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''[[United States|United States]] > [[United States Vital Records|United States Vital Records]] > [[Ohio|Ohio]] > Ohio Vital Records''  

County-level registrations of births and deaths began in 1867 and were kept by the probate court; however, they are incomplete. A few counties have records dating from the 1840s. These records include the names of the parents and their place of residence. The obligatory recording on a state level of births and deaths in Ohio began 20 December 1908.<br>Birth and death records prior to 20 December 1908 are available from the probate court of the county where the event occurred. For more information see the [[Ohio County Birth Records|Ohio County Birth Records]] and [[Ohio County Death Records|Ohio County Death Records]] pages.  

These records are in the county or city health departments. The state-level birth records usually contain a child's name, place and date of birth, sex, race, name and birthplace of father, and maiden name and birthplace of mother. The state-level death records usually include a child's name, place and date of death, sex, age at death, marital state, place of birth, parents, occupation, cause of death, and last residence.  

The Ohio Department of Health<ref name="Ohio Department of Health">[http://www.odh.ohio.gov/vitalstatistics/vitalstats.aspx Division of Vital Statistics]&amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;gt;Ohio Department of Health &amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;gt;P. O. Box 15098 &amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;gt;Columbus, OH 43215-0098 &amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;gt;Telephone: 614-466-2531 </ref>in Columbus has birth records since 20 December 1908 to the present. They can be contacted for copies of records.  

The statewide registration of marriages began 7 September 1949. Records after that date can be obtained from the Division of Vital Statistics. The original marriage records, however, are filed with the probate judge in each county. A statewide index to marriages since 1949 is at the Division of Vital Statistics (address above).  

*Marriage Index <ref>Marriage Index. Family Tree Maker's Family Archives, Number 400. Orem, Utah: Brøderbund, 1996. (Family History Library&amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp;compact disc number 9, part 400; disc does not circulate to Family History Centers.)</ref> The Ohio marriage data was acquired from Liahona, Inc. This CD uses the Soundex code for quick access to surnames and gives references to the Family History Library&nbsp;film number for each entry. The CD lists marriages by county and gives the dates covered.

Divorce proceedings were usually recorded by the state supreme court before 1852, but petitions were filed in the county court. Since then all records have been kept in the court of common pleas in each county. Records of divorce granted before 7 September 1949 may be recorded in the County Clerk of Courts Office of the county where the divorce was granted. Divorce records since 7 September 1949 are recorded at the Ohio Department of Health in Columbus.  

Many '''eloping couples '''went to Cincinnati, Hamilton County, or Aberdeen, Brown County, Ohio to be married and to avoid the waiting period between the time of issuing a license and the performance of the marriage.  

*Death records from 1908 to 1953 can be searched on [http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=2;t=searchable;c=1307272 FamilySearch]. The site will let you view and save the actual death record.  

*'''Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953''' Free name indexes and images at [http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1307272 FamilySearch – Pilot]. Records include such information as birth date of deceased, city, county, and state of death, name of spouse if married, names of parents, maiden name of mother, name of informant, if deceased was single, married, windowed or divorced, occupation of deceased<br>

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