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How do I find marriage or birth records,when I don’t know where to look?

February 7th, 2010 6 comments

Looking for parents of :
James Francis Johnson..dob March 1871 in Buffalo,New York.
father :James Johnson born in Ireland.
mother of Irish decent: Margaret Hassen ( this is on his death certificate) born in New York. I do not have a birth date for either. This is a clasic brickwall.Any help would be so welcomed. Thank you.

Have you tried to secure his birth record. That will give you more definite information on the dates and location for his parent’s marriage.

According to the New York state archives http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/research/res_topics_gen_vitalstats.shtml "The indexes do not include births and deaths in Albany, Buffalo, and Yonkers prior to 1914, or marriages in those cities prior to 1908. (Contact the local registrar of vital statistics in those cities for information about earlier records.)"

So my best guess is to start with the registrar Buffalo about your ancestor’s records. They were likely married in the area as well so you should check about the marriage records at the same time.

Are you sure that Hassen is his mother’s maiden name and not a 2nd marriage after becoming a widow?

were can i find info of DOB and Dates of Deaths in the city of Sinaloa Mexico if doing family search?

January 24th, 2010 1 comment

is their a certain record place such as a county place somewhat???

Hey Gemluvs,

The first site below is a little rude, sorry. But there are addresses and phone numbers of places to call and write for specific circumstances of boarder crossing information as well as BMD.

SINALOA
Direc. del Registro Civil
Escobedo # 486 Ote.
C.P. 80000
Culiacan, Sin. Mexico
Phone: 91 671 566 96
Fax: 04 57 22 (Sria. de Gobierno)
Hours: 8:30am to 2:30pm
Fees: $13.50
Birth, Marriage and Death Records

Search Divorce Records Instantly Online

January 18th, 2010 No comments

Are you looking for important divorce records on yourself or someone else? Perhaps you want to verify that your future spouse is really divorced from a previous marriage or maybe you are trying to check up on the identity of someone. Whatever the reasons you want to find divorce records, you can do so instantly online.

Divorce records are public information making them easily obtainable through public databases online. You can search from the ease and comfort of your own home by using your home computer. It’s quick, it’s efficient and it’s accurate. Any member of the public with access to the Internet can search for divorce records of someone else.

Free databases make it possible to do these searches without spending even a dime so don’t let money hold you back. If you want to check up on someone, validate an identity or past from someone you know or even get your own divorce records without going through a lot of red tape, you can do so instantly online.

Technology such as the Internet has now made many things easier for ordinary people like you and me. Web searches make it faster than ever to find important information you’re looking for but you may not have known that you can use it to search for public records such as marriage, divorce and death records.

In the past, searches of this type may have taken days to complete. You probably would have had to go into the office where the records are kept and you may have needed to provide information about why you wanted the records.

Today, it’s much simpler and you don’t have to reveal yourself or why you want the records so you have complete confidentiality when you search for these divorce records online. Searches that could have taken days or even weeks before can now be done in a matter of minutes. You could have your results almost immediately with an online search.

The statistics speak for themselves when you look at the many people and organizations that are turning to online divorce record searches. There are millions of records found in the databases and you can begin your search immediately. If you need to search for multiple records, this is also easier than ever before. You can perform multiple searches from the same records search database.

Good divorce record databases have taken the steps to make the query simple and effective. It should be easy enough that even someone without a lot of computer knowledge and experience can figure it out. You don’t want to spend all day trying to sort out how to navigate their website or input your search details.

Typically, searches can be performed using name, city, zip code or state. This allows you more customization and the ability to filter out the results. If you have the proper information, you could narrow your search by quite a bit. There are many different reasons for searching for divorce records. The most important thing is to learn how and when to get the records you want.

Rose Quadee
http://www.articlesbase.com/divorce-articles/search-divorce-records-instantly-online-707303.html

How Can I Assess BIRTH And DEATH Records, MARRIAGE Records And Other PUBLIC Records For FREE …?

January 11th, 2010 7 comments

I’m trying to track down my family history. Mama can only tell me so much, and then it’s a dead end. All the older folks in my family are gone, and the public records at the courthouse only go so far. Mama is also ill, so she gets short-tempered if I ask her too many questions. I have to almost catch her when she’s in a reminiscent mood … and THEN I’ll have to be ready with a tape recorder, or I’ll miss a lot of what she’s got to say.

