Online Birth & Marriage Records Indexes for Genealogy Research

States are listed first, followed by a general section.

Alabama...

Alabama Marriages 1800-1969 for selected counties and years (requires payment)
Alabama Divorce Index 1950-1959 (requires payment)
the above two databases are included in a single subscription at Ancestry, along with an Alabama Death Index 1908-1959

Arizona...

See: Online Arizona Death Records & Indexes includes a link to an AZ birth index

Arkansas...

Arkansas Marriage, Divorce & Death Records Indexes (at Ancestry/requires payment) includes...
- Arkansas Death Index 1914-1950
- Arkansas Divorce Index 1923-1939
- Arkansas Marriage Index 1933-1939
- Arkansas Marriages 1779-1992 (assorted counties)
- Arkansas Marriages 1820-1949 (assorted counties)

Carroll County Marriage Indexes
Craighead County: Marriage and Divorce Records Indexes
Randolph County, Arkansas Marriage Index 1837-2002 also includes other indexes
Union County Marriage Records Index, circa 1800s-1900s
Washington County Marriage Record Search 1845-1941 includes scanned images

California...

For some California birth, marriage and divorce records indexes see...
California Vital Records Indexes - Online Birth, Marriage, Divorce & Death Records
also includes information for ordering California birth, marriage, divorce & death certificates

Colorado...

Colorado Genealogy Resources & Databases - Birth, Marriage and Divorce Records includes links to some county marriage records indexes, early birth indexes and a statewide divorce index, 1880-1939

Connecticut...

Connecticut Marriage Index 1959-2001 (at Ancestry/requires payment) - a subscription also includes:
- Connecticut Divorce Index 1968-1997 (at Ancestry/requires payment)

Delaware...

Delaware Genealogy Databases at Ancestry (at Ancestry/requires payment) includes marriage records 1806-1935, death records 1811-1933, birth records 1800-1932, and more

Florida...

Florida Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001 (requires payment)
Florida Divorce Index 1927-2001 (requires payment)
The above 2 databases are included in a subscription to Ancestry's US records collection, along with a Florida death index 1877-1998

For some individual county listings for Florida marriages see...
Florida Vital Records Indexes - Online Marriage, Divorce & Death Records also includes information for ordering birth, marriage, divorce & death certificates

Georgia...

Georgia Marriages 1699-1944 (at Ancestry/requires payment) click on the link to see a list of counties & years covered

Hawaii...

Hawaii State Archives Genealogy Indexes includes some marriage indexes

Idaho...

Idaho Marriages 1842-1996 select counties & years (at Ancestry/requires payment)

Illinois...

Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763-1900 coverage varies by county
Genealogy Databases from the Illinois State Archives includes probate indexes, Civil War veterans and more
Online Searchable Illinois Naturalization Indexes [on this website]
Champaign County Historical and Genealogical Index indexes some marriage licenses and other records

Chicago & Cook County...
- Online Chicago & Cook County Death Records Indexes, Obituaries & Cemeteries
- Chicago Genealogy Records and Sources on the Internet includes Cook County vital records, Chicago city directories, naturalization records and more

Indiana...

Indiana Vital Records Indexes Online - for Birth, Marriage & Death Records

Iowa...

Iowa Marriages 1851-1900 (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage varies by county/not all counties included
Scott County Genealogy Index (Davenport Area) indexes marriages, census records, obituaries and other items - click on "local index databases" when you get there

Kansas...

Kansas Marriage Index, 1854-1861 not complete

Chase County Marriage Index 1860-1938
Franklin County Assorted Indexes includes marriage index 1858-1895
Greenwood County Marriage Index
Harvey County Marriage License Index 1872-April 1913
Johnson County Marriage License Index & Divorce Index (click "civil" on the menu to search for divorces)
Osage County Marriage Records Index
Sedgwick County Marriage Affidavits Index (9 May 1870 to 25 November 1933)

Kentucky...

