Was your ancestor born or christened in the United States? Discover details such as parents’ names and birth and christening dates in this collection of various states’ birth and christening records from 1817 to 1961.
Was your ancestor born or christened in the United States? Discover details such as parents’ names and birth and christening dates in this collection of various states’ birth and christening records from 1817 to 1961.
This collection, comprising small sets of records from various states, provides transcripts with the following fields:
First name(s)
Last name
Year
Sex
Birth year
Birth place
Christening year
Christening place
Father’s first name(s)
Father’s last name
Mother’s first name(s)
Mother’s last name
Residence
County
State
Batch number (indexing project number)
Film number (GS film number)
The places included in this collection are as follows:
Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Dakota Territory, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming
The records are not exhaustive for any given place or time period.
If you are unable to find your ancestor in this collection, try searching Findmypast’s individual state birth, baptism, and christening records. There are separate collections for the following states on Findmypast: Arizona, California, District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Utah, and Washington.
If narrowing by county is not yielding the expected results, try searching by only state instead.
Try searching by name using name variants.
Expand the year range in your search.
If searching on your ancestor’s name is not yielded expected results, try searching by your ancestor’s parents’ names.