States are listed first, followed by a general section.
Alabama...
Alaska...
Arizona...
Arkansas...
- Arkansas Birth, Marriage, Divorce and Death Records at Ancestry...
California...
Colorado...
Connecticut...
- The Connecticut Genealogy Index Free from Reclaim the Records. Copies of the records can be ordered for a fee. Indexes marriages and deaths, mid-1897 to December 31, 2017; and births, July 1, 1897 to December 31, 1917.
- Connecticut Marriage Records Indexes
- Connecticut Divorce Records Indexes
Delaware...
Florida...
Georgia...
Hawaii...
Idaho...
- Idaho Birth, Marriage and Divorce Indexes at Ancestry (these require payment)...
Illinois...
- Carroll County Birth Certificates Index, 1877-1913
- Champaign County Local History Online Catalog indexes some marriage licenses and other records
- Chicago and Cook County...
- DeKalb County, Illinois Marriages Index, 1864-1962 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
- Kankakee County, Illinois Marriage Index, 1889-1962 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
- Kankakee County, Illinois Birth Index, 1915-1936 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
- Sangamon County Clerk Birth Records Index for birth records 75 years old or older
- Winnebago County, Illinois, Birth Index, 1857-1937 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
- Winnebago County, Illinois, Marriage Index, 1836-1962 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
Indiana...
Iowa...
Kansas...
Kentucky...
- Kentucky Birth and Marriage Records at Ancestry (these require payment)...
Louisiana...
Maine...
- Maine Birth and Marriage Records at Ancestry (these require payment)...
Maryland...
- Marriage Indexes at the Maryland State Archives
Massachusetts...
- Massachusetts Birth and Marriage Records at Ancestry (these require payment)...
Michigan...
Minnesota...
Mississippi...
- 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
Missouri...
Montana...
- Montana: County Marriages, 1865-1950 from FamilySearch; coverage varies by county
- Montana Marriage Records, 1943-1988 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
- Montana Birth Records, 1897-1919 and Birth Index 1897-1988 (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage varies by county for the early years (pre-1920); names of the parents are given for many of the entries
- Montana Divorce Records, 1943-1988 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
- Montana: County Divorce Records, 1865-1950 (at Ancestry/requires payment) has select divorce records from the District Courts of Dear Lodge, Flathead, Gallatin, Granite, Ravalli, Rosebud, and Sanders counties; coverage varies by county
Nebraska...
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Douglas County Marriage License Search, 1988-present includes Omaha
- 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, Omaha divorces, and Omaha obituaries.
- Lancaster County Marriage License Search, 1871-1970 includes Lincoln
- Sarpy County Marriage License Search, 1987-current
Nevada...
New Hampshire...
New Jersey...
New Mexico...
New York...
North Carolina...
North Dakota...
Ohio...
- For some Ohio marriage records by county see...
Oklahoma...
Oregon...
- Oregon Vital Records Indexes and Records at Ancestry (these require payment)...
- Oregon, State Marriages, 1906-1971 includes digitized images of the marriage records
- Oregon, Marriage Indexes, 1906-2009
- Oregon, State Divorces, 1925-1971 includes digitized images of the divorce records
- Oregon, County Divorce Records, 1917-1948 for Hood River, Jackson, and Josephine Counties; includes digitized images of the divorce returns; coverage varies by county
- Oregon, Divorce Records Indexes, 1961-1985
- Oregon, State Births, 1842-1921 coverage varies by county
- Oregon Marriage Indexes and Records at FamilySearch (these require free registration)...
- Oregon Historical Records Index from the Oregon State Archives; includes Portland Birth Index, 1881-1902; marriage indexes, and many other items
- Oregon Marriage Records Search indexes 11,000 marriage records for various years for the following counties: Columbia, Coos, Crook, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Josephine, Lake, Lane, Polk, Tillamook, Umpqua and Washington; coverage varies by county
- Multnomah County Marriage Records, 1855-early January 1974 digitized microfilm from FamilySearch; includes digitized handwritten indexes for some years
- Multnomah County Marriage Records Indexes, 1855-1924
Pennsylvania...
Rhode Island...
South Carolina...
- South Carolina, County Marriage Records, 1907-2000 (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage varies by county
- South Carolina, Compiled Marriage Index, 1641-1965 (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage varies by county
- South Carolina, Birth Certificates (Indexed), 1915-1920 (at Ancestry/requires payment) includes digitized images of the birth certificates
- 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
South Dakota...
Tennessee...
- Tennessee Marriage and Divorce Indexes (plus Births for Shelby County/Memphis) (these may not be complete) includes...
- Tennessee Marriage and Divorce Indexes, 1980-2014 ("Partial Indexes from 1980-2014")
- Shelby County (Memphis) Marriage Records, 1820-2015 partial
- Shelby County Chancery Court Divorce Index, 1945-1997 partial
- Shelby County Birth Index, 1874-1917; partial; some years missing
- More indexes for Shelby County
Texas...
Utah...
Vermont...
- Vermont Birth and Marriage Records at Ancestry (these require payment)...
Virginia...
- Virginia Birth, Marriage and Divorce Records Indexes at Ancestry (these require payment)...
Washington...
- Washington Vital Records and Indexes includes birth, marriage, divorce and death records or indexes, full state, and for various years for some Washington counties. Coverage varies by county.
- Washington: County Divorce Records, 1852-1950 at FamilySearch; from the civil courts in Clark, Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Thurston and Wahkiakum counties, and Washington Territory for 1854-1871. Coverage varies by county.
West Virginia...
Wisconsin...
Wyoming...
U.S. Citizens Born or Married in Foreign Countries...
General Vital Records Databases & Directories
- Birth, Marriage and other Genealogy Records and Indexes at FamilySearch
highlights include (some of these may not be complete; coverage may vary by county)...
- Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950
- 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
- Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934
- Indiana Marriages 1811-1959
- Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934
- Massachusetts Marriage Records 1841-1915
- Michigan Birth Records 1867-1902 and Michigan Marriages 1868-1925
- Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950
- 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
The reason for this webpage: Searching for Anthony Nelke, my grandfather
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