
One of the main goals for genealogists is finding birth, marriage, and death (BMD) information about their ancestors.
Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians and archivists (as well as the largest of them all – FamilySearch), a great number of indexes to birth, marriage, and death collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific BMD information, and often scanned images of the actual birth, marriage, and death certificates themselves. These free online collections have hundreds of millions of records in them in total.
There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include birth, marriage, and death information that are not included in the lists below. For example, newspapers, draft registration files, naturalization records, etc. have BMD info. To find out which types of other records may include BMD information, please see:
- 27 Ways to Find Ancestor Birth Information
- 22 Ways to Find Ancestors Marriage Information
- 21 Ways to Find Ancestors Death Information
The lists below contain links to specific birth, marriage, and death indexes and record collections that are available for free online for the region:
Illinois
- Free Online Illinois Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Illinois Death Records and Indexes
- Free Online Illinois Marriage Records and Indexes
Indiana
- Free Online Indiana Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Indiana Death Records and Indexes
- Free Online Indiana Marriage Records and Indexes
Iowa
- Free Online Iowa Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Iowa Death Records and Indexes
- Free Online Iowa Marriage Records and Indexes
Kansas
- Free Online Kansas Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Kansas Death Records and Indexes
- Free Online Kansas Marriage Records and Indexes
Michigan
- Free Online Michigan Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Michigan Death Records and Indexes
- Free Online Michigan Marriage Records and Indexes
Minnesota
- Free Online Minnesota Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Minnesota Death Records and Indexes
- Free Online Minnesota Marriage Records and Indexes
Missouri
- Free Online Missouri Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Missouri Death Records and Indexes
- Free Online Missouri Marriage Records and Indexes
Nebraska
- Free Online Nebraska Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Nebraska Death Records and Indexes
- Free Online Nebraska Marriage Records and Indexes
North Dakota
- Free Online North Dakota Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online North Dakota Death Records and Indexes
- Free Online North Dakota Marriage Records and Indexes
Ohio
- Free Online Ohio Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Ohio Death Records and Indexes
- Free Online Ohio Marriage Records and Indexes
Oklahoma
- Free Online Oklahoma Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Oklahoma Death Records and Indexes
- Free Online Oklahoma Marriage Records and Indexes
South Dakota
- Free Online South Dakota Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online South Dakota Death Records and Indexes
- Free Online South Dakota Marriage Records and Indexes
Wisconsin
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!