Kentucky Marriage Index 1973-2000
Kentucky Vital Records Index includes deaths 1911-1992, marriages & divorces 1973-1993

Kentucky Birth Index 1911-1999 (requires payment) includes some births before 1911
Kentucky Marriage Index 1973-1999 (requires payment)
The above 2 databases are included in an Ancestry subscription, along with a KY death index 1911-2000

Campbell County Marriage License Index when you get there, click "marriage menu," then "inquiry"
Fayette County & Lexington, Kentucky Birth Index 1911-1930
Harrison County Marriage Indexes 1794-1985

Louisiana...

Louisiana Marriage Index 1718-1925 (at Ancestry/requires payment) not complete, but has over 570,000 listings
Caddo Parish & Shreveport Marriage Index, March 3, 1920-present
Orleans Parish...
- Alphabetical Birth Indexes for Orleans Parish 1796-1900 (includes New Orleans)
- Orleans Parish Birth Records Index for births more than 100 years old
- New Orleans, Louisiana Birth Records Index, 1790-1899 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
- Online New Orleans & Orleans Parish Marriage Indexes, Records & Information
- Assorted Indexes of Orleans Parish Court Records
Tangipahoa Parish: Clerk of Court - Marriages 1975-present

Maine...

Maine Marriage Records Index 1892-2009 note: there is a gap from 1967 to 1976

Maine Birth Records 1621-1922 (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage for the early years may be spotty
Maine Marriage Records 1713-1937 (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage for the early years may be spotty
Maine Divorce Records 1798-1891 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
- the above 3 databases are included as part of an Ancestry subscription

Maryland...

Maryland Marriage Records Index 1655-1850 (at Ancestry/requires payment) most Maryland counties are covered

Massachusetts...

Massachusetts Marriages 1633-1850 (at Ancestry/requires payment) covers assorted towns and years

Michigan...

Michigan Marriages 1851-1875 (at Ancestry/requires payment) this database has records for Branch County 1851-1875, Hillsdale County 1851-1865, Jackson County 1851-1867, Kent County 1851-1870 & Wayne County (includes Detroit) 1851-1869

Michigan Births, 1867-1902 - Index and Images from FamilySearch "Name index and images of Michigan statewide birth registration entries."

Charlevoix County: Marriage Records Search
Clinton County Genealogy Records Indexes includes newspaper indexes for births to 1900, marriages 1863-1940
Clinton County Marriage Record Search
Emmet County Marriage Record Search 1857-recent
Grand Traverse County Marriage Record Search
Kent County: Marriage Index for Kent County Marriages 1845-1929
Oakland County Genealogy Search - Marriage and Death Indexes
Saginaw County Marriage Records 1995-present
St. Joseph County Marriage Index 1889-1925

Minnesota...

Minnesota Vital Records Indexes - Online Birth, Marriage, Divorce and Death Indexes also includes information on ordering Minnesota birth and death certificates

Mississippi...

Mississippi Marriage Records Index 1776-1935 (partial) (at Ancestry/requires payment) click on the link to see a list of counties & years covered

Miscellaneous Mississippi Marriage Records Indexes includes indexes for some marriages in these counties: Forrest, Franklin, Greene, Harrison, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lawrence, Marion, Perry, Rankin, and Stone County

Adams County Databases (requires registration) includes marriage index 1940s to present
Harrison County Marriage Records Index
Itawamba Historical Society Online Archives includes marriage book abstracts 1837-1856, and other items
Lauderdale County: Online Bookshelf includes women's marriage records index 1838-1940
Pike County Marriage License Search

Missouri...

Online Missouri Vital Records Indexes: Birth, Marriage and Death
St. Louis Genealogy Records and Resources [on this website] includes links to St. Louis Marriages 1804-1876, and other St. Louis records

Nebraska...

Nebraska Marriages 1856-1898 (at Ancestry/requires payment) indexes some marriages for the following counties for various years: Adams County, Buffalo County, Cuming County, Dodge County, Sarpy County, Washington County
Greater Omaha Genealogy Society Marriage Indexes Has some marriage indexes for Brown County, Cass County, Dodge County, Douglas County (Omaha), Hall County, Keya Paha County, Rock County, Sarpy County, Saunders County, Thurston County, and Wayne County; also has indexes for Omaha Births and Omaha Obituaries.

