Territory Civil War Volunteer Records
- Connecticut Civil War Manuscripts Project (from the Connecticut Historical Society Library)
- Michigan: Department of Michigan, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (includes databases for graves and GAR records)
- Missouri: State Historical Society of Missouri, the Civil War in Missouri
- Missouri: Index to the List of Union Veterans Buried in and about St. Louis
- New Jersey Civil War Treasury Vouchers, 1861-1865
- North Carolina: Index of Confederate Section Burials at Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, NC

World War I
- Hawaii World War I Service Records - Army and Navy
- Kansas WWI and Military Indexes (includes Kansas World War I Bounty Claims Index and Kansas Soldiers of the Great War)
- Michigan: Kalamazoo County World War One Veterans
- Missouri History Museum: Genealogy Index (includes index of Casualties, European War, July 20, 1918-September 8, 1939; and index of Persons Who Enlisted in St. Louis City and County Who Died in Service)
- Nebraska WWI Draft Registration Cards Database 1917-1918
- New Jersey World War I Casualties Database (includes descriptive cards and photographs)

World War II
- World War II Draft Cards (Fourth Registration) Indexed for Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas and Wisconsin at FamilySearch (includes digitized images)
- Kansas WWII and Military Indexes (includes Kansas World War II Selective Service Index, Kansas World War II Army Casualties, Kansas World War II Oral Histories, Kansas Burials/Memorials at World War II Military Cemeteries Operated by the American Battle Monuments Commission)
- Missouri: St. Louis in World War II Casualties, October 1941-March 1943, scrapbook index
- International Section... Russia: Soviet Union WWII Prisoners of War Database

See: Military Indexes and Records

Online Death Records, Indexes and Obituaries - Latest Additions and Updates

2010-09-07T06:58:00.005-06:00

The Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records Directory has been updated with links to the following items...

Alabama
- Jefferson County: Birmingham Area Newspapers Obituaries Index, 1929-1996 (update: more years added)
- Jefferson County: Oak Hill Memorial Cemetery Interments (Birmingham)

Arizona
- Maricopa County: City of Mesa Cemetery Burials

Arkansas
- Lawrence County Cemeteries

California
- Los Angeles County (and nearby): Forest Lawn Cemetery Burials Database... search is available for the Glendale, Hollywood Hills, Cypress (Orange County), Covina Hills and Cathedral City (Riverside County) locations; See: Online Los Angeles, California Death Records & Indexes

Colorado
- Weld County: Linn Grove Cemetery Burials (Greeley)

Florida
- Hillsborough County Cemeteries

Georgia
- Gordon County Obituaries

Idaho
- Canyon County, Idaho, Headstone Photos and Obituaries Project

Illinois
- Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths 1916-1947 from FamilySearch Beta
- Ogle County (and nearby): Polo Area Cemetery Records of Ogle, Lee, Carroll and Whiteside Counties
- Peoria County Cemeteries
- St. Clair County: O'Fallon Progress Obituary and Marriage Index, Feb 1898-Dec 2007
- Sangamon County: Village of Chatham Cemetery Search

Indiana
- Pre-1882 Indiana Deaths (partial; indexes various sources) from the Allen County Public Library
- Tippecanoe County Area Genealogy Society Death and Obituaries Indexes (includes Lafayette Leader Obituary Index 1970-1990 and Tippecanoe County Death Records Index 1882-1920)
- Vanderburgh County: Evansville Newspaper Index 1821 to 1860 (includes death notices)
- Wabash County: Wabash Plain Dealer Obituary Index 2000-2008
- White County: Local Obituaries Brookston, Indiana 1986 to 2004

Kansas
- Washington County: City of Washington Cemetery Burials

Kentucky
- Carter County Cemeteries, Transcribed Records and Images (includes some death certificates and obituaries)

Maine
- Maine Death Index 1960-2009 at the Maine State Archives (update: more years added)
- York County: Biddeford Area Biographical Resource (includes some references to obituaries and death notices)
- York County: South Berwick Cemetery Databases

