
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:
Alabama
- Free Online Alabama Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Alabama Death Records and Indexes
- Free Online Alabama Marriage Records and Indexes
Arkansas
- Free Online Arkansas Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Arkansas Death Records and Indexes
- Free Online Arkansas Marriage Records and Indexes
Florida
- Free Online Florida Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Florida Death Records and Indexes
- Free Online Florida Marriage Records and Indexes
Georgia
- Free Online Georgia Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Georgia Death Records and Indexes
- Free Online Georgia Marriage Records and Indexes
Kentucky
- Free Online Kentucky Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Kentucky Death Records and Indexes
- Free Online Kentucky Marriage Records and Indexes
Louisiana
- Free Online Louisiana Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Louisiana Death Records and Indexes
- Free Online Louisiana Marriage Records and Indexes
Mississippi
- Free Online Mississippi Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Mississippi Death Records and Indexes
- Free Online Mississippi 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
North Carolina
- Free Online North Carolina Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online North Carolina Death Records and Indexes
- Free Online North Carolina 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 Carolina
- Free Online South Carolina Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online South Carolina Death Records and Indexes
- Free Online South Carolina Marriage Records and Indexes
Tennessee
- Free Online Tennessee Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Tennessee Death Records and Indexes
- Free Online Tennessee Marriage Records and Indexes
Texas
- Free Online Texas Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Texas Death Records and Indexes
- Free Online Texas Marriage Records and Indexes
Virginia
- Free Online Virginia Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online Virginia Death Records and Indexes
- Free Online Virginia Marriage Records and Indexes
West Virginia
- Free Online West Virginia Birth Records and Indexes
- Free Online West Virginia Death Records and Indexes
- Free Online West Virginia Marriage Records and Indexes
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!