WHERE TO ORDER BIRTH/DEATH/MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES


ALABAMA


Records begun: Jan. 1,1908

  • Division of Vital Statistics copy
  • Alabama Department of Public
  • Health, State Office Building
  • Montgomery, AL 36130
  • $5.00 for search and certified copy
  • $2.00 each additional copy


ARIZONA


  • Office of Vital Statistics
  • Arizona Dept. of Health Services
  • P. O. Box 3887
  • Phoeniz, AZ 85030-3887


ARKANSAS


Records begun:Feb. 1914

  • Divsion of Vital Records
  • Arkansas Department of Health
  • Little Rock, AR 72201


CALIFORNIA


Records begun: July 1, 1905

  • Office of the State Registrar of Vital
  • Statistics, Department of HealthServices
  • 410 N Street, Sacramento,CA 95814


COLORADO


Records begun: 1875 Law



  • Vital Records Section Statewide-
  • Colorado Department of Health 1910 (births) 1900 (Deaths) .
  • 4210 East 11th Avenue
  • Denver, CO 80220


CONNECTICUT


Town clerk's responsibility -1650

State Department of Health Statewide -July 1, 1897



Vital Records Unit The Barbour Collection abstracted

150 Washington Street all town vital records up to 1850Hartford, CT 06106

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA


Since 1920 -(births) $5.00 each record

Bureau of Vital Statistics Since 1930 -(marriages and deaths)

Division of Public Health At Delaware State Archives -1861-

Department of Health and Social 1863 (deaths), 1881-1919 (births)Services, State Health Building 1847-1929 (marriages), MarriageP. O. Box 637 Bonds from 1744.Dover, DE 19901-0637

FLORIDA


Jan. 1917 -births and deaths

The Bureau of Vital Statistics of the 1865-1916 -scattered birth records

  • State Department of Health and 1877 -deaths (spotty)
  • Rehabilitative Services
  • P. O. Box 210
  • Jacksonville, FL 32231


GEORGIA


1919 -births and deaths Credit cards (Visa, Mastercard) mayGeorgia Department of Human Compliance for deaths not until be used for urgent requests

  • Resources, Vital Records Unit, 217- 1922 and 1928 for births.
  • H. Health Building Atlanta, births, 1887, deaths 1896.
  • 47 Trinity Street Write: Fulton Co. Health Dept, 99
  • Atlanta, GA 30334 Butler Street, Atlanta 30303


  • Savannah, births, 180, deaths 1803.
  • Write: Chatham Co. Health Dept.,
  • P. O. Box 14257, Savannah 31406.


  • Macon, births 1891, deaths, 1882.
  • Write: Bibb Co. Health Dept., 770
  • Hemlock St., Macon 31202


HAWAII


Records from 1863

Marriages, deaths, $2.00 (office is not open to the public, write for certificates)

Hawaii State Health Department births.

Prior to 1896 all records are public. write for certificates)

  • Research and Statistics Section (incomplete)
  • 1250 Punchbowl Street
  • Honolulu, HI 96813


Hawaii State Archives

1853 births and deaths.

Early Department of Health records kept by clergymen and localgovernment authorities

DAR Library, Honolulu

Family History Centers 70 microfilm rolls of delayed birth Microfilm may be ordered fromSalt Lake City, UT certificates for Hawaii, from 1859 to local family history centers.1903, with indexes from 1859 to1938.

IDAHO


Records begun: 1907

$6.00 for certified copy. Delayed births, name changes, etc. are $10.00 per copy

For delayed births, name changes, etc. Written authonzation is required from individual, immediate relative or legalrepresentative

  • Vital Statistics Unit Delayed births, name changes, etc.
  • Idaho Department of Health Welfare
  • 450 West State Street
  • Boise, ID 83720-9990


ILLINOIS


Records begun: 1916.

births and deaths. Prior to $10.00 -search.

