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Birth Records

See also: Vital Records; Adoption Records; Church Records.

• Alabama Births and Christenings, 1881-1930 – Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of Alabama. FamilySearch.
   
• Arizona Genealogy Birth and Death Certificates. Births (1887-1930) Arizona Department of Health Services.
  
  
• Arkansas Births and Christenings, 1880-1893 – Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of Arkansas. FamilySearch.
   
• Bastard, Bastard Eigne, Bastardy. The 'Lectric Law Library's Lexicon.
   
• Birth, Marriage, and Divorce Records. Directory of online birth, marriage, and divorce indexes arranged by state and county.
   
• Birth Records at the Utah State Archives. Up to 1905.
  
  
• Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906 – Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of Connecticut. FamilySearch.
   
• Cyndi's List - Births & Baptisms.
  
  
• Delaware Births and Christenings, 1710-1896 – Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of Delaware. FamilySearch.
   
• Delaware State Birth Records, 1861-1922 – Imaged Records – Name index and images of state birth records, 1861-1922, including delayed birth records. FamilySearch.
  
  
• District of Columbia Births and Christenings, 1830-1955 – Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the District of Columbia. FamilySearch.
  
  
• Florida Births and Christenings, 1880-1935 – Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of Florida. FamilySearch.
  
  
• Hawaii Births and Christenings, 1852-1933 – Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of Hawaii. FamilySearch.
  
  
• Idaho Births and Christenings, 1856-1965 – Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of Idaho. FamilySearch.
  
  
• Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878-1922 - Imaged Records – Name index and images of certificates of birth as recorded at Cook County, Illinois – including the City of Chicago. FamilySearch.
  
  
• Illinois, Cook County Birth Registers, 1871-1915 – Imaged records – Name index and images of birth registers as recorded at Cook County, Illinois – including the City of Chicago. FamilySearch.
  
  
• Illinois, Diocese of Belleville, Catholic Parish Records, 1729-1956 – Imaged Records currently Browsable by Parish – unindexed – Records are found for the following 26 counties: Alexander, Clay, Clinton, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Lawrence, Marion, Massac, Monroe, Perry, Pulaski, Randolph, Richland, Saline, St. Clair, Union, Wabash, Washington, Wayne, White, and Williamson. Images of parish registers recording the events of baptism, first communion, confirmation (to 1907), marriage (to 1930) or death (to 1956) in the Diocese of Belleville (Illinois), Roman Catholic Church. FamilySearch.
  
  
• Iowa Births and Christenings, 1830-1950 – Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of Iowa. FamilySearch.
  
  
• Kansas Births and Christenings, 1818-1936 – Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of Kansas. FamilySearch.
  
  
• Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960 – Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of Kentucky. FamilySearch.
  
  
• Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830; 1854-1934 – Name index to birth, baptism, and christening records from the state of Louisiana. FamilySearch.
  
  
• Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900 – Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of Maine. FamilySearch.
  
  
• Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995 – Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of Maryland. FamilySearch.
  
  
• Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 – Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of Massachusetts. FamilySearch.
  
  
• Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915 – Imaged Records – Name index and images of state birth records from 1841-1915. The registers of births are first arranged in volumes by year. Within the volumes the birth entries are arranged by town, then numerically by the number it was entered into the registers. May include a few births for 1840. FamilySearch.
  
  
• Michigan Births and Christenings, 1775-1995 – Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of Michigan. FamilySearch.
  
  
• Michigan Births, 1867-1902 – Imaged Records – Name index and images of Michigan statewide birth registration entries. FamilySearch.
  
  
• Minnesota Births and Christenings, 1840-1980 – Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of Minnesota. FamilySearch.
  
  
• Minnesota Birth Certificates Index. 1900-1916.
  
  
• Montana, Rosebud County Records – Browsable Images – Land records, vital records, voter lists and probate case files located at Rosebud County courthouse, Forsyth, Montana. FamilySearch.
  
  
• New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900 – Imaged Records – Name index and images of New Hampshire birth records. Records consist of index cards that give the town and date of the event and often much more information. With the town and date, the original records can usually be located. Normally there is only one index card per child, but occasionally there is a corrected card before or after the original card. FamilySearch.
  
