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USA Birth, Marriage & Death

Welcome to our USA family history research page. Here you'll find record collections, history, and genealogy resources to help you trace your USA ancestors.

Unique to USA

Social Security Death Index 93,191,928
United States Obituary Collection 26,450,873
Web: Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-2012 15,446,699
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 6,402,239
U.S. Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection 2,020,194
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 1,958,218
Web: RootsWeb Cemetery Index, 1800-2010 861,220
U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962 826,157
Web: RootsWeb Death Index, 1796-2010 572,438
U.S., Burial Registers, Military Posts and National Cemeteries, 1862-1960 556,034
US Marriages in Newspapers 253,164
Early U.S. French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1695-1954 228,368
Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad, 1835-1974 213,859
Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903 170,057
US Births in Newspapers 147,275
Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots 57,498
U.S., Consular Reports of Marriages, 1910-1949 37,112
U.S., Consular Reports of Births, 1910-1949 35,947
United States, Officer Down Memorials, 1791-2009 19,988
U.S., Selected Jewish Obituaries, 1948-2002 17,134
U.S. Special Census on Deaf Family Marriages and Hearing Relatives, 1888-1895 10,482
American Marriages Before 1699 10,028
U.S. Marriage Notices, 1785-1794 3,107
Hopkins Family Marriage Records in the United States, 1628-1865 705
Freedmen’s Bureau Marriage Records, 1815-1866 21
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