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One of the main goals for genealogists is finding birth, baptism, and/or christening information about their ancestors.
Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists, many indexes to birth and baptism collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific birth, baptism, or christening information, and sometimes scanned images of the actual birth documents themselves. These free online collections have millions of records in them in total.
There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include birth information that is not included in the lists below. These different types can be found in 32 Ways to Find Ancestor Birth Information
If you are interested in baptism indexes that may include the birth date as well as baptism information, make sure to check out Church Records.
The lists below are specific birth indexes and record collections available for free online for the states in the region.
- Free Online Delaware Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online District of Columbia Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Maryland Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online New Jersey Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online New York Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Pennsylvania Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Virginia Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online West Virginia Birth Records and Indexes
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