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Each state eventually developed its own laws and created a statewide registration system. Unfortunately, these records do not exist until the early 1900's in most states. Local offices did not always comply immediately with the registration laws. Within 20 years after registration laws were enacted, most states were recording at least 90 percent of the births and deaths. For more details see the [[United States Vital Records/old Research Outline content|old United States Vital Records]] page that was originally obtained from the United States Research Outline. To learn more about the creation of civil records and the regional differences go to the [[United States Civil Records|United States Civil Records]] page. | Each state eventually developed its own laws and created a statewide registration system. Unfortunately, these records do not exist until the early 1900's in most states. Local offices did not always comply immediately with the registration laws. Within 20 years after registration laws were enacted, most states were recording at least 90 percent of the births and deaths. For more details see the [[United States Vital Records/old Research Outline content|old United States Vital Records]] page that was originally obtained from the United States Research Outline. To learn more about the creation of civil records and the regional differences go to the [[United States Civil Records|United States Civil Records]] page. | ||
==Family History Library | == Records at the Family History Library == | ||
::[STATE] [COUNTY] [TOWN] - VITAL RECORDS | The [[Family History Library|Family History Library]] has copies of many vital records, primarily those before 1920. However, if a record was never kept, was not available in the courthouse at the time of microfilming, was not microfilmed, or is restricted from public access by the laws of the state, the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]] does not have a copy. You may use the records at the library for your family research, but the library does not issue or certify certificates for living or deceased individuals. | ||
Vital records can be found in the Place Search of the [[Family History Library Catalog Place Search|Family History Library Catalog]] under each of the following approaches: | |||
::[STATE] - VITAL RECORDS<br> | |||
::[STATE], [COUNTY] - VITAL RECORDS<br> | |||
::[STATE], [COUNTY], [TOWN] - VITAL RECORDS | |||
You can find further information about vital records in research pages available for each state. | |||
The [[Family History Library|Family History Library]] has statewide collections and special indexes of vital records for most states. The library has good collections of county vital records for several states | |||
== Vital Records of Each State == | == Vital Records of Each State == | ||