California Vital Records Indexes

Places to find California Birth, Marriage, Divorce and Death Indexes Online

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Online California Vital Records Indexes

California Death Records Indexes, Full State and by County...
- Online California Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries includes listings for many individual counties

California Vital Records Indexes at Ancestry (these require a fee-based subscription)...
- California Birth Index, 1905-1995
- California Death Index, 1940-1997
- California Marriage Index, 1960-1985
- California Marriage Index, 1949-1959
- California Divorce Index, 1966-1984
- California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980 coverage varies by county and type of record

California Vital Records Indexes at FamilySearch (these are free with registration)...
- California Birth Index, 1905-1995 at FamilySearch
- California, County Marriages, 1850-1953 at FamilySearch coverage varies by county; does not include all counties
- California Marriage Index, 1850-1945 at FamilySearch not complete; coverage varies by county; does not include all counties

California, Birth Records from Select Counties, 1872-1987 at Ancestry/requires payment; includes...
- Butte County Birth Certificates, Returns and Indexes, 1872-1918
- El Dorado County Delayed Birth Certificates, 1872-1936; Registers, 1903-1922; and Indexes, 1904-1987
- Fresno County Birth Registers, 1889-1905; and Indexes, 1882-1950
- Stanislaus County Birth Certificates, 1872-1905
- Sutter County Birth Registers, 1904-1926
- Yolo County Unbound Birth Returns, 1878-1897

California Marriage Records Indexes by County...
- California, Marriage Records from Select Counties (Alameda and Marin), 1850-1941 at Ancestry/requires payment; includes...
  - Alameda County: licenses, certificates, and indexes, 1850-1941
  - Marin County: affidavits for marriage licenses, 1919-1936
- San Mateo County Marriages Index, 1853-1948
- Shasta County Marriage Records Index, 1854-1930
- Tulare County Marriage Indexes, 1852-1909 brides and grooms
- Ventura County Marriage Record Index, 1873-1940

San Diego County Divorce Index...
- Superior Court of California, County of San Diego Court Index For divorces, click on "Party Name Search," then set the case type to "Domestic."

Social Security Death Index indexes deaths reported to the Social Security Administration from the early 1960s to early 2014 (also has a few listings prior to the early 1960s)

California Naturalization Records...
- Online California Naturalization Records and Indexes

Los Angeles Genealogy Research Tools

Online Los Angeles Death Records Indexes and Obituaries for Los Angeles City and County
Los Angeles City Directories and Street Address Directories 1875-1987 some years missing; also has 5 Santa Monica City Directories, 1915-1925
Long Beach City Directories 1899-1969 some years missing; also has some Long Beach High School Yearbooks

Ordering California Vital Records

How to Order a Certified Copy From the California Office of Vital Records information about ordering birth, marriage, and death certificates by mail from the California Center for Health Statistics (fees and restrictions apply)

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