Where to Get Vital Records for U.S. States & Territories
Information on where to obtain vital records (birth, death, marriage, divorce and adoption) for each of the 50 U.S. states and the U.S. territories of the Canal Zone, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Includes Web sites, addresses, fees and links to major online searchable indexes (when available). Ancestral Findings
Offers free lookups in many birth, marriage and death indexes on CD.
County Courthouse Addresses
Select the state to bring up a listing of courts and their addresses. "Finding A Marriage Date"
Karen Clifford, AG, offers insight into sources for marriage information. How to Obtain Birth, Death, Marriage, & Divorce Certificates
The information is organized by state and includes an address to write to, the cost, and for which years the documents are available. Research in Birth and Death Records
The full online text of Chapter 3: Research in Birth, Death and Cemetery Records from The Source: A Guidebook for American Genealogy, Ancestry, 1997. Research in Marriage and Divorce Records
The full online text of Chapter 4: Research in Marriage and Divorce Records from The Source: A Guidebook for American Genealogy, Ancestry, 1997. Research in Funeral Homes
Funeral home records may include place of burial, family information, financial records, and the name of the insurance company. Christine Sievers has a good list of tips for finding funeral home records. Revolutionary War Period Records
These published volumes, with an online surname index, are gleaned from pension applications, a valuable source of information on births, deaths, and marriages. "Terms of Confusement: Dowry and Dower"
An article on the important distinction between these two old terms when doing genealogy research, by Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG. United States Vital Records Information
This site contains information about where to obtain and how to order vital records (birth, death, marriage, and divorce) from each state and territory of the United States. USGenWeb Archives
A virtual courthouse of submitted transcriptions of vital records, including birth, death, and marriage from all 50 U.S. states, searchable by state and county or surname. VitalChek
Request certified copies of birth certificates, death certificates, marriage certificates, and other vital records online. Where to Write for Vital Records
This Family History SourceGuideTM research outline from the LDS church covers everything you need to know to get started using vital records information in your research. Back to Vital Records Index
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