Delayed registrations that have six digit numbers assigned beginning with "50" are registrations that occurred after late 1945 or early 1946. Delayed registrations that have six digit numbers assigned beginning with "90" are registrations that occurred more than a year after the event but before late 1945 or early 1946. If the registration number is between 201001 and 399999, the registration will be found in the year the birth was registered, not...

The index will give you the date of death and file/certificate number. To get the film for the actual certificate, go first to the date, then the county, and the file/certificate number. A description of the year, month, volume, span of counties, and file/certificate numbers is found on the spine of each volume on the film. The file number and certificate number are the same number. Records prior to 1910 are organized by county, and are in rough...

HOW TO USE THE INDEX: Find the name of an individual in the alphabetical name index on microfiche. (#6016862; this index is on 191 microfiche and runs from 1916-1938. There is no index for 1939-1945.). Note the locality; year, month and day of death; the filing date; and the certificate number. Certificate numbers in the index are 7 digit numbers that begin with a code number for the location. This initial number and any zeros that immediately...

Records are in chronological order, filmed in alphabetical order by name of county. Deaths were recorded from 1900-1907 without certificate numbers. In 1908, the state began issuing numbered certificates. The numbered death certificates are arranged numerically by certificate number. The certificate numbers were assigned annually after all the certificates for the year were collected and sorted alphabetically by county and thereunder alphabetically...

Death certificates are arranged alphabetically by county and then chronologically. Cities within each county are found at the end of their respective counties and are also arranged chronologically within each city. Numbering of certificates begins over with each county and also with each city. The counties and cities also have a district number which usually appears next to the certificate number. Normally there are several spaces between the...

Volumes 1-242A cover the years 1872-1918 but are arranged geographically so dates are not chronological except within a geographical region or registration district. Indian death registrations were recorded in separate volumes with a separate numbering system from 1917 to 1956 but they are indexed with the main set of death registrations. In 1943, a special form was created for these death registrations but was discontinued after 1956. The "Overseas...