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[[Image:Kentucky death certificate amanda pitt.jpg|thumb|right]] ''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Vital Records|U.S. Vital Records ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] '''[[ | [[Image:Kentucky death certificate amanda pitt.jpg|thumb|right]] ''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Vital Records|U.S. Vital Records ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] '''[[United States Death Records|Death Records]] <br> | ||
== Death Records == | == Death Records == | ||
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== Records at the Family History Library == | == Records at the Family History Library == | ||
Some death records are filmed and/or digitized and part of the Family History Library collection. To check the availability of death records in a particular state, go the vital records wiki pages for that state. In addition you may browse or search [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start FamilySearch Record Search.] This is a website which posts indexes to and some images from the Family History Library vital records collection. For more information about how to search the Family History Library catalog for death records, to the vital records wiki pages for that state. To search for death records in the Family Hisotry Library Catalog perform a Place Search of the [[Family History Library Catalog Place Search|Family History Library Catalog]] under each of the following approaches: | |||
::[STATE] - DEATH RECORDS<br> | ::[STATE] - DEATH RECORDS<br> | ||
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== Websites == | == Websites == | ||
*[http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start/ FamilySearch Record Search] contains abstacts of indexed death records for many states. This collection continues to grow as more records are indexed. | *[http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start/ FamilySearch Record Search] contains abstacts of indexed death records for many states. This collection continues to grow as more records are indexed. | ||
*[http://www.findagrave.com/ Find A Grave] has searches of inventoried cemeteries. | *[http://www.findagrave.com/ Find A Grave] has searches of inventoried cemeteries. Searches can be performed by the individual name or by the cemetery name. | ||
*[http://www.ancestorsatrest.com/ Ancestors at rest] contains everything from death records, such as coffin plates, death cards, funeral cards, wills, church records, family bibles, cenotaphs and tombstone inscriptions. | *[http://www.ancestorsatrest.com/ Ancestors at rest] contains everything from death records, such as coffin plates, death cards, funeral cards, wills, church records, family bibles, cenotaphs and tombstone inscriptions. | ||
*[http://www.ancestry.com Ancestry.com] ($) indexes & images | *[http://www.ancestry.com Ancestry.com] ($) indexes & images | ||