I can’t find a good online site that’ll give me anything! I can, of course, pay for the records I need just to get the names and the dates that I’m looking for … but it’ll cost me a pretty penny! Some of these records won’t be in the free archives for a few more years, since they wait 50 years after the person’s death to release them to the public for free.

If it were a simple thing like tracing one family lineage, I probably wouldn’t have much of a problem. But I’m talking centuries of scattered slaves with no Census Bureau records, as well as Native American ancestry … and I don’t even know what tribe!

It’ll be REALly interesting to find out if I’m related to a certain public figure with whom I share a last name … maybe one of his ancestors owned one of mine?

But, Alas! I don’t exactly know where to start!

Wendy provided you with some valuable advise. You will incur some expenses as she said and cyndi’s list is an invaluable resource. There is a site I recently found that will provide you with some public records for many local courthouses:
https://www.virtualgumshoe.com/resources/index.asp?CATEGORY_ID=90. Many public records for various counties are available. I’ve been able to obtain copies of actual documents (without visiting the courthouse or paying a fee) for my tree. Even my marriage record is listed on my county site!
It’s great because most public records will cost you and these are available on-line. Not every county is listed here but there are many. If you can obtain any tidbits of information from your Mama write them down. Gather up everything you can. A great site to help you begin learning how to research and organize the information you collect and gather is http://www.findingdulcinea.com/guides/Family-and-Relationships/Genealogy.html?xa=1.
There are many genealogical sites that are free. One thing you should remember about the information you find that others have compiled is – you must research the historical records for yourself for accuracy. The compilers’ may have just copied what others have found. Make sure the information is correct by viewing official documents, i.e., marriage, birth, census records, etc. yourself. Here are some very good free sites:
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp FamilySearch.org is a non-profit service sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. You can also download free software that will help you keep your family tree organized.
http://usgenweb.org/. This site has been created by a group of volunteers that are committed to keep genealogy free and have provided a website for genealogical research in every county and state in the United States.
http://rwguide.rootsweb.ancestry.com/. RootsWeb is also a great site. It’s funded by Ancestry.com. It provides links to ton’s of additional sites as well.
http://www.ellisisland.org/genealogy/index.asp . Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. Genealogy Learning Center. This site has also has some great getting started tips and free downloadable charts and forms.
http://www.myheritage.com/. Is free, private and secure. You can create a web site, build and save a family tree, share photos and videos and much more.
http://www.geni.com/home. You can build your family tree and invite others to join via email and expand your tree. You can add photo’s and video’s.

Performing a Death Records Search Online

December 24th, 2009 No comments

Performing a death records search online is easier than ever before. Public death records have been around for a very long time. In fact, history shows that they are one of the earliest public records ever kept and they were introduced over a hundred years ago. This means people have been keeping records of deaths for a very long time now and continue to do so each and every day. Today, death records are considered part of vital public records along with marriage records, divorce records and birth records. This means that this information is available for anyone from the public to get.

While it has been considered public record for a long time, it wasn’t always so easy to get. You had to go through a lot of “red tape” to get records from the past and you usually had to drive to the actual location of the death to access the records. Today, advancements in the Internet have made all of this a thing of the past. You can now get public death records using the Internet.

This means if you have a computer with a web connection, you can begin searching online for any record of almost anyone who has died in the United States. It’s fast and it’s easy to do. You don’t have to worry that you don’t have a lot of experience with the Internet or that you might not know how to do it. Good databases for these records are easy to use even if you have little or no experience with the Internet or computers. You simply fill out some basic information and allow the search to generate your results.

You can learn a great deal about a person from their death records, especially if there was also an obituary included with the record. You can most often learn the particulars of the deceased and their spouse and you will often learn about their children, parents and other survivors. You may learn about the death, the cause of death, the cemetery of burial and other burial matters.

Death records are important if you are searching for past family history and want to trace your heritage, especially since they often tell the parents, children and other relatives. Death records can sometimes also be helpful in background checks of people still living. Death records can help you in finding a long-lost relative or out of state friend.