  
• New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904 – Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of New Hampshire. FamilySearch.
  
  
• New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980 – Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of New Jersey. FamilySearch.
  
  
• New Mexico Births and Christenings, 1726-1918 – Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of New Mexico. FamilySearch.
  
  
• New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962 – Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of New York. FamilySearch.
  
  
• North Carolina Births and Christenings, 1866-1964 – Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of North Carolina. FamilySearch. 

 
• Obtaining Birthdays in One Step. From Stephen P. Morse.
  
  
• Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962 – Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of Ohio. FamilySearch.
  
  
• Ohio, Diocese of Toledo, Catholic Parish Records, 1796-2004 -Browsable Imaged Records, Currently not indexed – Baptism Records are included. Images of parish registers recording the events of baptism, first communion, confirmation, marriage, and death in the Diocese of Toledo (Ohio), Roman Catholic Church. In addition to traditional parish registers, this collection includes miscellaneous cemetery records, Books of the Elect, Professions of Faith, Sick Call registers, etc. The following counties are found in the database: Allen, Crawford. Defiance. Erie, Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Huron, Lucas, Ottawa, Paulding, Putnam, Richland, Sandusky, Seneca, Van Wert, Williams, Wood, and Wyandot. FamilySearch.
   
• Ohio Meigs County Births. 1867-1908.
   
• Online Birth & Marriage Records Indexes for the USA:  a genealogy guide for finding vital records.
  
  
• Oregon Births and Christenings, 1868-1929 – Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of Oregon. FamilySearch.
   
• Public Records Finder. Source for free public records.
   
• The Public Records Online Directory is a Portal to official state web sites, and those Tax Assessors' and Recorders' offices that have developed web sites for the retrieval of available public records over the internet. For example, some Recorders' offices have marriage and birth records available online. Although not every county and parish has data online, many have home pages, and where neither is available a phone number has been provided.
  
  
• Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1878-1914 – Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of Rhode Island. FamilySearch.
   
• RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees- Lesson 6: Vital Records: Birth Records.
   
• South Dakota Birth Records. Pre-1900.
  
  
• Tennessee Births and Christenings, 1828-1939 – Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of Tennessee. FamilySearch.
  
  
• Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1934 – Digitized Records – Digital images and index of birth certificates for the state of Texas. Original records at the Vital Statistics Unit of the Texas Department of Health, Austin, Texas. FamilySearch.
   
• Texas Birth Records. As of March 2000, Birth Indexes from 1926-1995 and Death Indexes from 1964-1998 are available.
  
  
• Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 – Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of Texas. FamilySearch.
  
  

• Texas, Comanche County Records, 1858-1905 – Browsable Images – Not indexed yet – Records from Comanche County, Texas including births, marriages, divorce minutes, court records, probate records, and scholastic census records. FamilySearch.
  

• Texas, Mills County Clerk Records, 1841-1985 – Browsable Imaged Records, currently unindexed as a full collection – Including births, marriages, deaths, court records, deed records, divorce records, naturalization records, probate records, and indexes for each of these record sets. FamilySearch.
  

• Utah Births and Christenings, 1892-1941 – Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of Utah. FamilySearch.
  

• Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908 – Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of Vermont. FamilySearch.
  

• Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954 - Imaged Records – Name index and images (index cards) of town clerk transcriptions of births, marriages and deaths, 1760-1954. This collection is complete for years 1871-1908. As more data is received, the remaining year ranges will be incrementally updated. FamilySearch.
  

• Virginia Births & Christenings, 1853-1917 - Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of Virginia. FamilySearch.

• West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928 – Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of West Virginia. FamilySearch.
  

• West Virginia Births, 1853-1930 – Name index of West Virginia county birth records. Data is searchable for all counties. However, records within each county may not be available for the full year range. FamilySearch.
   
• West Virginia Counties. Images of original birth, death, and marriage records from six counties, as well as most statewide death certificates from 1917-54.
   
• Where to Find Birth, Death, Marriage and Divorce Records. By William Dollarhide in Genealogy Bulletin
  
• Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926 – Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of Wisconsin. FamilySearch.
  
  
•  United States Births and Christenings, 1867-1931 – Name index to small sets of birth, baptism and christening records from a few states within the United States. FamilySearch.