Is there any way to get birth or death records of people for free on the internet?

Question

I'm doing genealogy and I'm looking for information on my grandfather. He immigrated from Mexico and I can't find him. I know when he passed away and where but am running into a road block. Can anyone help?

Answer 1

No you cannot get them for free.

Genealogy, like most hobbies, have some costs involved.  Acquiring birth and death records is one of those times that your hobby will cost you some money.

Answer 2

http://vitals.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ca/d...

has "9,366,786 records from 1940 thru 1997". It is for California. There are other sites like that; certain states, certain time periods. There isn't a nation-wide data base of all deaths.

http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bi...

is nation-wide but not everyone is on it.

www.findagrave.com has 22 million entries.

Hunt around. Google "Death index Utah" or "Death Index Idaho".

Note that almost no site has the certificate; you have to write away (and pay for) that