Online Arizona Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries

Online Arizona Death Indexes & Death Certificates

Arizona Genealogy Search: Death Certificates, 1870-early 1972; and Birth Certificates, 1855-early 1947 includes free PDF images of the birth and death certificates; early years may be spotty; from the Arizona Department of Health Services/Vital Records

Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951 from FamilySearch; includes images of the death certificates; free/requires registration

Arizona: County Coroner and Death Records, 1881-1971 at Ancestry/requires payment; for Apache, Cochise, Coconino, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Maricopa, Mohave, Navajo, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, Yavapai, and Yuma Counties; coverage varies by county

Arizona Obituary and Cemetery Indexes by County

Cochise County: The Evergreen Cemetery Project from the Bisbee Mining and Historical Museum
Coconino County: Citizens Cemetery Burials (Flagstaff, Arizona)
Gila County: Payson Obituaries, 1948-2008 from FamilySearch; includes some obituaries from the greater Phoenix area
Gila County Cemetery Records, 1927-1994 from FamilySearch; for Dudleyville, Ft. Grant, Mammoth, Superior, Ray, and Hayden cemeteries; coverage may vary by cemetery
Maricopa County and Phoenix...
- Diocese of Phoenix: Catholic Cemetery Burials includes Queen of Heaven, Holy Cross, St. Francis, Holy Redeemer, All Souls, and Calvary Catholic Cemeteries
- Mt. Sinai Cemetery Burial Directory Jewish Cemetery in Phoenix
- Double Butte Cemetery Burial Records (Tempe, AZ)...
  - Double Butte Cemetery Burial Records from the City of Tempe, Arizona
  - Double Butte Cemetery Burials from the Family History Society of Arizona
- Mesa City Cemetery...
  - Maricopa County: City of Mesa Cemetery Burials
  - Maricopa County: Mesa City Cemetery Records, 1885-1960 from FamilySearch; includes digitized images of the records
- Maricopa County: Mesa LDS Family History Center, Obituary Index, 1959-2014 from FamilySearch
- Maricopa County: West Valley Genealogical Society Obituaries Project Index (circa 1960s-recent; not complete; some earlier listings may be included) from local newspapers in Northwest Maricopa County (the Daily News Sun, Sun City Independent and others); copies of the obituaries can be ordered for a fee
- Pioneers Cemetery Association includes a list of some military veterans buried in Pioneer and Military Memorial Park, Phoenix
Pinal County GenWeb includes some cemetery burials; death index, 1887-1908, and other items
Yavapai County Cemetery and Obituary Databases from the Sharlot Hall Museum Archives; also includes other genealogy records
Yavapai County: Citizens Cemetery Burials Index Prescott, AZ

Also See...

Arizona Gravestone Photo Project has over 100,000 gravestone photo records from across Arizona
- Arizona Obituaries a collection of over 90,000 transcribed Arizona obituaries, c. 2006-recent
Arizona Genealogy Databases at Ancestry (requires payment) includes census, military and vital records, plus newspapers and city directories
Arizona Alien Registration Records (WWI)

Ordering Arizona Vital Records

See the index listed above to obtain free online copies of Arizona birth certificates 1855-1942, and death certificates 1844-1967.
Where to Write for Arizona Vital Records (restrictions and fees apply)

Online Arizona Death Records & Indexes

A Genealogy Guide for Finding Obituaries, Cemetery Burials & Death Certificates