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 27 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 the state.
Note 1: Many of the links listed below take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. In many cases there is a link to the digital collection in the middle of the page, but also near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. Please also note that I have listed below only databases that are accessible digitally from your computer (or tablet/phone)
Note 2: I have included links to Free Ancestry records and indexes. You do not need a subscription, but do need an Ancestry account. Without a subscription, you can view indexes. If there is an image associated with a record, in most cases you will need a subscription, but the index does include very usable information.
(Updated October 2021; recently added links are in BOLD):
- Apache County Birth Indexes
- Apache County Births and Deaths, 1887-1907
- Apache County Miscellaneous Births
- Apache County, Birth Indexes
- Apache County, Birth Indexes
- Arizona Birth and Death Certificates
- Arizona Birth and Death Records for Various Counties, 1887-1912
- Arizona Birth Certificates, 1855-1926
- Arizona Births and Christenings, 1909-1917
- Cochise County Birth and Death Records, 1887-1909; Index to Births and Deaths & Contagious Diseases
- Cochise County Bisbee, Births and Deaths, 1907-1915
- Cochise County Douglas, Register of Births and Deaths, Douglas, 1906-1935
- Cochise County, Birth Indexes
- Coconino County Births and Marriages
- Coconino County Miscellaneous Births
- Coconino County Register of Births and Deaths, 1892-1909
- Coconino County, Birth Indexes
- Gila County Birth and Death Records 1887-1938
- Gila County, Birth Indexes
- Gila County, Globe, Vital Statistics, 1908-1909
- Graham County Births
- Graham County Record of Births and Deaths, 1889-1909
- Graham County, Birth Indexes
- Graham County, Birth Indexes
- Greenlee County Births
- Greenlee County, Birth Indexes
- Maricopa County and Pima County Register of Births and Deaths, 1889-1909
- Maricopa County Registers of Births and Deaths, 1881-1909
- Maricopa County, Birth Indexes
- Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
- Mohave County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Mohave County Record of Births and Deaths, 1887-1909
- Mohave County Vital Records Indexes
- Mohave County, Birth Indexes
- Navajo County Births and Deaths 1895-1912
- Navajo County Miscellaneous Records, 1895-1924; Index, 1895-1931
- Navajo County, Birth Indexes
- Pima County Births
- Pima County Miscellaneous Records, 1880-1921; Indexes, 1877-1921
- Pima County, Birth Indexes
- Pima County, Tucson, Birth and Death Records, 1884-1909
- Pinal County Birth and Death Records 1887-1910
- Pinal County Births and Deaths
- Pinal County, Birth Indexes
- Santa Cruz County Record of Births and Deaths, 1903-1931
- Santa Cruz County, Birth Indexes
- United States Births and Christenings, 1867-1931
- Yavapai County Records of Births and Deaths, 1887-1938
- Yavapai County, Birth Indexes
- Yuma County Birth and Death Records, 1888-1893
- Yuma County Birth Index
- Yuma County Births
- Yuma County, Birth Indexes
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
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