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    • A birth record contains information about the birth of an individual. On a birth record, you can usually find the mother's full maiden name and the father's full name, the name of the baby, the date of the birth, and county where the birth took place. Many birth records include other information, such as the birthplaces of the baby's parents, the addresses of the parents, the number of children that the parents have, and the race of the parents, and the parents' occupations.

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      To obtain a copy of any of a birth certificate in the United States, write or go to the vital statistics office in the state or area where the event occurred. To ensure that you receive an accurate record for your request and that your request is filled with all due speed, please follow these steps:

      • Make your letters concise and to the point.
      • Do NOT include more than one or two requests at once, and be careful not to write confusing details of your family lines.
      • Type or print all names and addresses in your letter.
      • Provide complete information on an individual and event for which you need documents. Include all names that may have been used, including nicknames, alternate spellings, etc. List dates and type of event as completely and accurately as possible. If you don't know the exact date, specify the span of years you wish searched and be prepared to pay for searches that span several years.
      • Always provide an S.A.S.E., (Self Addressed Stamped Envelope).
      • County offices have limited personnel and are often swamped with paper work. Genealogical queries are done as a service which is outside of their realm of responsibility. They ask therefore that you exercise patience and courtesy in your transactions with their offices.
      • Be sure and include following information:
        • date of request
        • full name of person (last name in caps)
        • sex of that person
        • date of birth
        • place of birth (city or town, county, state, and name of the hospital, if known)
        • mother's maiden name
        • father's name
        • relationship to party
        • the purpose for which the record is needed
        • requestor's name & address
        • requestor's driver's license number & state (some counties require it)
        • requestor's signature

