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(This page's most recent update is December 2024)
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Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists (as well as the largest of them all – FamilySearch), many indexes to death collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific death information and sometimes scanned images of the death certificates. These free online collections have hundreds of millions of records in total.
There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include death information that is not included in the lists below. For example, newspapers and obituaries have death info, but most times obituary indexes include the date of the obituary but not the date of death. To find out which types of other records may include death information, please see:
The lists below are specific death indexes and record collections that are available for free online for the state of Arizona.
Note: Some links listed take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. 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. To take full advantage make sure that you are logged in to FamilySearch. The results may be different if you are signed in, rather than not.
Note: 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.
Arizona Death Records
- Apache County Births and Deaths, 1887-1907
- Apache County Coroner’s Inquests, 1882-1931
- Apache County, Death Index
- Apache Indians, Census, Birth and Death Records, 1932-1937
- Apache Indians, Miscellaneous Census Records, 1904-1942
- Arizona Birth and Death Certificates
- Arizona Birth and Death Records for Various Counties, 1887-1912
- Arizona Death Certificates 1870-1959
- Arizona Death Record Index (Compiled from Mortuary, Cemetery, and Church Records)
- Arizona Death Records 1800-1972
- Arizona Deaths and Burials, 1910-1911; 1933-1994
- Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951
- Arizona Federal Mortality Schedules 1860-1880
- Arizona Obituary Archive
- Arizona Obituary Index to Arizona Newspapers, 1993-1994
- Arizona Pioneers’ Home (Prescott) Resident Ledger and Index, 1911-2000
- Arizona Territory, Deaths, Year ending May 31, 1870
- Arizona, Birth and Death Records for various Arizona Counties, 1887-1912
- Arizona, Death Certificates, ca. 1870-1959
- Arizona, Law Enforcement Deaths
- Arizona, US Military Fatal Casualties of Korean War from Arizona
- Arizona, World War I American Expeditionary Forces, Deaths, 1917-1919
- Bisbee, Cochise County, Record of Births and Deaths, 1907-1915
- Burial Registers for Military Posts, Camps, and Stations,1768-1921
- Chemehuevi Indians, Indian Census Rolls, Colorado River, 1885-1940
- 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 Death Records
- Cochise County Deaths
- Cochise County Douglas, Register of Births and Deaths, Douglas, 1906-1935
- Cochise County, Death Index
- Coconino County Death Records
- Coconino County Inquests, 1891-1930
- Coconino County Register of Births and Deaths, 1892-1909
- Coconino County, Death Index
- Cocopa Indians, Indian Census Rolls, Colorado River, 1885-1940
- Colorado River, Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940
- Diegueño Indians, Indian Census Rolls, Colorado River, 1885-1940
- Fort Apache Agency, Records of California and Arizona Indian Tribes, ca. 1908-1949
- Fort Apache, Indian Census Rolls, 1898-1939
- Fort Apache, Indian Census Rolls, Fort Apache, 1898-1939
- Fort Yuma, Indian Census Rolls, 1905-1935
- Fort Yuma, Indian Census Rolls, Fort Yuma, 1905-1935
- Gila County Birth and Death Records 1887-1938
- Gila County Death Records
- Gila County, Death Index
- Gila County, Globe, Vital Statistics, 1908-1909
- Graham County Death Records
- Graham County Record of Births and Deaths, 1889-1909
- Graham County, Death Index
- Greenlee County Coroner’s Inquests and Index, 1911-1967
- Greenlee County Death Records
- Greenlee County, Death Index
- Havasupai, Indian Census Rolls, 1905-1933
- Havasupai, Indian Census Rolls, Havasupai, 1905-1933
- Hopi Reservation, Indian Census Rolls, 1924-1939
- Hopi Reservation, Indian Census Rolls, Hopi Reservation, 1924-1939
- Hualapai Indians, Indian Census Rolls, Colorado River, 1885-1940
- Jicarilla Indian Agency, Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1931-1939
- La Paz County, Death Index
- Maricopa County and Pima County Register of Births and Deaths, 1889-1909
- Maricopa County Death Records
- Maricopa County Registers of Births and Deaths, 1881-1909
- Maricopa County, Death Index
- Maricopa County, Phoenix Record of Deaths, 1893-1915
- Maricopa County, Vital Records, Coroners Docket, 1881-1898
- Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
- Mohave County Death Records
- Mohave County Record of Births and Deaths, 1887-1909
- Mohave County Vital Records Indexes
- Mohave County, Death Index
- Mohave County, Death Index
- Mohave County, Vital Records, Inquest Files, 1893-1935
- Mohave Indians, Indian Census Rolls, Colorado River, 1885-1940
- Native American Birth and Death Records, 1885-1940
- Navajo County Births and Deaths 1895-1912
- Navajo County Death Records
- Navajo County Miscellaneous Records, 1895-1924; Index, 1895-1931
- Navajo County, Death Index
- Online Searchable Death Indexes
- Papago Indians, Indian Census Rolls, Colorado River, 1885-1940
- Payson Deaths, 1948-2008
- Pima Agency, Vital Records, ca 1850-1931
- Pima County Death Records
- Pima County Miscellaneous Records, 1880-1921; Indexes, 1877-1921
- Pima County, Death Index
- Pima County, Tucson, Birth and Death Records, 1884-1909
- Pima County, Vital Records, Inquest Files, 1882-1949
- Pima Indians, Census, Birth and Death Records, 1932-1937
- Pima Indians, Indian Census Rolls, Colorado River, 1885-1940
- Pinal County Birth and Death Records 1887-1910
- Pinal County Death Records
- Pinal County, Death Index
- San Carlos Agency, Census, Birth and Death Records, 1932-1937
- Santa Cruz County Death Records
- Santa Cruz County Record of Births and Deaths, 1903-1931
- Santa Cruz County, Death Index
- United States Deaths and Burials, 1867-1961
- United States Korean War Battle Deaths, 1950-1957
- United States Social Security Death Index
- United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919
- West Valley Genealogical Society Deaths
- Western States Deseret News Deaths (card File) 1970
- Winslow Permit for Burial or Removal, 1925-1932
- Yavapai County Coroner Inquests, 1867-1929
- Yavapai County Records of Births and Deaths, 1887-1938
- Yavapai County, Death Index
- Yavapai County, Vital Records, Index to Inquests, Ca 1865-1975
- Yavapai Death and Dispositions Database
- Yuma Agency, Agency Records, 1915-1934
- Yuma County Birth and Death Records, 1888-1893
- Yuma County Death Records
- Yuma County Death Records, 1915-1948
- Yuma County Deaths
- Yuma County, Death Index
- Yuma Indians, Agency Records, 1915-1934
- Yuma Indians, Indian Census Rolls, Colorado River, 1885-1940
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!