    Illinois Department of Health that date, at the county clerk's Additional certifications or birth
  • Division of Vital Records office. cards -$2.00 each.
  • 535 West Jefferson Street Certified copy. $15.00
  • Room 450
  • Springfield, IL 62761


INDIANA


1788 first law regarding marriages, became mandatory in 1800, issued by county clerk'soffice. NW Territory Statutes required that the bans be read 15 days prior to the marriage,male to be 17 years old, and female be 14 years old. $7.00, and $1.00 for each additionalcopy.

  • Indiana State Department of Health
  • Office of Dept. of Vital Records
  • P. O. Box 7125
  • Minneapolis, IN 46206-2414


IOWA


Records begun: July 1,1880 -early birth records $6.00

Earl birth records contain minimal data - name, date, place and names of parents. Deathcertificates prior to 1904 do not include names of parents of the deceased. Copies of certificates are issued to grandparents, parents, children, spouse, brothers, sisters, or legal\guardians, Purpose for certificateshould be stated.

  • Iowa Department of Public Health
  • Bureau of Vital Statistics
  • Lucas State Office Building
  • Des Moines, IA 50319


KANSAS


Statewide -July 1911- $6.00

Territorial records of marriages and deaths are in Kansas newspapers from 1854 to 1861 (publishedin Kansas Historical Quarterly). 1886-1911 marriages, births, deaths are microfilmed atFamily History Centers.

  • Kansas Department of Health andEnvironment
  • Landon State Office Building
  • 900 South Jackson
  • Topeka, KS 66612


KENTUCKY


Records begun: January 1, 1911 -statewide. 1874-1879 and 1892-1910, some births, marrriages,deaths.

  • Office of Vital Statistics 1874-1879 and 1892-1910, some
  • Department of Health Services births, marraiges, deaths.
  • 275 East Main Street
  • Frankfort, KY 40601


Microfilm copies available from -

Kentucky Historical Society
University of Kentucky Library

microfilmed copies available from -

Family History Centers

LOUISIANA


Records begun: 1914, with a few births for 1790 and You must show proof of kinship.

  • Division of Vital Records deaths ca 1803.
  • Office of Health Services and
  • Environmental Quality New Orleans required registration in
  • P. O. Box 60630 1790.
  • New Orleans, LA 70160


The Roman Catholic Churchdominated LA until the LouisianaPurchase in 1803, and they keptchristenints, marriages and burials.

MAINE


after 1892. After 1864, town clerks forwarded births, deaths and marriages to theSecretary of State.

  • State Board of Vital Statistics
  • State House, Station #11
  • Augusta, ME 04330


Maine State Archives

Family History Centers have 1892-1955 births, deaths, marriageson microfilm.

MARYLAND


1640 required clerks of court to record births, marriages and burials, and banns were postedthree days before marrage. $3.00. Include self-addressed,enveloped with record request.
  • Division of Vital Records
  • State Department of Health
  • Mental Hygiene
  • 4201 Patterson Ave.
  • P. O. Box 13146
  • Baltimore, MD 21203-3146


The Anglican Church registered births, marriages and deaths of all residents exceptblacks beginning in 1692.

Maryland State Archives 1898-1978, including Baltimore Self-service copies .25 ea. A searchCity 1875-1978, on microfilm. Also and copy mailed is $5.00.deaths 1898-1982, and BaltimoreCity deaths 1875-1982.

MASSACHUSETTS


Jan. 1, 1896 compliance. 1841 mandate. Some early vital records were filed by Countyfor Suffolk, Middlesex, Sussex, Plymouth and Hampshire.

  • Massachusetts Division of Health mandate.
  • and Statistics and Research
  • Registry of Vital Records
  • Statistics, 150 Tremont Street
  • Room B-3
  • Boxton, MA 02111


Indexes 1841-1895 are bound, ledger-style, arranged in 5-year periods at



  • Massachusetts State Archives
  • Columbia Point, 220 Morrissey
  • Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125


MICHIGAN


Records begun: 1805 for marriages, 1867 for births and deaths. 1905 Law.

$10.00 research, includes 3 years,with a second subsequent recordrequested submitted at same time in same envelope - $6.00. Additional years searched, perrecord - $3.00 per year.

