This is a message from another list. Thanks for the work Kathy! Since the loss of Ancestry.com at Family History Centers, I've been trying to put together a list of free alternatives to some of the content on Ancestry. Many of their state vital records indexes are available free elsewhere on the Web. Below are the ones with which I'm familiar. If you know of other *state-level* vital records indexes, I'd appreciate hearing about them. Arizona Birth and Death Certificates: http://genealogy.az.gov/ California Births: http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/calbirths California Death Records: http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi Illinois Statewide Vital Records Databases: http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.html Michigan Genealogical Death Indexing System: http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/gendisx/search.htm Wisconsin pre-1907 vital records index: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/vitalrecords/ Minnesota Birth Certificates Index: http://people.mnhs.org/bci/search.cfm?bhcp=1 Minnesota Death Certificates Index: http://people.mnhs.org/dci/search.cfm?bhcp=1 Missouri Birth & Death Records Database: http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/birthdeath/ Missouri Death Certificates: http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/ New York City Vital Records Index: http://www.italiangen.org/databaselist.stm North Dakota Public Death Index: https://secure.apps.state.nd.us/doh/certificates/deathCertSearch.htm Ohio Death Certificate Index: http://www.ohiohistory.org/dindex/ Oregon Historical Records Index: http://genealogy.state.or.us/ South Dakota Birth Records: http://apps.sd.gov/applications/PH14Over100BirthRec/index.asp Western States Marriage Records Index: http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates/search.cfm

Cheryl, Double check on the ProGenealogists site to see if you have got them all. They keep their links up-to-date and always seem to have the most recent ones. http://www.progenealogists.com/genealogysleuthb.htm Luana Darby APG member ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cheryl Rothwell" <historysleuth@gmail.com> To: <Ilsangam@rootsweb.com>; <Ilmarion@rootsweb.com>; <ildewitt@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 3:45 PM Subject: [ILSANGAM] Fwd: Free Alternatives to Ancestry: Vital Records Indexes > This is a message from another list. Thanks for the work Kathy! > > Since the loss of Ancestry.com at Family History Centers, I've been > trying to put together a list of free alternatives to some of the > content on Ancestry. Many of their state vital records indexes are > available free elsewhere on the Web. Below are the ones with which I'm > familiar. If you know of other *state-level* vital records indexes, I'd > appreciate hearing about them. > > > > Arizona Birth and Death Certificates: > http://genealogy.az.gov/ > > California Births: > http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/calbirths > > California Death Records: > http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi > > Illinois Statewide Vital Records Databases: > http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.html > > Michigan Genealogical Death Indexing System: > http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/gendisx/search.htm > > Wisconsin pre-1907 vital records index: > http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/vitalrecords/ > > Minnesota Birth Certificates Index: > http://people.mnhs.org/bci/search.cfm?bhcp=1 > > Minnesota Death Certificates Index: > http://people.mnhs.org/dci/search.cfm?bhcp=1 > > Missouri Birth & Death Records Database: > http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/birthdeath/ > > Missouri Death Certificates: > http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/ > > New York City Vital Records Index: > http://www.italiangen.org/databaselist.stm > > North Dakota Public Death Index: > https://secure.apps.state.nd.us/doh/certificates/deathCertSearch.htm > > Ohio Death Certificate Index: > http://www.ohiohistory.org/dindex/ > > Oregon Historical Records Index: > http://genealogy.state.or.us/ > > South Dakota Birth Records: > http://apps.sd.gov/applications/PH14Over100BirthRec/index.asp > > Western States Marriage Records Index: > http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates/search.cfm > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Have you visited the Sangamon County ILGenWeb site? You can access it at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsangam/sangamon.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILSANGAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I thought I would let you know that there is still hope for the FHC's to continue accessing Ancestry.com. One of our DAR members is a member of the LDS Church and has been working at the FHL for the past year. She stated that they are still negotiating with Ancestry.com. Keep your fingers crossed! Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cheryl Rothwell" <historysleuth@gmail.com> To: <Ilsangam@rootsweb.com>; <Ilmarion@rootsweb.com>; <ildewitt@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 4:45 PM Subject: [ILSANGAM] Fwd: Free Alternatives to Ancestry: Vital Records Indexes > This is a message from another list. Thanks for the work Kathy! > > Since the loss of Ancestry.com at Family History Centers, I've been > trying to put together a list of free alternatives to some of the > content on Ancestry. Many of their state vital records indexes are > available free elsewhere on the Web. Below are the ones with which I'm > familiar. If you know of other *state-level* vital records indexes, I'd > appreciate hearing about them. > > > > Arizona Birth and Death Certificates: > http://genealogy.az.gov/ > > California Births: > http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/calbirths > > California Death Records: > http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi > > Illinois Statewide Vital Records Databases: > http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.html > > Michigan Genealogical Death Indexing System: > http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/gendisx/search.htm > > Wisconsin pre-1907 vital records index: > http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/vitalrecords/ > > Minnesota Birth Certificates Index: > http://people.mnhs.org/bci/search.cfm?bhcp=1 > > Minnesota Death Certificates Index: > http://people.mnhs.org/dci/search.cfm?bhcp=1 > > Missouri Birth & Death Records Database: > http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/birthdeath/ > > Missouri Death Certificates: > http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/ > > New York City Vital Records Index: > http://www.italiangen.org/databaselist.stm > > North Dakota Public Death Index: > https://secure.apps.state.nd.us/doh/certificates/deathCertSearch.htm > > Ohio Death Certificate Index: > http://www.ohiohistory.org/dindex/ > > Oregon Historical Records Index: > http://genealogy.state.or.us/ > > South Dakota Birth Records: > http://apps.sd.gov/applications/PH14Over100BirthRec/index.asp > > Western States Marriage Records Index: > http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates/search.cfm > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Have you visited the Sangamon County ILGenWeb site? You can access it at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsangam/sangamon.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILSANGAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >