Saturday, January 17, 2009

How To Find County Death Records Online

By Jason Voxly

In order to find county death records online there are some simple yet specific tools and information needed to begin. In order to complete this task the follow must be obtained. A person must acquire internet access, have the information regarding the deceased and where they died, and perform a general search using a variety of search engines.

Internet access is obtained by subscribing to internet service through a local provider. If you do not have access from a computer at home, you can often gain inexpensive (or even free) access at a friendas house, work, or your local library. Before you begin, obtain permission for your search for county death records. Follow the same procedures if you conduct other searches, such as those for birth or marriage records.

The second step to conducting an online records search is having relevant information about the search topic (the deceased). You will want to have the personas name, the date of birth, date of death, names of family members, information about marriage(s), and professional information. You will also want to know the state and/or county in which the person passed away.

The more information you have when beginning your search the better your results will be. Keep in mind that you may need to search through a small batch of results that are similar to the information you are seeking because there are often persons with the same names that will show up in your results. Again, the more specific information you have for your county death index search the more refined your results will be.

The third element in your online search for county death records is using one or more search engines to gather the information you want. You can typically begin by using a search engine such as Google, Yahoo, or Dogpile. Enter your search terms into the search field to retrieve a list of relevant web sites on which you can search for the specific record you are seeking.

Subscription-based private web sites such as Ancestry.com can also be a good source of information, if you donat mind becoming a paid subscriber. The free information on government-sponsored or government-created web sites can be just as reliable, as government databases are often the basis of the information found on private sites. Another good source of information is newspaper obituary databases, which are based on county death records.

Searching for information about county death records can be simple if you have the proper tools and information. If you have reliable internet service, information about the person who passed away, and the ability to find the right web site, you have everything you need to conduct such a search.

This process for finding county death records, birth records, divorce records, and county marriage licenses may take some time if all the necessary information or tools are not available to you. Keep in mind the time required to filter though similar results and know how to refine your search. The next time you are searching for the death record of a loved one for whatever purposes you may have, keep in mind this simple process.

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