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Guide to locating death records, whether church or civil, for ancestry, family history, and genealogy research.
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==What Are Death Records?==
<span style="color:DarkViolet">Death records are a '''primary source''' used in family history research. '''Finding them is an important research goal.'''</span>
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<span style="color:DarkViolet">'''Death records are especially important when the person was born before birth records were kept but survived until death records were kept.'''</span>
*<span style="color:DarkViolet">'''What can you find in death records?'''</span> In addition to the basic information of '''names of the deceased, date, and place of the death''', death records can give important details about the '''birth date and place, parents of the deceased and their birth place, surviving spouse, age at death, occupation, and cause of death.''' Other relatives may show up as '''witnesses'''.
*<span style="color:DarkViolet">'''Where are death records kept?''' </span>Records were kept on a national, state or province, county, town or church parish level, which '''varies by place and time period.''' 
**More recent death records are typically found in '''government records, called "vital records or civil registration"'''. The government records tend to be kept more recently, perhaps beginning in the 1800s and 1900s. In the more western states of the U.S., states did not begin keeping records until the 20th century.
**Death records are also found in '''church records'''. '''In countries with a state church, the government often mandated that the church keep these records''' for many years before the government took over.
* <span style="color:DarkViolet">'''How do you find death records?'''</span> '''Many death records have been made available online'''. Other records require '''written requests''' to a government registry office, a church, or archives where the records have been stored for safekeeping. In some cases, it may be necessary to hire a professional researcher to visit a parish or archive.
* <span style="color:DarkViolet">'''What are privacy restrictions?'''</span> Records often have '''privacy restrictions''', making them available only to the bride and groom during a period of 75 to 100 years after the death. Often privacy is '''waived for genealogical purposes''' when proof of a close relationship and death of the involved parties can be proven. 
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|<span style="color:DarkViolet"> '''One recommended research approach is to locate available death records for each ancestor.  Choose one of the many helps in the FamilySearch Research Wiki, listed below, to get started!!!</span>
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==Using the FamilySearch Research Wiki to Find Death Records==
<span style="color:DarkViolet">'''The Wiki helps researchers acquire death records with articles for each locality covering:'''</span>
*Links to '''online death records collections'''.
*Information on where records are created and/or stored with '''addresses and instructions for making written requests.'''
*'''Letter-writing guides''' for requesting records in foreign languages.
*'''Vocabulary''' lists of terms usually found in records written in foreign languages, making them easier to translate.
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==Finding Online Records==
===Guided Research===
On each U.S. state and country page, you will find a link to a "Guided Research" article, which also gives instructions and links to death records collections.
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===Online Genealogical Records Pages===
On the main page for each U.S. State page and country page, a blue button leads to a listing of '''online record collections.''' The first listings on an '''Online Genealogy Records''' page will be '''links for death, death, and death records.''' These collections follow the publishing organizations rights of privacy regulations.<br>
 
