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==Step 2: Find birth, marriage, and death records online.== | ==Step 2: Find birth, marriage, and death records online.== | ||
Government records, known as civil registration or vital records, were kept in California beginning in XXXX. They provide full dates and places. They are sometimes indexed, and can be searched by child or parent names. They are especially useful because they name other family members, For example, marriage records name the parents of the bride and groom. Death records are especially helpful because they name parents, who lived years earlier, even before other records were kept. Coverage in the earlier years can be incomplete however. In some states, church records were gathered to provide earlier certificates.<br> | Government records, known as civil registration or vital records, were kept in California beginning in XXXX. They provide full dates and places. They are sometimes indexed, and can be searched by child or parent names. They are especially useful because they name other family members, For example, marriage records name the parents of the bride and groom. Death records are especially helpful because they name parents, who lived years earlier, even before other records were kept. Coverage in the earlier years can be incomplete however. In some states, church records were gathered to provide earlier certificates.<br> | ||
span style="color: black">'''''Births'''''</span> | |||
*'''1800-1994''': {{RecordSearch|2001287|California County Birth and Death Records}} at FamilySearch; index & images | |||
*'''1812-1988''': {{RecordSearch|1674703|California Births and Christenings}} at FamilySearch; index only; ''Also at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60239 Ancestry] ($), [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/1695/california-births-and-christenings-1812-1988 American Ancestors] ($)'' | |||
*'''1849-1980''': [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61460 California County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records] at Ancestry; index & images ($) | |||
*'''1849-1994''': [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60240 California County Birth and Death Records] at Ancestry; images only ($) | |||
*'''1872-1987''': [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8834 California Birth Records from Select Counties] at Ancestry; images only ($) | |||
*'''1905-1995''': {{RecordSearch|2001879|California Birth Index}} at FamilySearch; index only; ''Also at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5247 Ancestry]'' ($), ''[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10070/california-births-1905-1995?s=275764761 MyHeritage] ($), [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/1694/california-birth-index-1905-1995 American Ancestors] ($)'' | |||
<span style="color: black">'''''Marriages'''''</span> | |||
*'''1852-2007''': [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/united-states-marriages?state=california US Marriages – California] at Findmypast; index & images ($) | |||
*'''1809-2011''': [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=70016 Western States Marriage Index] at Ancestry; index only ($) | |||
*'''1850-1877''': [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7848 California Marriages] at Ancestry; index only ($) | |||
*'''1850-1941''': [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8797 California Marriage Records from Select Counties] at Ancestry; index & images ($) | |||
*'''1850-1945''': {{RecordSearch|1674735|California Marriages}} at FamilySearch; index only; ''Also at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60241 Ancestry]'' ($) | |||
*'''1850-1952''': {{RecordSearch|1804002|California County Marriages}} at FamilySearch; index & images; ''Also at [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-30244/california-county-marriages-1850-1952?s=27576476 MyHeritage]'' ($) | |||
*'''1949-1959''': [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5186 California Marriage Index] at Ancestry; index & images ($) | |||
*'''1960-1985''': {{RecordSearch|1949339|California Marriage Index}} at FamilySearch; index only; ''Also at [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10202/california-marriages-1960-1985?s=275764761 MyHeritage]'' ($) | |||
*[http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates/search.cfm Western States Marriages] at BYU Idaho; index only | |||
<span style="color: black">'''''Deaths '''''</span> | |||
*'''1776-2000''': {{RecordSearch|3518938|California Deaths and Burials}} at FamilySearch; index only | |||
*'''1800-1994''': {{RecordSearch|2001287|California County Birth and Death Records}} at FamilySearch; index & images | |||
*'''1873-1987''': [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8835 California Death and Burial Records from Select Counties] at Ancestry; index & images ($) | |||
*'''1905-1939''': {{RecordSearch|1932433|California Death Index}} at FamilySearch; index & images; ''Also at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5187 Ancestry] ($)'' | |||
*'''1935-2014''': {{RecordSearch|1202535|United States Social Security Death Index}} at FamilySearch; ''Also at: [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3693 Ancestry] ($)'' | |||
*'''1936-2007''': [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60901 US Social Security Applications and Claims Index] at Ancestry; index only ($) | |||
*'''1940-1997''': {{RecordSearch|2015582|California Death Index}} at FamilySearch; index only; ''Also at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5180 Ancestry]'' ($), ''[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10071/california-deaths-1940-1997?s=275764761 MyHeritage]'' ($) | |||
*'''1991-2022''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20272/california-los-angeles-county-coroner-reports?s=275764761 California, Los Angeles County Coroner Reports] at MyHeritage; index ($) | |||
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