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 sometimes 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 are specific birth, marriage, and death indexes and record collections that are available for free online for the state of Utah.
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 BMD 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 May, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)
General U.S.
- United States Births and Christenings, 1867-1931
- United States Deaths and Burials, 1867-1961
- United States Korean War Battle Deaths, 1950-1957
- United States Marriages, 1733-1990
- United States Social Security Death Index
- United States, Freedmen’s Bureau Marriages, 1861-1872
- Online Searchable Death Indexes
Utah
- Beaver County Death Registers. 1900-1905
- Beaver County Miscellaneous Deaths
- Beaver County Birth Registers. 1897-1905
- Beaver County, Birth Records, 1897-1905, 1915
- Beaver County, Death Records, 1881-1949
- Beaver County, Marriage Records, 1871-2016
- Box Elder County Miscellaneous Deaths
- Box Elder County Records, 1856-1960
- Box Elder County, Birth Records, 1915
- Box Elder County, Marriage Records, 1887-1969
- Box Elder County, Newspaper Card Index : Historical, Biographical, Vital Records
- Box Elder County, Tremonton Early Births reported by Cecilie Mary Larsen, Obstetrician
- Box Elder County, Birth/Death Certificates
- Cache County Vital Records, 1861-1955
- Cache County Birth Registers. 1898-1905
- Cache County, Birth Records, 1915
- Carbon County Births and Deaths Indexes
- Carbon County Death and Obituary Index
- Carbon County Birth Registers. 1898-1905
- Carbon County, Birth Records, 1915
- Davis County Vital Records, 1869-1953
- Davis County Birth Register. 1898-1905
- Davis County, Birth Records, 1915
- Davis County, Births, 1898-1905
- Davis County, Bountiful District, Death Records, 1905-1942
- Davis County, Clearfield, Death Records, 1952-1953
- Davis County, Death Records, 1898-1966
- Davis County, Death Records, 1915-1952
- Davis County, Kaysville, Death Records, 1905-1953
- Davis County, Marriage Records, 1887-1957
- Davis County Records
- Deaths and Obituary Clippings from Utah Newspapers, 1850-2005
- Deseret News Semi-Weekly Death and Marriage Notices, 1865-1900
- Deseret News Weekly Death and Marriage Notices, 1852-1888
- Duchesne County, Birth Records, 1915
- Duchesne County, Death Records, 1965-1966
- Emery County Birth Registers. 1898-1905
- Emery County, Birth Records, 1915
- Emery County, Death Records, 1965-1966
- Eureka and Payson, Births and Deaths, 1898-1903
- Garfield County Births 1896-1897
- Garfield County, Birth Records, 1898-1915
- Garfield County, Death Records, 1965
- Garfield County, Marriage Records, 1890-2015
- Garfield County, Register of Births, 1896-1904
- Grand County Birth Registers. 1898-1905
- Grand County, Birth Records, 1915
- Grand County, Death Records, 1965-1966
- Iron County Birth Registers. 1898-1905
- Iron County, Birth Records, 1915
- Iron County, Death Records, 1965-1966
- Iron County, Marriage Records, 1887-2015
- Juab County Vital Records, 1847-1948
- Juab County, Birth Records, 1901-1902
- Juab County, Birth Records, 1915
- Juab County, Death Records, 1965-1966
- Kane County Birth Registers. 1900-1905
- Kane County, Birth Records, 1915
- Kane County, Death Records, 1965-1966
- Logan Vital Statistics
- Logan, Vital Statistics, Cache County
- Millard County Death Certificates Transcriptions 1904-1907
- Millard County, Birth Records, 1915
- Millard County, Death Records, 1965
- Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
- Morgan County, Birth Records, 1915
- Morgan County, Marriage Records, 1869-2015
- Morgan, Piute and Rich Counties, Death Records, 1965-1966
- North Ogden Marriages
- Obits Utah Death Index
- Ogden Standard Examiner – Marriages
- Ogden Birth Register, 1890-1905
- Online Searchable Death Indexes
- Piute County Birth Register. 1898
- Piute County, Birth Records, 1915
- Piute County, Marriage Records, 1887-1951
- Rich County Birth Registers. 1989-1905
- Rich County, Birth Records, 1915
- Salt Lake County Birth Records, 1890-1915
- Salt Lake County Birth Registers. 1898-1905
- Salt Lake County, Death Records, 1849-1966
- San Juan County Birth Information Index from Draft Cards
- San Juan County Marriage Index 1888-1931
- San Juan County, Birth Records, 1915
- San Juan County, Death Records, 1965
- Sanpete County Birth Register, 1898-1905
- Sanpete County Death Register, 1898-1905
- Sanpete County, Birth Records, 1915
- Sanpete County, Death Records, 1965-1966
- Sevier County, Birth Records, 1915
- Sevier County, Death Records, 1965-1966
- St. George & Washington, Births, Marriages & Deaths, 1963-1970
- Summit County, Birth Records, 1915
- Summit County, Death Records, 1965-1966
- Tooele County Vital Records, 1855-1956
- Tooele County, Birth Records, 1915
- Tooele County, Death Records, 1965-1966
- Tooele County, Marriage Records, 1887-1937
- Tremonton and Garland Deaths and Obituary Clippings 1959-2013
- Uintah County Marriage Records, 1888-1939
- Uintah County Birth Registers. 1898-1905
- Uintah County, Birth Records, 1915
- Uintah County, Death Records, 1965-1966
- Uintah County, Marriage Records, 1888-2015
- Utah Birth Certificate Index
- Utah Birth Records, 1911
- Utah Births and Christenings, 1892-1941
- Utah County Marriages
- Utah County Vital Records, 1850-1962
- Utah County, Birth Records, 1898-1905
- Utah County, Birth Records, 1915
- Utah County, Death Records, 1898-1966
- Utah County, Marriage Records, 1887-2011
- Utah County, Provo, Birth Records, 1900-1905
- Utah Death and Burial Index
- Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1965
- Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1951
- Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964
- Utah Death Certificates, 1952-1956
- Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946
- Utah Federal Census Mortality Schedules 1850-1880
- Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914
- Utah, Birth Register, 1898-1905
- Utah, Births and Christenings, 1892-1941
- Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937
- Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940
- Utah, Death Certificates, 1957-1958
- Utah, Death Records, 1959-1964
- Utah, Death Register, 1898-1905
- Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946
- Utah, Marriages, 1887-1966
- Utah, Military Death Records for WWII and Korean War, 1941-1953
- Wasatch County Birth Information Index from Draft Cards
- Wasatch County Marriage Licenses 1887-2001
- Wasatch County, Birth Records, 1915
- Wasatch County, Death Records, 1965-1966
- Washington and Wayne Counties, Death Records, 1965-1966
- Washington County Marriages 1862-1919
- Washington County, Birth Records, 1915
- Wayne County Birth Information Index from Draft Cards
- Wayne County Utah, Marriage Index, 1892-2006
- Wayne County, Birth Records, 1915
- Weber County Death Index
- Weber County Marriage Licenses and Certificates
- Weber County Marriage Licenses, 1887-1946
- Weber County Marriages, 1887-1941
- Weber County Birth Register. 1898-1905
- Weber County, Birth Records, 1915
- Weber County, Death Records, 1965
- Weber County, Ogden, Birth Records, 1890-1905
- Western States Marriage Index
Check out the links for other states on the BMD Records page.
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
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