Massachusetts
- Essex County: City of Gloucester Vital Records and Cemetery Indexes
- Middlesex County: Wakefield Death Record Search 1873-1875 and 1913-2009
- Middlesex County: Deaths in Waltham from City Directories 1912-1960

Michigan
- Livingston County Death and Marriage Records Indexes 1950-present
- Muskegon County Genealogical Society Databases (includes cemeteries, obituaries and more)
- Wayne County: Livonia Public Library Obituary Index

Minnesota
- Anoka County Cemeteries

Missouri
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch Death Index (Obituaries, etc.), 1975-June 1977; See: Online St. Louis, Missouri Death Records, Indexes & Obituaries

New York
- Essex County: Willsboro Heritage Society Cemetery Burial Lists
- Monroe County: Mt. Hope & Riverside Cemetery Records Search (Rochester)

Ohio
- Cleveland: Jewish Independent Obituary Index; See: Online Cleveland & Cuyahoga County, Ohio Death Records & Indexes

Oregon
- Early Oregonians Database 1800-1860 (includes death information for some entries)

Pennsylvania
- McKean County: Bradford Era Obituary Index 1935-1995

Tennessee
- Tennessee Death Records Index 1914-1955 from FamilySearch Beta

Vermont
- Addison County: Starksboro Cemeteries

Virginia
- Petersburg: City of Petersburg Virginia - Blandford Cemetery Records

For links to the above items see: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries

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130 Years of the Beine Family in America

2010-07-12T13:31:00.001-06:00

July 12, 1880 - July 12, 2010

Binn? Beim? Beine? Just how do you spell my last name? (If you want to know how to pronounce it, see Megan Smolenyak's book, Who Do You Think You Are, page 47). When I was looking for the ship passenger list for my immigrant Beine family, this is what I encountered:

Germans to America (Vol. 36, page 26) lists the family with the surname Binn. The Philadelphia passenger lists index (National Archives microfilm roll M360-7) lists the family members with the surname Beim. Well, they almost got it right. It was the Philadelphia index that actually led me to the passenger list, which I found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City in 2002. Here are the details...

Ship: SS Pennsylvania
Arrived: July 12, 1880 in Philadelphia from Liverpool
Ship's Captain: Harris
335 total passengers

The Beine family are on pages 1 and 2:

Augt. Beine, 40, male, labourer, Germany (August)
Mrs. Beine, 39, female, wife, Germany (Christine)
Augt., 11, male, child, Germany (August)
Elisabeth, 9, female, child, Germany
Anna, 7, female, child, Germany
Johannis, 5, male, child, Germany
Augt., 4, female, child, Germany (Augusta)
Anton, 2, male, child, Germany
Helen, -, female, infant, Germany

From: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at the Port of Philadelphia; FHL Microfilm Roll #419674 (National Archives Microfilm Roll #M425-100)

August and Mrs. (Christine) Beine are my great great grandparents. Their son, August, is my great grandfather. They left their oldest daughter, Christine, behind. I don't know much about Christine's life, but I do know that she married, had 3 children and died before her father did. She's listed in her father's will as "Christina Jakob (deceased)." So I know her married name, but not her husband's first name. I only have three records that mention the youngest child, Helena - her German baptismal record, the family's German emigration record and the Philadelphia passenger list (above). After that she disappears. There's no indication she died on the voyage. I'm assuming she died while still an infant after the family settled in Missouri. But I've never been able to find a death or burial record for her.

August and Christine had one more child, William, after arriving in the United States. William's World War II draft registration card gives his place of birth as Silica, Missouri. That ended up being an important clue that showed the family first settled in Jefferson County, Missouri before moving to St. Louis.

