North Carolina Vital Records:
P.O. Box 29537
Raleigh, NC 27626-0537
Phone: (919) 733-3526
What You Need to Know:
Check or money order should be made payable to North Carolina Vital Records. Personal checks are accepted. Additional copies of the same record ordered at the same time are $15.00 each. Call or visit the Web site to verify current fees.
Web site: North Carolina Vital Records
North Carolina Birth Records:
Dates: From October 1913
Cost of copy: $24.00
Comments: Include with your request as much as you can of the following: name of individual, county of birth, year of birth, full maiden name of mother, full name of father, your relationship to the individual named on the certificate and the reason for your request. Certified copies of birth records in N.C. are only available to the individual named on the certificate, spouse, siblings, direct ancestors, direct descendants, stepparents or stepchildren. Uncertified copies of records for genealogical purposes are available to anyone.
* If you know the area where your ancestor lived, you will often get faster results by first checking the records in the county where the event occurred. Generally, this is the local register of deeds office, but in Mecklenburg, Durham, and Wake Counties, it is the local health department.
North Carolina Death Records:
Dates: From 1913
Cost of copy: $24.00
Comments: Include with your request as much as you can of the following: name of deceased, county of death, year of death, your relationship to the individual named on the certificate and the reason for your request. Certified copies of death records in N.C. are only available to the individual named on the certificate, spouse, siblings, direct ancestors, direct descendants, stepparents or stepchildren. Uncertified copies of records for genealogical purposes are available to anyone.
Application for North Carolina Death Certificate
For death certificates prior to 1930, contact the North Carolina State Archives. Only a few delayed death records may exist back to 1909. Prior to this, there are no death records of any sort other than wills and estate settlements in the North Carolina State Archives.
* If you know the area where your ancestor lived, you will often get faster results by first checking the records in the county where the event occurred. Generally, this is the local register of deeds office, but in Mecklenburg, Durham, and Wake Counties, it is the local health department.
North Carolina Marriage Records:
Dates: From January 1962 (state), from 1868 (county)
Cost of Copy: $24 (state)
Comments: Include with your request as much as you can of the following: full name of groom, full maiden name of bride, county of marriage, year of marriage, your relationship to the individual named on the certificate and the reason for your request. Certified copies of marriage records in N.C. are only available to the individual named on the certificate, spouse, siblings, direct ancestors, direct descendants, stepparents or stepchildren. Uncertified copies of records for genealogical purposes are available to anyone.
Application for North Carolina Marriage Certificate
* Marriage records from as early as 1868 through the present are available from the county where the marriage occurred. Contact the local register of deeds office in the county where the marriage occurred. The North Carolina State Archives also has some pre-1868 bonds for about half of N.C. counties.