  • Michigan Department of Public Health
  • Office of the State Registrar
  • Center for Health Statistics
  • P. O. Box 30035
  • Lansing, MI 48909


MINNESOTA


Records begun: 1907 Law, births start at 1900, and deaths in 1908.

$11.00 for birth records; $8.00 for death record

  • Minnesota Department of Health
  • Section of Vital Statistics
  • 717 Delaware Street
  • Minneapolis, MN 55440
  • Bureau of Health for City of St. Paul births and deaths
  • 555 Cedar Street
  • St. Paul, MN 55101


MISSISSIPPI
Records begun: 1919

  • Bureau of Vital Statistics
  • P. O. Box 1700
  • Jackson, MS 39205


MISSOURI


Records begun 1863 - non-compulsive birth law. 1883, statewide. $4.00.

  • Bureau of Vital Records 1883 -statewide
  • Broadway Building
  • Jefferson City, MO 65101


For1850-1910 City of St. Louis(deaths) and 1870-1910 (births), write

  • Vital Records
  • P. O. Box 14702
  • St. Louis, MO 63178


MONTANA


1915 mandatory. Deaths began in 1907. All pre-1907 births are filed with county clerk incounty where child was born. $5.00

  • The Bureau of Records andStatistics
  • Department of Health and Environmental Science
  • Helena, MT 59601


NEBRASKA


Records begun: 1904 statewide. $6.00

  • Bureau of Vital Statistics
  • State Department of Health
  • 301 Centenial Mall South
  • P. O. Box 95007
  • Lincoln, NE 68509


NEVADA


  • Nevada Department of VitalStatistics
  • 505 E. King Street, Room 102
  • Carson City, NV 89210


NEW HAMPSHIRE


Records begun: 1835 New England town records. $3.00. Phone orders accepted with credit card.
  • Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics
  • 6 Hazen Drive
  • Concord, NH 0330]


New Hampshire State Library(1640 indexes)

NEW JERSEY


Records begun: May 1878. Use form H2843. $4.00

  • State Registrar, Search Unit
  • New Jersey State Department ofHealth, CN-360
  • Trenton, NJ 08625-0360

New Jersey State Archives (microfilms of 20th century vital records, births to 1923, marriagesand deaths to 1940

NEW MEXICO


Records begun: 1920 -Statewide.Will accept phone requests using credit cards. 505 827 0121

  • New Mexico Health Environment Department
  • Health Services Division
  • Vital Statistics OffICe
  • P. O. Box 968
  • Santa Fe, NM 87504-0968


NEW YORK


1880 law. Copies of Vital records for $6.00, form DOH-1562, must state "forgenealogical use only". Certified - $15.00 each. Marriage Certificates - $5.00 each.Copies of vital records for NYC are not duplicated in Albany except for those areasannexed to NY or Brooklyn after 1880.

  • New York Department of Health
  • Vital Records Section
  • Genealogy Unit, Room 244
  • Corning Tower Building
  • Empire State Plaza
  • Albany, NY 12237


Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, Staten Island, Births through 1897, marriages through1937, deaths through 1929. $5.00 each.

  • New York City Municipal Archives
  • 31 Chambers Street, Room 103
  • New York, NY 10007


NORTH CAROLINA
Records begun: March 10,1913. Original copies of birth certificates can be obtainedfrom register of deeds in county where birth occurred.

  • Division of Health Services
  • Vital Records Branch
  • P. O. Box 2091
  • Raleigh, NC 27602


For death records prior to 1930 -

  • NC State Archives
  • Archives and Records Section
  • 109 East Jones Street
  • Raleigh, NC 27611


NORTH DAKOTA


1899 births, statewide in 1907. The records of Bureau of Indian Affairs includebirths, deaths, marriages from the agencies of Ft. Totten, Turtle Mountain, Standing Rockand Fort Bethold.

  • Division of Vital Records
  • State Department of Health
  • First Floor-Judicial Wing
  • Bismarck, ND 58505


OHIO


Records begun: 1856-7 law. Dec. 20, 1908 statewide. $7.00 for certified, $1.10 for uncertified.

