Livebrary Guides: Genealogy: Vital Records

Vital Records Information

Vital Records Chart
The year vital record keeping became a requirement in each state.
VitalRec.com
Comprehensive resource for locating US & international birth, marriage and death certificates.
Where To Write For Vital Records
Links to vital record information in all 50 states.
FHL Film Numbers for New York City Vital Records

Index to Birth, Marriage & Death Announcements in the Long Island Advance
Searchable index to the Long Island Advance.
New York State Genealogical Research Death Index 1958-1963
NY City Vital Records on Italian Genealogy Group website
New York City marriage and death index compiled by the Genealogy Federation of Long Island listed under "Databases."
Social Security Death Index
Searchable index to persons with a social security number who died from the early 1960s until three years prior to the current year.
The NYC Historical Vital Records Project
Online access to 13.3 million historical birth, death, and marriage records for NYC

African American Cemeteries and Obituaries
Find A Grave
Interment.net: Cemeteries of the United States
Cemeteries organized by state.
Online Searchable Death Indexes
Links to websites with online death indexes, listed by state and county. Includes death records & certificate indexes, death notices & registers, obituaries, probate indexes, and cemetery & burial records.