Nevada...

Nevada Marriage Index Database 1956-2005 (at Ancestry/requires payment) contains these 2 indexes...
- Clark County (including Las Vegas) Marriage Index 1956-1966
- Nevada Statewide Index to Marriages 1966-2005 (including Las Vegas)
Nevada Divorce Index 1968-2005 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
Nevada Birth Index 1975-1994 (at Archives.com/requires payment)

Carson City Marriage Records Index
Clark County: Las Vegas Marriage Records Index Search Do you know someone who was married in a drunken stupor by an Elvis lookalike? You can find out here. And yes, you can find Britney Spears in this database.
Washoe County Marriage Records Search includes Reno

New Hampshire...

for New Hampshire Early Birth Records and a Marriage Index - see the FamilySearch section below

New Jersey...

New Jersey Marriage Records Indexes 1665-1799 and 1848-1878
New Jersey Marriage Records, 1683-1802 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
Monmouth County Marriage Index 1790-1890

New Mexico...

Assorted Online Indexes from the New Mexico Genealogical Society includes some marriage records for Colfax, Grant, Luna, Mora & Rio Arriba Counties
New Mexico Marriages 1727-1900 (at Ancestry/requires payment) for assorted years and counties
New Mexico Genealogy Records & Resources
Valencia County: Belen Genealogy Records Database

New York...

For some New York marriage records by county see...
New York Vital Records Indexes - Online Birth, Marriage & Death Records also includes information for ordering birth, marriage, divorce & death certificates

Online New York Naturalization Indexes [on this website]

North Carolina...

North Carolina Vital Records Indexes - Online Birth, Marriage & Death Records also includes information on ordering North Carolina birth & death certificates

North Dakota...

Cass County Marriage License Index 1870s-1944 also has a divorce index
Grand Forks County Marriage License Search, Nov 1875 - June 1925

Ohio...

For some Ohio marriage records by county see...
- Ohio Vital Records Indexes - Online Birth, Marriage & Death Records also includes information on ordering Ohio birth & death certificates

Oklahoma...

Creek County Marriage Index November 1907-March 1921
Oklahoma County Marriage Records Index 1889-1951 (includes Oklahoma City)

Oregon...

Oregon Marriage Indexes 1906-2008 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
Oregon Genealogical Information Locator from the Oregon State Archives; includes Portland Birth Index 1881-1902, and many other items
Multnomah County Marriage Records Index 1855-1907

Pennsylvania...

Pennsylvania Vital Records Indexes Online - for Birth, Marriage & Death Records

Rhode Island...

Rhode Island Births, 1636-1930 (index) (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage varies by place
Rhode Island Marriages, 1636-1930 (index) (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage varies by place
- the above 2 databases are included as part of an Ancestry subscription, which also includes a Rhode Island Death Index 1630-1930

South Carolina...

South Carolina Marriages 1641-1965 (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage varies by county
South Carolina Delayed Births, 1766-1900 and City of Charleston, South Carolina Births, 1877-1901 (at Ancestry/requires payment) contains about 25,000 birth records (returns) for the city of Charleston from 1877-1901, and about 55,000 delayed birth records (applications for birth certificates) from throughout the state for the years 1766-1900
The above 2 databases are included in a subscription at Ancestry

South Dakota...

South Dakota Birth Index (for births over 100 years ago)
South Dakota Marriage Certificates Index 1905-1949 (at Ancestry/requires payment)

Tennessee...

Tennessee Marriage and Divorce Indexes (plus Births for Shelby County) (these may not be complete) includes...
- Tennessee Marriage and Divorce Indexes 1980-2009
- Shelby County (Memphis) Marriages 1820-1970 and 1920-1989
- Shelby County Birth Index 1874-1906; some years missing
- More indexes for Shelby County

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage varies by county
Tennessee Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909 (at Ancestry/requires payment)

Nashville and Davidson County Records Online inlcudes links to marriage indexes and many other items
Hamilton County Marriage License Index Search (includes Chattanooga) covers 1857-1927 and 1979-present
Knox County Marriage Records Index 1901-1950

Texas...