  • Department of Health
  • Ohio Department Building
  • Room G-20, 65 South Front Street
  • Columbus, OH 43266-0333


OKLAHOMA


Records begun: Oct. 1908, births and deaths

  • Vital Records Section
  • State Department of Health
  • 1000 Northeast Tenth Street
  • P. O. Box 53551
  • Oklahoma City, OK 73152


OREGON


Records begun: 1903 -births and deaths, 1906 marriages

  • Oregan State Health Division
  • Vital Records Unit
  • P. O. Box 116
  • Portland, OR 97207-0116


PENNSYLVANIA


1681 colonial law, few were entered in the civil records (films of early records atGenealogical Society in PA. 1906 statewide. $4.00 for birth record, $3.00 for deathrecord. Use form H105.102.

  • Division of Vital Statistics
  • State Department of Health
  • Central Building
  • 101 South Mercer Street
  • P. O. Box 90 1906
  • Harrisburg, P A 17120-0090


SOUTH CAROLINA


Records begun: Jan. 1915. Charleston began keeping births in 1877 and deaths in 1821. Churchof England parishes (1706) kept baptisms, marriages and burials. Accepts Mastercard or Visafor urgent requests made by phone.

  • South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
  • Office of Vital Records and Public Health Statistics
  • 2600 Bull Street
  • Columbia, SC 29201


SOUTH DAKOTA
$7.00

  • South Dakota Department of Health
  • 600 E. Capitol
  • Pierre, SD 57501


TENNESSEE
Beginning in 1881-2 some counties maintained birth and death records. 1914 law. Statewidedeaths from 1936. Jul. 1, 1908 and June 30, 1912, and from Jan. 1, 1914. Tennessee StateLibrary and Family History Centers have indexes for 1908-1912.
  • Division of Vital Records
  • State Department of Public Health
  • Cordell Hull Building
  • Nashville,TN37219


TEXAS


1903 county clerks required to register births and deaths.

  • Bureau of Vital Statistics
  • Texas Department of Health
  • 1100 West 49th Street
  • Austin, TX 78756


UTAH


1905 -statewide. 1887 some counties.

  • Utah Bureau of Health Statistics
  • Utah State Department of Health
  • 288 North 460 West
  • P. O. Box 16700
  • Salt Lake City, UT 84116


VERMONT


Before 1857, mandatory to file with town clerks.After 1954 contact Vital Records Office. $5.00

  • Vital Records Office
  • 60 Main Street
  • P. O. Box 70
  • Burlington, VT 05841


VIRGINIA


1853 registration began in counties,Virginia Department of Health, thru 1895. Records not kept 1896-1912. 1912 statewide.
  • Division of Vital Records
  • James Madison Building
  • P. O. Box 1000
  • Richmond, VA 23208-1000


1953-1896 records on microfilm

Virginia State Library 1853-96

Family History Centers

WASHINGTON


post -1907. Washington State Archives and Family History Centers have pre-1907 microfilm.$11.00, or $15.00 per hour.

  • Vital Records
  • P. O. Box 9709
  • ET-II
  • Olympia, WA 98504-9709


WEST VIRGINIA


Jan. 1, 1917 -statewide, 1853 births and marriages registered in some counties.Accepts Visa and Mastercard for urgent phone requests

  • West Virginia State Health Department
  • Division of Vital Statistics
  • Charleston, WV 25305


WISCONSIN


Records begun: 1852 births and deaths recorded in counties. 1907 statewide.

  • Wisconsin Department of Health counties.and Social Services
  • Division ofHealth
  • 1 West Wilson Street, P. O. Box 309
  • Madison, Wl53701-0309


WYOMING


Records begun: 1909 -births and deaths.
  • Vital Records Services
  • Division of Health and Medical Services
  • State Office BuildingWest
  • Cheyenne, WY 82202


1869-1970 marriage records -

  • Wyoming State Archives
  • Historical Department, Barrett StateOffice Building
  • Cheyenne, WY 82002