im looking for death info on family members whats the best way to do it with out it costing me?

Answer 1

Most states will let you order a death certificate and even certify it for a few bucks, plus the cost of a return envelope and stamp to mail it to you. Pick up your phone book and find the listing for the county health department for the city that your relatives died at they should have the records on file there, if not they can tell you where to call or write. Best of luck to you.

Answer 2

Try looking them up on the Social Security Death index at

http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/

This is a death index compiled by the Social Security Administration. It will tell the birthdate and death date of the person, plus tell you their Social Security number and the state it was issued in.

If you are compiling older deaths (like before the 1960's) the Social Security Death Index won't help you. There are some sites that have death indexes for various places; however, not every place has a death index. Here is a free website with some links:

http://www.deathindexes.com/

There are some links on this page that will go to a subscription based service. If you find one that you want to do a search on that requires a subscription, let me know. I have a subscription and can do a search for you if you need one.

Good luck and I hope this helps. Questions? E-mail me at [e-mail] Blessings.

Answer 3

It depends what information you're looking for. For basic facts, you can go to the Hall of Records or Clerk's office of the city / county where your family members died. You can look information up for free, but if you want a copy of the death certificate you'll probably have to pay a small fee.
If there's more you're looking for, like suspicious circumstances, you can contact the investigating agency (police or sheriff's department, or highway patrol if it was a car accident). They probably can't give you *all* the information, but they might be able to update you on where the case is. You might also contact the district attorney's office if charges are filed.

Answer 4

I know that you can see marriage licenses free of charge but I believe that there is a small fee for death certificates. I looked up marriage license in Harris county (for Houston, TX) and it took me to the clerks website & as long as I knew a last name it showed me all marriages and some had addresses listed...You need to put in your counties name and search for its death certificates on yahoo or google and it will show you your counties website for vital statistics. Try this one to see if you can get anything useful otherwise.

Answer 5

Every state is different. In my state the State Department of Health keeps birth and death records. But free??? you gotta be kidding me. There's a charge of $10.00 to get a copy of a birth or death certificate. That's pretty much true anywhere you go.

Answer 6

If its ancestors, go to Ancestry.com they have a free trial. You can research some newspapers , and social security death index....etc. Also try Rootsweb and Familysearch.org. If its not past relatives then try the court house or go to the vital records office, death certificates usually run 5, 10 bucks.

Answer 7

This can easily be done by going to the towns and searching through the public records or if you are not local you can call and request this info and have them mail or fax you what you need. I know that genealogy.com will let you see a limited amount of info for free before they charge you for extra things...Good Luck!!!

Answer 8

Go to the govts. Social Security Death Index--this will give you some rudimentary info. Also just do a search on their names.

Answer 9

All of these people have decent ideas, but the #1 way to get this type of information is to contact your local funeral home. Funeral homes usually keep very detailed records and al least in recent years, usually keep copies of death certificates.

Answer 10

It all depends on where you live but if you're in the UK then you go to the records office. A lot of information is available online now - the 1901 census, for instance.