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The statewide registration of marriages began in 1905. The state records are indexed. The index for 1960 to 1985 is available at the Family History Library (fiche [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=216166&disp=California+marriage+records+indexes%2C+1%20%20&columns=*,0,0 6332554—]). The Family History Library has not obtained copies of the actual certificates from the state office. Write to the Office of Vital Records and Statistics for further information. | The statewide registration of marriages began in 1905. The state records are indexed. The index for 1960 to 1985 is available at the Family History Library (fiche [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=216166&disp=California+marriage+records+indexes%2C+1%20%20&columns=*,0,0 6332554—]). The Family History Library has not obtained copies of the actual certificates from the state office. Write to the Office of Vital Records and Statistics for further information. | ||
Divorce records have been kept by the superior court in the county where the divorces were granted. You can write to the clerk of the court for information. You can also write to the State Department of Health for records since 1962. | Divorce records have been kept by the superior court in the county where the divorces were granted. You can write to the clerk of the court for information. You can also write to the State Department of Health for records since 1962. | ||
Many of the marriages for the state are searchable online at no cost in the [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/Western%20States%20Marriage%20Index Western States Marriage Index]. | |||
=== Inventory of Vital Records === | === Inventory of Vital Records === | ||