are birth and death records available on the internet?

Answer 1

Hey Ginger,

Geting Birth, Death, Marriage records can be done online, but the final keeper of the records is an office somewhere that you have to pay for the record. Start with the Town, or City, or Municipality that the Birth, Death or Marriage occured in. Look for the keeper of Vital Records there. You can usually order them over the phone, or with a form you mail in with payment. Depending on where you live, each state is different, each country is different.

Search in YAHOO for "VITAL RECORDS ", and you will get the process for getting them. Here are some more expensive sites that will help you. The STATE Vital records cost about $40 and a town Vital Record would cost about $4-$6.

Answer 2

No, generally birth and death certificates are only made available to the immediate families' that the certificate is for.

To get a birth and/or death certificate of someone usually you have to contact the Office of Vital Statistics for the particular county in which the person was born or died.

Once you've established contact, each office is a little bit different as to how you prove to them that you are an immediate family member.

So basically, there is no central agency that you can go to. Also, each Office of Vital Statistics is going to charge some sort of nominal fee.

However, I have heard that there is legislation in progress that is working on making these records more centralized and more easily accessible by Internet.

I have included a link below (in the source(s) section) for an example of what would be requested by the State of Florida to obtain a birth or death certificate as well as a link that you can use to find out who you write to in other states.

Answer 3

Yes You can. There is of course limits unfortunatly.

First thing (and best) is find the state archives web site for the state you are looking in. They will usually have records beween certain dates.. like Illinois for example has it from like late 1800's to somewhere around 1950's if I remember right. (They also had emancipation records concerning slaves. I know not the most politically correct but hey it is historyl)

They also list marriage records. You can veiw most of the info online but you can also sometimes get an "unofficial" copy of the record you are looking for. Sometimes they are free, sometimes they are not... but it is actual paper you can put in your geneology book.

Also try searching for the individual name on yahoo and google, sometimes there will be others who are doing the same family tree and you can share information.. I got alot of old family photos that way. You could also get copies of the actual certificates that way.

Finally obituaries online. some papers will let you search them for free, some you have to pay if you want to look past a certain date.

It is all a process of trial and error but it can be really fun...

**Blessings**

Answer 4

I tried searching for birth & death records on the internet..The only sites I found were the ones that were not free....

Answer 5

Try the sjocial security death index on the internet. It's free.

Answer 6

Yes,I couldn't say where exsactly,but I'm pretty sure it's not hard,ask on Yahoo WHERE you can find the birth and death records?good luck.

Answer 7

not in a general search--you have to pay a service for the particulars and even then its not as complete as you'd like--you're still best method is the national archives or local clerk of records

Answer 8

you have to pay for most of this in the geneology sites. However, you can find most obtiuaries (at least since the time the Internet came into existence)--the newspapers put these online.

Answer 9

Yes - to a point. Sometimes you can get limited information and may have to have the actual certificated mailed to you for a fee.

Answer 10

Kornika knows what she is talking about.
Getting your own is not a problem, cost you a little cash though.