United States Social Security Death Index (FamilySearch)
Name index to deaths recorded by the Social Security Administration beginning in 1962. Current as of February 28, 2014.
Vital Records
Birth, marriage and death records—the core items of information for genealogy
Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records
United States Marriage Records
California County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994 (FamilySearch)
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How to Find U.S. Birth Records (FamilySearch)
Online Birth & Marriage Records Indexes for the USA
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Find a Grave
153 million grave records, many with genealogies and headstone photographs.
Nationwide Gravesite Locator
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs database with more than three million records of veterans and dependents buried in VA’s 120 cemeteries since the Civil War.