Recent vital records may be protected by rights of privacy, however. The Internet sites listed above contain updated information regarding vital records. One of the best approaches for locating U.S. births, marriages, deaths, and vital records indexes on the Internet is to first search the U.S. GenWeb Project home page. For foreign countries, see the World GenWeb Project . Many vital records, especially marriages and deaths, have been microfilmed and are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.
Many records are also available on compact disc from Ancestry and other publishers.
Marriages and deaths, and sometimes births, have been published in book form. In church records you may find baptisms, marriages, and deaths or burials. Tips for Finding Vital Records Check the Family History Library Catalog or another library catalog under your locality of interest and then under the heading Vital Records. Always search indexes and printed sources before searching for original records. Search the Internet, particularly Ancestry s databases or the U.S. GenWeb Project, for vital records under your state and county of interest.