Performing a search online takes all the mystery and stress out of finding your death records. You don’t have to worry about traveling to the location of where the death records are physically kept. In fact, you may not even know exactly where the death records are kept. You can begin your online search on nothing more than a single name.

Additionally, it’s all done confidentially from the privacy of your own home. You will never have to identify yourself or answer personal questions about why you want the death records. Because they are public, you have the right to look them up if you want and for whatever reasons you want, as long as they are not used to commit some type of crime.

Rose Quadee
http://www.articlesbase.com/relationships-articles/performing-a-death-records-search-online-705496.html

How do i access the public death and marriage records in new york state?

December 14th, 2009 1 comment


I am in charge of research and testing for an online consumer website (www.CompleteReviews.net). I have spent the last three months testing public record sites. At first I wondered why anyone would want to pay to access "public" records. Well, that is because of how hard it can be to get to them.

For marriage or death records, I would assume you would start with the county where the marriage or death was recorded. In most states, that responsibility falls under county government. You could start by searching the counties website (assuming they have one). The more modern ones are putting their records online. If that does not pan out, then you can contact the county records department and see what procedure they require. Usually you have to fill out request forms and in many cases there is a small processing fee (5-10 bucks).

Another option is to actually utilize a marriage or death record search site. These companies create massive databases of public information (up to 3-4 billion records) and store it in a single location so that you can easily search for the records you need. They even pay to access some records that, while public, are not accessible like cell phone records or unlisted phone numbers. If you want to go that route, the only sites I can recommend are the ones that passed our testing requirements. You can find them at http://www.completereviews.net under the categories of Marriage Records or Public Records. The cost is somewhere between $15 and $25 but it saves you a bunch of time and you get instant results.

Happy hunting!

Search Online Public Death Records

December 11th, 2009 7 comments

Dead men tell no tales, but Death Records can sure say a lot. They have come a long way since their humble beginning back at the turn of the 20th century. Today, Public Death Records form the set of Vital Public Records jointly with Birth, Divorce and Marriage Records. Public Records are much like reputation, you own it but you don’t really have a say in it.

The details surrounding the death such as time and place of death, burial and funeral information, personal particulars of the deceased and some degree of his spouse’s, children’s and parents’ are found in people’s Public Death Records. It’s also customary to put up an obituary alongside the death notices especially if the deceased was a distinguished figure in his lifetime and obituaries often show up as part of death records.

Although some of the information contained in Free Government Death Records may be private and confidential to some degree, Death Records are Public Records nevertheless. This means that generally anybody’s death records can be retrieved by any member of the public as long as the required procedures are followed.

Public Death Records are useful in locating out-of-touch friends or relatives, criminal investigation, researching a late person by the attached obituary and tracing family trees. Death Certificates are required for some official and legal undertakings and a good place to look is the deceased’s death records. Public Death Notices are also an invaluable resource for Genealogy and other historical studies.

Different states have different laws governing the access and use of Public Death Records. Furthermore, the death record databases of the various states are not linked. That means if it is not known which state precisely is the subject’s state of residence, a state by state search would have to be conducted in order for the search to be exhaustive. Having that said, records within each state however are uploaded onto a central state repository.

Besides the state office, Public Death Records can also be requested from other local government agencies tasked with the function. Death Records Search can be done through the mail, telephone, fax, in person or online over the internet. As with other public services, Online Death Records is the most popular mode of retrieval and has thus become increasingly available.

Although we can Find Death Records essentially free of charge from public offices, the setback is it usually requires queue and waiting period. The format of records among different agencies is also not standardized so they can be potluck in that sense. For more purposeful searches, people would be better-served with fee-based professional information providers which are abundantly found on all major search engines.

Ben Dave
http://www.articlesbase.com/genealogy-articles/search-online-public-death-records-726729.html

In Michocan, Mexico, where do you go to access death, birth and real estate records?