My great great grandfather, August Beine, was a coal miner in Germany and became one in the U.S. as well. Once settled in St. Louis, he worked in coal mines across the Mississippi River in Illinois, where he eventually lived. The 1910 census shows August, Christine, William, and a grandson, Fred, living in Looking Glass Township/New Baden Village, Illinois. August died in 1913, Christine in 1925. They are buried in Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery in St. Louis.

August Beine was born in 1839 in a small German village called Grosseneder. His wife, Christine Walter (born 1840), is from another small German village called Siddinghausen. I visited both villages in 1995. The couple was married in Stoppenberg, which was then a suburb and is now a part of, the German city of Essen. Their children (except William) were baptized in the St. Nikolaus Catholic Church there.

So July 12, 2010 is the 130th anniversary of this Beine family's arrival in the United States. I propose a celebration involving German beer. Prost!

For more information on my Beine immigrant family see:
How I Found Some Genealogy Records for My German Ancestors

Sources used for this article - 130 Years of the Beine Family in America

Online Death Records and Indexes - New Additions and Updates

2010-06-01T08:56:00.002-06:00

The Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records Directory has been updated with links to the following items...

Arizona
- Arizona Death Records Index 1844-1959 & Birth Index 1855-1934 (update: year 1959 added for deaths; 1934 added for births)

Arkansas
- Garland County: Hot Springs Sentinel-Record Obituaries Index (ongoing project) also has some cemetery transcriptions and links to obituary indexes for nearby counties

California
- San Mateo County: Cypress Lawn Cemetery Burials (Colma, CA)
- Santa Clara County Archives (includes indexes for some probate cases, wills and coroner inquests)

Connecticut
- Connecticut Archives 1629-1820 - Indexes (includes Estates of Deceased Persons 1640-1820, and other genealogy indexes)

Delaware
- Sussex County: Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred Cemetery Survey

Florida
- Pinellas County Public Records Search (c.1980s to present; includes a probate court index, death certificates index and other items)

Georgia
- Troup County Cemetery Database

Idaho
- Ada County: City of Boise Cemetery Burials (for Fort Boise Military Cemetery, Morris Hill Cemetery and Pioneer Cemetery)

Illinois
- Christian County: Oak Hill Cemetery Burials (Taylorville)
- Cook County: Glenview Public Library Obituary Index; See: Online Chicago and Cook County Death Records and Indexes
- Montgomery County Historical Society - Genealogy Research Databases (includes death certificate index 1877-1950; obituary index 1980-2008; cemetery burials index and more)
- Sangamon County: Oak Ridge Cemetery Interment Records, March 1858-1940 in Springfield, IL (update: more years added)

Indiana
- Clark County: Obituary and Death Notices Index 1872-1900
- Clinton County: Genealogy Obituary Records (from the Frankfort Community Public Library)
- Floyd County: New Albany-Floyd County Public Library Newspaper Index (includes obituaries)
- Hendricks County: Brownsburg Public Library Obituary Finder
- Hendricks County: Probate Records of Hendricks County, Indiana 1824-1930 (not yet complete)

Iowa
- Cherokee County: Oak Hill Cemetery Burials (Cherokee, Iowa)

Kansas
- Franklin County Genealogy Indexes
- Harvey County: Bethel College Mennonite Library and Archives Obituaries Indexes
- Rush County: Obituary Index for Rush County Newspapers 1874-1939

Maine
- Jewish Burials: State-wide Index for Some Jewish Cemeteries in Maine
- Cumberland County: Westbrook Historical Society Genealogy Indexes (includes cemetery transcriptions and more)
- Oxford County GenWeb Archives - Includes Some Cemeteries
- Oxford County: Andover Maine Genealogy Indexes (includes cemeteries and death indexes)

Maryland
- Maryland Portal to Court Records: Estate Search
- Frederick County: Reformed Cemetery Burials (Knoxville, Maryland)

Massachusetts
- Middlesex County: Cemeteries of Littleton, Massachusetts

Michigan
- Kalamazoo Valley Genealogical Society: Historical Records (inlcudes Foreign Deaths 1931–2002, and other items; also has PDF files for two large cemeteries)
- Oakland County: Clover Hill Park Cemetery Burials (Jewish Cemetery in Birmingham, MI)

