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Ancestors at Rest - Find Free Death Records

Coffin plates, funeral cards, death cards, wills, memorial cards, cemeteries, vital stats, obituaries, church records, family bibles, cenotaphs and tombstone inscriptions.

BMD Certificate Exchange Site - The place to list all your unwanted Birth, Marriage or Death Certificates, Will Transcriptions, etc.

For people to list any birth, marriage or death certificates that they may have acquired in error. The service is free. If you find a certificate, e-mail addresses are supplied to contact the person who owns the certificate.

Certificate Sharing

A free website that allows you to share birth, death and marriage certificate information with others.

Death Record FlowChart

What if your ancestor died after 1945? Here is a flowchart that shows the interrelated information possible in various Death Records. Browse the rest of the site for more research techniques and ideas. From ShoeString Genealogy.

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Visitors contribute death record information to this site.

eBay Listings: Births, Marriages, Deaths

Online auction service for buying & selling.

Family Tree Connection - Death Records

Search the listings for free, view full details with a fee-based subscription.

FamilySearch.org - Free Family History and Genealogy Records

Genealogy Roots Blog: Searching for Death Records - A Brief Overview

Article about finding and ordering USA death records, including information about online indexes, obituaries, cemeteries, probate records and census mortality schedules.

MyVitalRec.com

Information for ordering by mail or online: birth, death, marriage or divorce.

Online Searchable Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries - A Genealogy Guide

A directory of online death indexes listed by state and county. Included are death records, death certificate indexes, death notices & registers, obituaries, probate indexes, and cemetery & burial records. Also included is information about searching the Social Security Death Index online.

Parish and Vital Records List

A list of indexed church and vital records available from the LDS Family History Library.

Vital Records for U.S. Research -- The Records Room

Vital Records US

Information and guidelines on acquiring vital records information in the United States. Includes state and county contact and pricing information.

VitalChek

Certified copies of birth certificates, death certificates, marriage certificates and other vital records.

vitalrec.com - Vital Records Information

Resources to help you obtain a birth certificate, death record, marriage license and more by mail or online.

World Genealogy Records

A place to search for wedding, birth, death and cemetery records and also to post your own family records.

WorldVitalRecords.com - Search All Birth, Marriage And Death Databases $

An inexpensive, growing set of pay-for-use databases. Including vital records, court records, military records, and an extensive collection of newspapers.