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Divorce
Divorce records are handled by the Department of Court Records Civil/Family Division (formerly the office of the Prothonotary). While no on-line indexes or records are available, records may be obtained on site or by correspondence. Department of Court Records Civil/Family Division City-County Building 414 Grant Street, First Floor Pittsburgh PA 15219-2469 Phone: (412)350-4200 Fax: (412)350-5260 civil@alleghenycounty.us

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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)