Free Public Death Records

When someone dies, you may need free public death records to prove that the person has died. Fortunately, you can obtain a death record quite easily from many different sources.

If you live near where the person died, you can visit the vital records department in the deceased county. You will need to provide information about the person.

• Name of deceased
• Date of death
• State of death
• Father's name
• Mother's maiden name
• Spouse's name
• Social security number

To find the vital records department by state, consult Vital Records website.

If you are looking for a convenient way to acquire a death record, consider searching online. While you won't find a website that will provide you with free public death records, you can find death information without cost by searching for an obituary. Even though some institutions may not accept an obituary as proof of death, you can use it for informational purposes.

Not all websites will have record of all [[Obituary Searches|obituaries], so you may have to try a few different sites.

• Legacy
• Ancestor Hunt
• Obituaries
• Tributes.com

If the person died recently, you can check the local newspaper's website.

If you are willing to pay the price for convenience, you can view and print out death records on these sites.

• Public Record Finder
• Public Records Pro
• DeathRecords.com

When you search for a free public death record online, you may find that many websites lead you to believe that you don't have to pay for the record but then after searching for the deceased, you're prompted to pay to see it. This can be frustrating and time consuming.

The reason why you won't find free public death records is because websites want to charge a fee for its convenience. These website owners know you are more likely to pay for a record if you see that they have it ready for you to print as soon as you pay using your credit card.

You may be tempted to pay for it because the alternative is taking time out of your day to drive to the vital records department, possibly stand in line, fill out a form and then wait up to an hour for someone to locate the record. Furthermore, some vital records departments charge an administration fee.

How do these websites get away with saying they will give you a death record free? Well, technically, what they are saying is that you can search for the death record for free. Some sites will even give you a preview of it. However, saving or printing it for your own use, comes with a fee.

Many identity thieves have developed websites that seem to be legitimate providers of death records. It's important to research a website before you provide personal information. You can do this by entering the name of the site into a search engine, using an antivirus program that detects fraudulent web pages, or checking with Better Business Bureau Online.

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