Whether you are searching for a death certificate in a genealogy search or you are trying to confirm a relative’s death for purposes of probate court, there is now an easier way to do your research. Online services can link you to complete court records about an individual when you enter basic information.
From the perspective of a genealogy search, all court records provide valid and valuable information. Digging up birth, marriage and death certificates helps you establish a time line, relationships and even occupations. By knowing when and where someone has died you can then investigate local newspapers and garner more information about someone’s life through obituary columns. Family stories and bibles are the best place to start your investigation into your personal history. If for some reason you don’t have access to either of those, your own birth certificate is the next best starting point.
Beyond a generation or two, unless you are fortunate enough to have a well filled family bible, birth and death dates get lost in time. For example, I know what year and where my grandmother was born, but not the actual date. I don’t even know who her parents were. Still, by finding her death certificate I can find out her birth date, and using that track down her birth certificate and parent’s names. Pursuing a genealogical search is like putting together a big puzzle, every little bit of new information helps to fill out the complete picture.
In the States, the Social Security Death Index is the most useful database when searching for death certificates. It isn’t easy to navigate though and it is very expensive to access. Your best bet, if you wish to peruse the information available through the SSDI is to get a membership to one of the many court records database services available online. These services can afford the cost of accessing the SSDI records and have the ability to constantly update the information they store. The memberships they sell cover their expenses in acquiring and maintaining multiple databases that serve people searching for records. It is a win, win situation.
It makes a great deal of sense to join a database service. These services have access to multiple databases from the local level to the state level and up to the national level. For you to search out all those documents on your own is time consuming and frustrating. Taking an annual membership usually allows you to search a limitless number of documents. Think of how much faster you can build your family tree if you don’t have to dig through every database available; and the savings will really add up. Find a service that has a good reputation online and start your search.
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