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(This page's most recent update is December 2024)
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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, a great number of 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 and check out Church Records.
The lists below are specific birth, baptism, and christening indexes and record collections that are available for free online for each of the states.
- Free Online Alabama Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Alaska Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Arizona Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Arkansas Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online California Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Colorado Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Connecticut Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Delaware Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online District of Columbia Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Florida Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Georgia Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Hawaii Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Idaho Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Illinois Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Indiana Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Iowa Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Kansas Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Kentucky Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Louisiana Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Maine Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Maryland Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Massachusetts Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Michigan Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Minnesota Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Mississippi Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Missouri Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Montana Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Nebraska Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Nevada Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online New Hampshire Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online New Jersey Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online New Mexico Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online New York Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online North Carolina Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online North Dakota Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Ohio Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Oklahoma Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Oregon Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Pennsylvania Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Rhode Island Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online South Carolina Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online South Dakota Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Tennessee Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Texas Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Utah Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Vermont Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Virginia Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Washington Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online West Virginia Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Wisconsin Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Wyoming Birth Records and Indexes
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!