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-== '''Births after 1916'''  ==
+== '''Births after 1922'''  ==
-The Vital Records office of the Illinois Department of Public Health has copies of marriages from 1916 to present day. Anything before 1916 must be obtained from the county clerk's office in the county where the birth occurred.
+The Vital Records office of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services has copies of births from 1922 to present day. Births from 1892 to 1922 are held by the Maine State Archives. Births before 1892 are held by the individual town clerk offices.
 ==== '''Obtain the Certificate'''  ====
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-<br> <br> '''''Restrictions to qualify for certificates for persons born within the last 100 years:'''''<br> To obtain a copy of the certificate, you must be:
+<br> '''''Restrictions to qualify for certificates for persons born within the last 100 years:'''''<br> To obtain a copy of the certificate, you must be:
 :*The person named on the certificate