Find your ancestors in United States deaths & burials 1833-1970

What can these records tell me?

Each result will provide you with a transcript; the amount of information included will vary from record to record. Most transcripts will contain the following details:

  • First name(s)
  • Last name
  • Sex
  • Birth year
  • Marital status
  • Age at death
  • Year
  • Death year
  • Death date
  • Death place
  • Burial year
  • Burial date
  • Cemetery
  • Residence
  • County
  • State
  • Batch number (indexing project number)
  • Film number (GS film number)

This is collection comprises small sets of death and burial records from the following states:

Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

The individual sets are not exhaustive for any given place or time period.

If you are unable to find your ancestor in this collection, try searching Findmypast’s individual state death and burial records. There are separate collections for the following states on Findmypast: Alabama, Arizona, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Iowa, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Washington.