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Death Records Search - Where Should I Look?
Thinking of tracing your family roots? Consider making a death records
search. These documents can reveal more about your family than you think.
Thousands of genealogy resources have been posted on the Web in recent years,
making cyberspace a common first stop for people running a death records search.
From census transcriptions to burial registers to cemetery transcriptions,
tracing family roots is now made easier thanks to the Internet.
No matter what you're curious to dig up, you're bound to find at least a portion
of it on the Internet. The trick is to know how best to utilize the many
databases and tools that the Net provides to yield favorable records search
results.
Death Records Search – Source Tips
People running a death records search find it useful to maintain a research log,
taking note of the places they've searched as well as the information they found
or did not find. Providing source citations also helps make going back to
searched sites much easier.
1. The obituaries or newspaper notices. Family trees typically work their way
back from the present time so examining information on relatives who've recently
died makes perfect sense. Obits provide a boatload of information – names of
parents, siblings and spouses, birth and death dates, even burial places.
2. Cemeteries. Online cemetery listings are excellent resources for ancestor
information. There are a number of large online cemetery search databases that
have links to online cemetery listings.
3. Plenty of online death indexes are available via both volunteer and official
death records sources. The Social Security Death Index allows for free online
researching.
4. Once you're done searching online death records for ancestors that lived ages
ago, census records are next. In the US census, you'll find listings for living
and recently deceased relatives using the 1930 federal census records.
5. When you've narrowed down the search to a specific county or town, a visit to
the county's website should follow. Newspaper abstracts, family trees, county
histories and other transcribed pieces will likely be posted on the site.
6. Mailing lists, e-groups and message boards can provide additional clues
regarding your ancestors. Examining the archives of lists pertaining to your
surname can yield obituaries and other family history tidbits.
7. A trip to the local library or a visit to some historical and lineage
societies sites in areas where your ancestors resided can lead to further
answers. Look under links labeled “family history” or “genealogy” to learn more
about the available resources on genealogical studies in the area.
8. Based on what you've since learned about your ancestors, you're now able to
investigate more specialized genealogy info like occupations, military service
or schools.
9. Consult family research materials created by others. Thousands of these have
been published online. However, be warned, most of them are not totally
accurate.
10. Checking out
subscription sites for death records
for additional information won't hurt. These sites will enable you to access a
wide range of indexed records and databases. Do take the time to find reputable
search service providers though. The better the provider, the better the search
results (and the less time it takes you to find the death documents you need).
The Internet is truly a useful tool for piecing together family histories. The
next time you're out doing a death records search, make sure you check out the
Internet. It contains a wealth of information on birth, death, marriage and a
host of other genealogical topics.
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