United States Deceased Physician File (AMA) - FamilySearch Historical Records

United States

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains a name index and images of the deceased physician card file from the American Medical Association (AMA), which are physician biographic records of decedent records from 1864 to 1968. This file contains names for deceased physicians in the USA with a few names from Canada.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records: • 2

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * The name of your ancestor
 * The state and county where your ancestor lived
 * The approximate age and birth place of your ancestor
 * The approximate death date of your ancestor
 * Where your ancestor practiced medicine

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Add any new information to your records
 * Use the death date and where they practiced to find them in the U.S. federal census records
 * Use the location to find real estate, land records or commercial records
 * Use the death date to find probate or estate records

I Can't Find the Person I'm Looking For, What Now?

 * Look for variant spellings of the names. You should also look for nicknames and abbreviated names
 * Look for another index. Local genealogical and historical societies often have indexes to local records
 * Search the indexes and records of nearby counties
 * Try alternative search methods such as only filling in the surname search box (or the given name search box) on the landing page leaving the other box empty and then click on search. This should return a list of everyone with that particular name. You could then browse the list for individuals that may be your ancestor

Research Helps
The following articles will help you research your family in the United States.
 * United States Guided Research
 * United States Record Finder
 * United States Research Tips and Strategies

Other FamilySearch Collections
These collections may have additional materials to help you with your research.

FamilySearch Catalog

 * Deceased American physicians, 1864-1970
 * Usher Parsons, Sketches of Rhode Island physicians : deceased prior to 1850Providence : Knowles, Anthony & Co., printers, 1859 FS Library microfiche 6071209
 * Thomas Jay Kemp, Physicians' obituaries : an obituary index to the journal of the American Medical Association Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1990 FS Library 973 V42k
 * Lisabeth M. Holloway ; with the assistance of Ernest N. Feind, George N. Holloway, Medical obituaries : American physicians' biographical notices in selected medical journals before 1907 New York, [New York : Garland Pub. Co., 1981 FS Library 973 V32h]

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * Howard A. Kelly., A cyclopedia of American medical biography : comprising the lives of eminent deceased physicians and surgeons from 1610 to 1910 2 volumes. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : W.B. Saunders, 1912

Citing This Collection
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.

Estados Unidos, Arquivos de Médicos Falecidos (AMA) (Registros Históricos do FamilySearch)