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Finding Vital Records at Other Repositories

Additional vital records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as  Vital Records in online catalogs like:


 * Historical Society of Pennsylvania
 * WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
 * (For instructions see FHL Catalog Place-name Search).

County-wide Database

 * 1700-1821 – Pennsylvania Marriage Records Ancestry.com – ($) This database is incomplete for all counties.


 * Pre-1810 – Pennsylvania Marriages Ancestry.com – ($) This database is incomplete for all counties. It includes 35,000 marriage records from volume VIII of the second series of the Pennsylvania Archives.

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Birth Indexes


 * FamilySearch Historical Records
 * FamilySearch Historical Records

(CABI) (1905-1995) is available for free at:


 * California Births at Family Tree Legends
 * California Birth Menu at Vitalsearch

For additional information (including the mailing address) on ordering birth, marriage and death certificates from the state of California visit: A comprehensive resource for locating vital records.

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

California, Birth Index (FamilySearchHistorical Records)

Marriage Indexes


 * FamilySearch Historical Records
 * FamilySearch Historical Records
 * FamilySearch Historical Records
 * California Marriages 1949-1986, Vitalsearch

A wiki article describing this collection is found at:

California County Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Death Records
Early to 1905

The Family History Library has been acquiring microfilmed copies of the original records from many counties. For example, the Family History Library has microfilms of death records (1877-1905, indexed 1873-1920). You can also write to each County Recorder for information.

1905 - Present

 Death Indexes  (CADI) (1940-1997) is available for free at:


 * California Death Indexes
 * California Death Index
 * California Death Index Family Tree Legends
 * Rootsweb Death Search
 * Pre 1905 California Death Index Project

The death index includes: Deceased's full name, date of birth and country or state of birth, death date and death place in California, Social Security Number, and mother's maiden name.

Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:


 * California, Death Index, 1905-1939 (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * California Death Index, 1940-1997 (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * California, San Joaquin, County Public Library Obituary Index File (FamilySearch Historical Records)