December 9th, 2009 4 comments


Here’s the office that keeps the information and the fees:

MICHOACAN
Direc. del Registro Civil
Aquiles Serdan # 192 Altos
Col. Centro, C.P. 58000
Morelia, Mich. Mexico

Phone: 91 43 13 93 15
Hours: 9:00am to 3:00pm and 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Fees: $13.50
Birth, Marriage and Death Records

The real estate records I’m not as sure about. The site is very slow to open, but I believe you’ll find the office listed on the Michoacan government website. http://www.michoacan.gob.mx/

Retrieving Public Death Records Online

December 8th, 2009 No comments

One of the first public records is Public Death Records. They started in the early 1900’s and form today’s Vital Public Records in conjunction with Birth, Divorce and Marriage Records. As with other public records, Public Death Records is not a voluntary or optional procedure. It is determined and mandated by the discretion of the authorities.

The information that can be derived from Public Death Records includes the personal particulars of the deceased, spouse, children and parents, time and place of death, death certificate, burial and funeral matters. It is also customary to insert an obituary into death records, especially when the deceased had been a distinguished or accomplished figure.

Some of the information contained in Death Records Search is actually quite private and people are known to be sensitive about it. That’s why there can be restrictions on their accessibility and use, death records being public records notwithstanding. Other than that, Public Death Records are by and large freely available from government agencies and private sources alike.

People Find Death Records for a multitude of reasons and purposes most predominant of which are catching up on long lost friends, tracing family trees and researching specific individuals. They are also widely used in Genealogy and other historical studies and are a primary resource for the Police and other enforcement bodies in their criminal investigation work.

Different states have different laws governing the access and use of Public Death Records. Furthermore, the death record databases of the various states are not linked. That means if it is not known which state precisely is the subject’s state of residence, a state by state search would have to be conducted in order for the search to be exhaustive. Having that said, records within each state however are uploaded onto a central state repository.

Death Records Search are very popular. They can be requested at any delegated government agency by mail, telephone, fax or walk-in. These days, the online option over the internet is also offered by the majority of public offices. Not surprisingly, Death Records Online has become the most popular way of retrieving Public Death Records.

Although we can Find Death Records essentially free of charge from public offices, the setback is it usually requires queue and waiting period. The format of records among different agencies is also not standardized so they can be potluck in that sense. For more purposeful searches, people would be better-served with fee-based professional information providers which are abundantly found on all major search engines.

Ben Dave
http://www.articlesbase.com/genealogy-articles/retrieving-public-death-records-online-718859.html

Search Online Public Death Records

December 6th, 2009 7 comments

Dead men tell no tales, but Death Records can sure say a lot. They have come a long way since their humble beginning back at the turn of the 20th century. Today, Public Death Records form the set of Vital Public Records jointly with Birth, Divorce and Marriage Records. Public Records are much like reputation, you own it but you don’t really have a say in it.

The details surrounding the death such as time and place of death, burial and funeral information, personal particulars of the deceased and some degree of his spouse’s, children’s and parents’ are found in people’s Public Death Records. It’s also customary to put up an obituary alongside the death notices especially if the deceased was a distinguished figure in his lifetime and obituaries often show up as part of death records.

Although some of the information contained in Free Government Death Records may be private and confidential to some degree, Death Records are Public Records nevertheless. This means that generally anybody’s death records can be retrieved by any member of the public as long as the required procedures are followed.

Public Death Records are useful in locating out-of-touch friends or relatives, criminal investigation, researching a late person by the attached obituary and tracing family trees. Death Certificates are required for some official and legal undertakings and a good place to look is the deceased’s death records. Public Death Notices are also an invaluable resource for Genealogy and other historical studies.

Different states have different laws governing the access and use of Public Death Records. Furthermore, the death record databases of the various states are not linked. That means if it is not known which state precisely is the subject’s state of residence, a state by state search would have to be conducted in order for the search to be exhaustive. Having that said, records within each state however are uploaded onto a central state repository.

Besides the state office, Public Death Records can also be requested from other local government agencies tasked with the function. Death Records Search can be done through the mail, telephone, fax, in person or online over the internet. As with other public services, Online Death Records is the most popular mode of retrieval and has thus become increasingly available.

Although we can Find Death Records essentially free of charge from public offices, the setback is it usually requires queue and waiting period. The format of records among different agencies is also not standardized so they can be potluck in that sense. For more purposeful searches, people would be better-served with fee-based professional information providers which are abundantly found on all major search engines.

Ben Dave
http://www.articlesbase.com/genealogy-articles/search-online-public-death-records-726729.html