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        Alaska
        • Alaska State Vital Records Office
        • Alaska Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Alaska
        • Alaska, Vital Records, 1818 -1963
          includes birth, marriage, and death records from Alaska that took place between the years 1818 and 1963
        Alabama
        • Alabama State Vital Records Office
        • Alabama Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Alabama
        Arkansas
        • Arkansas State Vital Records Office
        • Arkansas Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Arkansas
        Arizona
        • Arizona State Vital Records Office
        • Arizona Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Arizona
        • Search Arizona Birth & Death Certificates - an online search of birth (over 75 yrs old) and death (over 50 yrs old) certificates from the Arizona Dept of Health Services
        • Arizona, Birth Records, 1880-1935
          each record contains the full name of the individual, the full names of their parents, birth date, death date, county of birth, as well as an image of the original birth certificate
        California
        • California State Vital Records Office
        • California Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for California
        • Sacramento Births 1858-9
        • Sacramento California, "Sacramento Bee" newspaper 1859, Obituaries, Marriages, Births
        • California Birth Index, 1905-1995
          an index to over 24.5 million births occurring in California between 1905 and 1995
        • California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980
          includes birth, marriage, and death records from various counties throughout California that took place between the years of 1849 and 1980
        Colorado
        • Colorado State Vital Records Office
        • Colorado Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Colorado
        Connecticut
        • Connecticut State Vital Records Office
        • Connecticut Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Connecticut
        • Connecticut State Library - Vital Records - information on the vital records holdings at the Connecticut State Library
        Delaware
        • Delaware State Vital Records Office
        • Delaware Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Delaware
        Florida
        • Florida State Vital Records Office
        • Florida Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Florida
        • About Vital Statistics in Florida
        Georgia
        • Georgia State Vital Records Office
        • Georgia Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Georgia
        • Augusta-Richmond County Public Library Vital Records Database - Online searchable index for 1982 to the present
        Hawaii
        • Hawaii State Vital Records Office
        • Hawaii Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Hawaii
        Iowa
        • Iowa State Vital Records Office
        • Iowa Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Iowa
        Idaho
        • Idaho State Vital Records Office
        • Idaho Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Idaho
        • Idaho, County Birth and Death Records, 1863-1970
          contains birth and death records from select counties in Idaho that took place between the years of 1863 and 1970
        Illinois
        • Illinois State Vital Records Office
        • Illinois Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Illinois
        Indiana
        • Indiana State Vital Records Office
        • Indiana Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Indiana
        • Pre-1882 Indiana Births From Secondary Sources - A book series that comprises nearly 10,000 births that took place in Indiana before recording of births was required by law
        Kansas
        • Kansas State Vital Records Office
        • Kansas Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Kansas
        Kentucky
        • Kentucky State Vital Records Office
        • Kentucky Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Kentucky
        • Kentucky Vital Records Index - search indexes to Kentucky vital records
        Louisiana
        • Louisiana State Vital Records Office
        • Louisiana Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Louisiana
        Massachusetts
        • Massachusetts State Vital Records Office
        • Massachusetts Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Massachusetts
        • Massachusetts Town Birth, Death & Marriage Records - search Massachusetts vital records
        • Massachusetts Vital Records - explains how to locate, research and order Massachusetts vital records, including birth, marriage and death certificates
        Maryland
        • Maryland State Vital Records Office
        • Maryland Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Maryland
        • Maryland State Archives - Vital Records Information
        Maine
        • Maine State Vital Records Office
        • Maine Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Maine
        • Vital Records from Maine Newspapers, 1785-1820 - (book)
        Michigan
        • Michigan State Vital Records Office
        • Michigan Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Michigan
        Minnesota
        • Minnesota State Vital Records Office
        • Minnesota Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Minnesota
        Missouri
        • Missouri State Vital Records Office
        • Missouri Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Missouri
        • Missouri Birth & Death Records Database pre-1910 - searchable abstract of the birth, stillbirth, and death records recorded before 1909 and that are available on microfilm at the Missouri State Archives
        Mississippi
        • Mississippi State Vital Records Office
        • Mississippi Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Mississippi
        Montana
        • Montana State Vital Records Office
        • Montana Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Montana
        North Carolina
        • North Carolina State Vital Records Office
        • North Carolina Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for North Carolina
        • North Carolina Vital Records
        North Dakota
        • North Dakota State Vital Records Office
        • North Dakota Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for North Dakota
        Nebraska
        • Nebraska State Vital Records Office
        • Nebraska Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Nebraska
        New Hampshire
        • New Hampshire State Vital Records Office
        • New Hampshire Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for New Hampshire
        New Jersey
        • New Jersey State Vital Records Office
        • New Jersey Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for New Jersey
        • Second in Line: Vital Records in New Jersey - New Jersey vital records were mandated statewide in 1848, just the second state to do so. These and earlier vital records collections can fill pedigree holes.
        New Mexico
        • New Mexico State Vital Records Office
        • New Mexico Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for New Mexico
        Nevada
        • Nevada State Vital Records Office
        • Nevada Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Nevada
        New York
        • New York State Vital Records Office
        • New York Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for New York
        Ohio
        • Ohio State Vital Records Office
        • Ohio Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Ohio
        Oklahoma
        • Oklahoma State Vital Records Office
        • Oklahoma Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Oklahoma
        Oregon
        • Oregon State Vital Records Office
        • Oregon Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Oregon
        • OHD - Center for Health Statistics (and Vital Records)
        • Oregon State Archives - Vital Records
        Pennsylvania
        • Pennsylvania State Vital Records Office
        • Pennsylvania Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Pennsylvania
        Rhode Island
        • Rhode Island State Vital Records Office
        • Rhode Island Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Rhode Island
        South Carolina
        • South Carolina State Vital Records Office
        • South Carolina Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for South Carolina
        • South Carolina, Delayed Birth Records, 1766-1900 and City of Charleston, South Carolina, Birth Records, 1877-1901
        South Dakota
        • South Dakota State Vital Records Office
        • South Dakota Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for South Dakota
        • South Dakota Birth Record Search Site - for birth records over 100 years old (from the SD Dept of Health)
        • Search Newspaper Vital Records Index - search births, deaths, marriages & more from South Dakota Historical Society
        Tennessee
        • Tennessee State Vital Records Office
        • Tennessee Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Tennessee
        Texas
        • Texas State Vital Records Office
        • Texas Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Texas
        • State of Texas Vital Records
        • Texas Birth Records: 1926 - 1993 - search online
        Utah
        • Utah State Vital Records Office
        • Utah Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Utah
        Virginia
        • Virginia State Vital Records Office
        • Virginia Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Virginia
        Vermont
        • Vermont State Vital Records Office
        • Vermont Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Vermont
        Washington
        • Washington State Vital Records Office
        • Washington Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Washington
        Wisconsin
        • Wisconsin State Vital Records Office
        • Wisconsin Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Wisconsin
        • Search Pre-1907 Vital Records - dating back to the 1840s (Wisconsin Historical Society)
        • Wisconsin Vital Records - from Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services
        • Wisconsin Vital Records
        West Virginia
        • West Virginia State Vital Records Office
        • West Virginia Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for West Virginia
        • Search WV Birth, Death, and Marriage certificates on-line - from the West Virginia Division of Culture & History
        Wyoming
        • Wyoming State Vital Records Office
        • Wyoming Genealogy and Family History Resources - record collections, history and genealogy resources for Wyoming

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