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Substitute Records

Birth Substitutes
DEATH RECORDS almost always include birth information (either a date and place or an age) SOCIAL SECURITY death index and the social se-curity application will list a birth date and the place the number was issued CENSUS RECORDS will list an age (and maybe a date) as well as a state of birth CEMETERY RECORDS may list both birthdate and place where headstones usually list either birthdate, birth year, or age CHURCH RECORDS oftentimes have birthdates and places or baptism dates and places MILITARY RECORDS such as draft cards, service rec-ords, and pensions records may include birth information BIBLE RECORDS usually include exact dates of birth and may include birth places

DEATH RECORDS almost always include birth information (either a date and place or an age)
SOCIAL SECURITY death index and the social se-curity application will list a birth date and the place the number was issued
CENSUS RECORDS will list an age (and maybe a date) as well as a state of birth
CEMETERY RECORDS may list both birthdate and place where headstones usually list either birthdate, birth year, or age
CHURCH RECORDS oftentimes have birthdates and places or baptism dates and places
MILITARY RECORDS such as draft cards, service rec-ords, and pensions records may include birth information
BIBLE RECORDS usually include exact dates of birth and may include birth places

Marriage Substitutes
NEWSPAPERS ANNOUNCEMENTS such as wedding announcements or golden anniversaries will include marriage information CHURCH RECORDS will list maiden name of spouse as well as date and place of marriage OBITUARIES may include the name of a surviving spouse and later obituaries may also include date and place of marriage MILITARY RECORDS, especially pensions for widows may include name of spouse as well as date and place of marriage DEATH RECORDS may include the name of spouse and whether married, widowed, or divorced CENSUS RECORDS after 1850 may list the first names of spouse and censuses in the twentieth century include in-formation such as number of years married BIBLE RECORDS may include dates of marriage as well as the maiden name of spouses

NEWSPAPERS ANNOUNCEMENTS such as wedding announcements or golden anniversaries will include marriage information
CHURCH RECORDS will list maiden name of spouse as well as date and place of marriage
OBITUARIES may include the name of a surviving spouse and later obituaries may also include date and place of marriage
MILITARY RECORDS, especially pensions for widows may include name of spouse as well as date and place of marriage
DEATH RECORDS may include the name of spouse and whether married, widowed, or divorced
CENSUS RECORDS after 1850 may list the first names of spouse and censuses in the twentieth century include in-formation such as number of years married
BIBLE RECORDS may include dates of marriage as well as the maiden name of spouses

Death Substitutes
SOCIAL SECURITY death index will include a date of death as well as the last place the decedent re-ceived benefits CEMETERY RECORDS will list death date and place and a headstone will list a death date OBITUARIES include date and place of death FUNERAL HOME RECORDS will include the date and place of death CHURCH RECORDS may list a date and place of death or a date and place of burial MILITARY RECORDS such as pensions may include the date and place an veteran or his widow died PROBATE RECORDS which show the settlement of a decedent’s property will indicate a date of death as well as a final residence

SOCIAL SECURITY death index will include a date of death as well as the last place the decedent re-ceived benefits
CEMETERY RECORDS will list death date and place and a headstone will list a death date
OBITUARIES include date and place of death
FUNERAL HOME RECORDS will include the date and place of death
CHURCH RECORDS may list a date and place of death or a date and place of burial
MILITARY RECORDS such as pensions may include the date and place an veteran or his widow died
PROBATE RECORDS which show the settlement of a decedent’s property will indicate a date of death as well as a final residence

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