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<center> <span style="color:DarkViolet">'''In this typical Online Genealogy Records page, '''<br>'''notice that death records are among the first collections, <br>listed and linked under "Vital Records".</span><center>
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*'''Also, all the available Online Genealogy Records pages are linked at''' [[Online Genealogy Records by Location|'''Online Genealogy Records by Location.''']]
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===How-to-Articles===
Each U.S.state also has a specific article providing details covering '''"How To Find Death Records"'''. Find the link for that article in the '''"Getting Started" section''' of the main page.<br>
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<center> <span style="color:DarkViolet">'''A "How To Find Death Records for [STATE] article will give links'''<br> '''to any online records that are available for each range of years. '''<br>'''It will also give information on writing for records.'''
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*'''Also, links to all the "How To" articles for every state can be found at''' [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Category:How-To_Articles '''the Wiki category "How-To Articles".''']
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==Sending For Death Records==
===Ordering Records Online===
Some countries offer services online for ordering copies of death records. Many offer online copies of application forms to use in requesting records. Information on fees are also given.
*[https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/index.htm?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fnchs%2Fw2w.htm Where to Write for Vital Records in the United States]
*[https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/about/relevant/vscc/organisations Members of the Vital Statistics Council for Canada] listing of website addresses with instructions and forms.
*[https://www.gov.uk/order-copy-birth-death-marriage-certificate Order a burth, marriage, death or civil partnership certificate for England]
*[https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/certificates-and-copies Certificates and copies for Scotland]
*[https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/ordering-life-event-certificates Ordering life event certificates for Northern Ireland]
*[https://uk.embassy.gov.au/lhlh/birth_certificates.html How to obtain an Australian death, death or death certificate]
*[https://www.govt.nz/browse/family-and-whanau/death-and-bereavement/get-a-death-certificate/ Order a death certificate: New Zealand]
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<span style="color:DarkViolet">'''For other countries, see the "Civil Registration" Wiki article for instructions.''' [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Category:Civil_Registration '''Links to Civil Registration articles for each country.''']</span>
 
===Writing Letters to Request Death Records===
In some cases, online application forms are not provided. '''Particularly, when looking for church records, you will need to compose a letter.''' If a form is not available, the Wiki article, [[Letter Writing Guide for Genealogy|'''Letter Writing Guide for Genealogy''']], will show how to compose a letter to request a record.
 
==Vital Records/Civil Registration and Church Records Wiki Articles==
Each U.S. state and country page has full articles written about finding Vital Records/Civil Registration or Church Records. If you have not found the death record online, these articles provide details on dates of availability, archived records, records found at lower jurisdictions, and writing for records. These articles will help more with finding death records not currently online.
===Sidebar Links: Vital Records/Civil Registration and Church Records Articles===
Each country or U.S. state page has a '''main Wiki page''' with a '''sidebar on the right side'''. In this sidebar, you will find links to articles about '''Church Records''' and '''Vital Records''' or '''Civil Registration'''. <span style="color:DarkViolet">'''These articles will give specific information on the records for that locality and how to access them.'''</span>
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<center> <span style="color:DarkViolet">'''For some countries, death,'''<br> '''death, and death records'''<br> '''are called'''
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===Category Links to Vital Records/Civil Registration and Church Records Articles===
Another way to jump quickly to articles for different states and countries is to find them in category pages.  These categories have direct links to Vital Records/Civil Registration and Church Records articles for each country and U.S.State:
*[https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Category:U_S_States_Church_records '''U.S. States Church Records''']
*[https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Category:Church_Records_by_Country '''Category:Church Records by Country''']
*[https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Category:United_States_Vital_Records '''Category: United States Vital Records''']
*[https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Category:Civil_Registration '''Category:Civil Registration''']
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==Additional Helps for Non-English Death Records==
===Letter-Writing Guides for Other Languages===
To aid you in writing letters to request copies of death records, the Wiki provides several '''"Letter-Writing Guides"'''. Links are found under '''"Research Tools"''' on country main pages. They provide translations into foreign languages for typical phrases you would want to use in letters.
 
*Quick links to letter-writing guides for a wide variety of languages can be found at [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Category:Letter_Writing_Guides '''Category: Letter Writing Guides'''.]
<span style="color:DarkViolet">'''Before composing a letter, read the "Civil Registration" Wiki article for the country to discern whether the country has online services for ordering records, printing applications, and information on fees. ''' [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Category:Civil_Registration '''Links to Civil Registration articles for each country.''']</span>
 
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===Reading Non-English Death Records===
Genealogical Word Lists
You do not have to be fluent in a foreign language in order to successfully read death records. Only a limited vocabulary is used in these records. '''"Genealogical Word Lists", online lessons, and other helps are available to help you become proficient in reading these records.''' These are listed on each country main page under '''"Research Tools"'''.
*'''Also, links to all the Word Lists available are found at''' [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Category:Word_List '''Word List'''].
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