Texas Vital Records Indexes - Online Birth, Marriage, Divorce and Death Records
also includes information for ordering Texas birth, marriage, divorce and death certificates

Utah...

Utah State Archives Assorted Name Indexes includes indexes for some early birth records (1890s-1905)
Weber County & Ogden Online Certified Marriage License Request - June 1888 to Present

Vermont...

Vermont Birth Records, 1909-2008 (requires payment)
Vermont Marriage Records, 1909-2008 (requires payment)
Vermont Divorce Index 1981-1984 and 1989-2001 (requires payment)
Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008 (requires payment)
The above 4 databases are included in a US or World genealogy records subscription at Ancestry

Some Early Vermont Marriages

Virginia...

Library of Virginia Marriage Records Indexes coverage varies; not all cities and counties included
Virginia Marriage Records 1740-1850 (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage varies by city or county; not all cities and counties included; Ancestry also has Virginia Marriages 1851-1929 for assorted cities and counties.

Washington...

Washington Birth Records 1883-1935 (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage varies by county; includes images from the microfilmed records
Washington Marriage Records 1865-2004 (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage may vary; includes digitized images of the records
Select Washington Marriages 1802-1902 (at Ancestry/requires payment) click on the link to see which counties are covered
The above 3 databases are included in a subscription at Ancestry, along with a Washington death index 1940-1996

Washington Marriage Records includes marriage records or indexes for various years for these counties: Adams County, Asotin County (Historic), Benton County (Historic), Chelan County, Clark County, Columbia County (Historic), Ferry County (Historic), Franklin County, Garfield County (Historic), Grant County (Historic), Grays Harbor County, Jefferson County, King County/Seattle (1855-1940 with more being added) Kitsap County, Kittitas County (Historic), Klickitat County (Historic), Lincoln County (Historic), Mason County, Okanogan County, Pacific County, Pend Oreille County (Historic), Pierce County, Skamania County, Snohomish County, Spokane County, Stevens County, Thurston County, Walla Walla County, Whatcom County, Whitman County (Historic), Yakima County

West Virginia...

West Virginia Vital Records and Indexes includes births, deaths and marriages; coverage varies by county

Wisconsin...

Wisconsin Marriage Index 1973-1997 (requires payment)
Wisconsin Birth Index 1820-1907 (requires payment)
Wisconsin Marriages, pre-1907 most are from 1880-1907 (requires payment)
The above 3 indexes are included in a single subscription at Ancestry

Wisconsin Pre-1907 Vital Records Index covers 1852 to September 30, 1907 (most entries date from 1880; includes some entries prior to 1852)

Wyoming...

Sheridan County, Wyoming Marriage Index 1890s-1920s

U.S. Citizens Born or Married in Foreign Countries...

U.S. Consular Reports of Births, 1910-1949 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
U.S. Consular Reports of Marriages, 1910-1949 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
Also see: Records of Deaths of U.S. Citizens in Foreign Countries

General Vital Records Databases & Directories

Online Searchable Death Indexes for the USA

Birth, Marriage and other Genealogy Records and Indexes at FamilySearch
highlights include (some of these may not be complete; coverage may vary by county)...
- California, County Birth and Death Records, 1849-1994
- Florida Marriages 1837-1974
- Georgia Marriages 1808-1967
- Illinois: Indexes for Cook County Birth Certificates 1878-1922, Birth Registers 1871-1915, Marriages 1871-1920, and Deaths 1878-1922
- Indiana Marriages 1811-1959
- Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934
- Massachusetts Marriage Records 1841-1915
- Michigan Birth Records 1867-1902 and Michigan Marriages 1868-1925
- New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900
- Ohio County Marriages 1789-1994
- Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Marriage Indexes 1885-1951

Western States Marriage Records Index indexes some marriage records for Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Northern California, Eastern Oregon, Eastern Washington and Southwestern Wyoming

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Online Birth & Marriage Records Indexes for the USA

a genealogy guide for finding vital records

also includes some divorce records