Genealogy
- Births, Deaths & Marriages
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Vital Records (Births, Deaths, Marriage, Divorce ) Indexes :
Vital Records 1769-1850 (From California Missions) FREE through Huntington Library |
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Birth: California Birth Index 1905-1995 @ AncestryLE Must be in the Library to use California Birth Index 1905-1995 @ FamilySearch FREE |
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Death: California death index 1905-1994 Microfilm in Heritage Center California death index 1905-1939 @ AncestryLE Must be in the Library to use California death index 1905-1994 @ FamilySearch FREE California death index 1940-1997 @ AncestryLE Must be in the Library to use California death index 1940-1997 @ FamilySearch FREE Social Security Death Index 1962-2014 @ AncestryLE Must be in the Library to use Social Security Death Index 1962-2014 @ FamilySearch FREE |
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Fresno Bee obituaries 1962-present Available in the Heritage Center Fresno Bee 1985-present Available from Home with Library Card |
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Marriage: California, County Marriages, 1850-1952 @ FamilySearch FREE California Marriage index 1949-1985 @ AncestryLE Must be in the Library to use California Marriage Index, 1960-1985 @ FamilySearch FREE On microfilm in Heritage Center 1960-1986 |
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Divorce: California Divorce index 1962-1984 Microfilm in Heritage Center California Divorce index 1962-1984 @ AncestryLE Must be in the Library to use California Divorce Index, 1966-1984 @ FamilySearch FREE On microfilm in Heritage Center |
Fresno County Vital Records
Informational copies of birth, death and marriage certificates (1873-present) can be obtained from the Fresno County Recorder's Office.
Additional State Records
California [State] Historical Society
Resources listed roughly in this order:
- State Archives
- State Library
- State Historical Society
- Digital Newspapers
- State Vital Records
- Washington [District of Columbia], see District of Columbia
- Cemetery Junction: Directory of more than 65,000 cemeteries in the United States.
- FuneralNet.com: Searchable database of funeral homes, cemeteries and obituaries.
- Find A Grave: Contains information of graves of famous people, plus a searchable database of 7.6 million cemetery records online.
- Interment.net: Cemetery Transcription Library - Browse cemetery records of thousands of cemeteries from around the world.
- Nationwide Gravesite Locator (Veterans). Also see a similar database at Ancestry Library Edition.
- Obituary Central: World Wide Web headquarters for researching obituaries.
- The Obituary Links Page: Links to many obituary files and databases online, conveniently listed according to geographical subdivisions.
- Online Birth and Marriage Indexes and Records for the USA
- Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records
- Vitalrec.com: A good summary of how to obtain records worldwide.
- Vital Records in the United States: Another summary page, searchable by subject, with a clickable map.
- Western States Historical Marriage Record Index: Searchable database of 365,000+ marriage records obtained from different counties in the western United States.