Minnesota
- Carver County Newspaper Index Search (includes death notices)

Mississippi
- Hancock County Historical Society Genealogy Indexes (includes indexes for some obituaries, cemetery burials and other items)
- Itawamba County Book of the Dead - Cemetery Burials
- Lee County Cemeteries
- Lincoln-Lawrence-Franklin Regional Library - Genealogy Indexes (includes obituaries, cemeteries and more)

Missouri
- Missouri Death Certificates Index and Images 1910-1959 (update: year 1959 added)
- Adair County: Obituaries & Death Notices Index for the Kirksville Daily Express, March 1979-2009 (update: more years added)
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch Obituary Index (update - more years added: 1965, 1966, 2009); See: Online St. Louis, Missouri Death Records, Indexes & Obituaries

New Hampshire
- Cheshire County: Vital Records of Keene, New Hampshire

New York
- Madison County Cemeteries
- Onondaga County: Skaneateles Historical Society Archives - Genealogy Indexes (includes newspaper death indexes and some cemetery burials)
- Rockland County Cemetery Records and Funeral Homes (update: funeral homes index added)

North Carolina
- Union County Public Library Obituary Indexes (for Monroe and Marshville Newspapers)

Ohio
- Mahoning County: Goshen Township Cemetery Burials

Oregon
- Lane County: Eugene Pioneer Cemetery Burials

Pennsylvania
- Clearfield County Death Registrations 1893-1905 (not yet complete - more being added)
- Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society Obituaries Index (most are from the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal)

South Carolina
- Chesterfield County: Cheraw Chronicle & Chesterfield Advertiser Obituary Archive 2003-recent (not complete)

Tennessee
- Tennessee Death Index 1914-1931 (update: year 1931 added)

Vermont
- Windsor County: Cemeteries, Obituaries and Death Notices Indexes (from the Hartford Historical Society)

Virginia
- Prince William Public Library System's Digital Library - Genealogy Indexes (includes births, marriage, deaths, probate records and more)
- Prince William County Indexes (includes cemeteries and obituaries)

Wisconsin
- Dane County: Forest Hill Cemetery Burials (Madison, WI)
- Forest County: Crandon Public Library - Local History Obituary Index 1909-1923, 2001-2003 and 2005-recent (ongoing project)
- Marathon County Cemeteries
- Pierce County Cemeteries

See: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries

Death and Burial Indexes at FamilySearch Record Search

2010-05-03T14:18:00.006-06:00

As part of their recent update adding 300 million names, FamilySearch Record Search has added several databases that index some death and burial records for various states. See the list below. The update also includes many indexes for Births, Christenings and Marriages for various states. You can access these indexes and many more genealogy indexes at: FamilySearch Historical Records Search

While these death and burial indexes are not necessarily complete, they do contain numerous listings that may be helpful for genealogy research.

Recently Added Death and Burial Indexes at FamilySearch:

Arizona Deaths and Burials, 1910-1911; 1993-1994
Arkansas Deaths and Burials, 1882-1929; 1945-1963
Delaware Deaths and Burials, 1815-1955
District of Columbia Deaths and Burials, 1840-1964
Florida Deaths and Burials, 1900-1921
Hawaii Deaths and Burials, 1862-1919
Idaho Deaths and Burials, 1907-1965
Kansas Deaths and Burials, 1885-1930
Kentucky Deaths and Burials, 1843-1970
Maine Deaths and Burials, 1841-1910
Maryland Deaths and Burials, 1877-1992
New Mexico Deaths and Burials, 1788-1798; 1838-1955
New York Deaths and Burials, 1795-1952
North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994
Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997
Oregon Deaths and Burials, 1903-1947
Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946
Vermont Deaths and Burials, 1871-1965
Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912
West Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1854-1932

For more online death indexes see: Online Death Indexes and Records