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The birth index includes the following information: Full name, birth date, gender, mother's maiden name, and birth county.<br><br>For additional information (including the mailing address) on ordering birth, marriage and death certificates from the state of California visit: [http://www.vitalrec.com/ A comprehensive resource for locating vital records] | The birth index includes the following information: Full name, birth date, gender, mother's maiden name, and birth county.<br><br>For additional information (including the mailing address) on ordering birth, marriage and death certificates from the state of California visit: [http://www.vitalrec.com/ A comprehensive resource for locating vital records] | ||
=== Adoption Records === | === Adoption Records === | ||
Open / closed/ state statutes | Open / closed/ state statutes | ||
== Marriages Records == | == Marriages Records == | ||
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The Family History Library has copies of the marriages for many counties. For example, Los Angeles County marriage applications (1850-1905) and certificates (1851-1919) are available on 120 microfilms. | The Family History Library has copies of the marriages for many counties. For example, Los Angeles County marriage applications (1850-1905) and certificates (1851-1919) are available on 120 microfilms. | ||
The index for 1960 to 1985 is available at the Family History Library <ref>Family History Library fiche [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;titleno=216166&amp;amp;disp=California+marriage+records+indexes%2C+1%20%20&amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 6332554—]. </ref>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 index for 1960 to 1985 is available at the Family History Library <ref>Family History Library fiche [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;titleno=216166&amp;amp;amp;disp=California+marriage+records+indexes%2C+1%20%20&amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 6332554—]. </ref>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. | ||
=== '''Marriage Indexes''' (1949-1986) are available at: === | === '''Marriage Indexes''' (1949-1986) are available at: === | ||
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=== Inventory of Vital Records === | === Inventory of Vital Records === | ||
You can learn more about the history and availability of vital records in ''Guide to Public Vital Statistics Records in California''. <ref>Volume II, Deaths, San Francisco, California: Historical Records Survey, 1941; Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&amp;amp;columns=*%2C0%2C0&amp;amp;callno=979.4+V2h 979.4 V2h]; film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&amp;amp;columns=*%2C0%2C0&amp;amp;titleno=131130&amp;amp;disp=Guide+to+public+vital+statistics+records++ 897426] item 5. </ref> | You can learn more about the history and availability of vital records in ''Guide to Public Vital Statistics Records in California''. <ref>Volume II, Deaths, San Francisco, California: Historical Records Survey, 1941; Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&amp;amp;amp;columns=*%2C0%2C0&amp;amp;amp;callno=979.4+V2h 979.4 V2h]; film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&amp;amp;amp;columns=*%2C0%2C0&amp;amp;amp;titleno=131130&amp;amp;amp;disp=Guide+to+public+vital+statistics+records++ 897426] item 5. </ref> | ||
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== Tips == | == Tips == | ||
*Information listed on vital records is given by an informant. Learn the relationship of the informant to the subject(s) of the record. The closer the realationship of the informant to the subjects(s) and whether or not the informant was present at the time ofthe event can help determine the accuracy of the information found on the record. | *Information listed on vital records is given by an informant. Learn the relationship of the informant to the subject(s) of the record. The closer the realationship of the informant to the subjects(s) and whether or not the informant was present at the time ofthe event can help determine the accuracy of the information found on the record. | ||
*If you are unable to locate vital records recorded by governments, search for church records of christening, marriage, death or burial. A family Bible may have been used to record family births, marriages and deaths. | *If you are unable to locate vital records recorded by governments, search for church records of christening, marriage, death or burial. A family Bible may have been used to record family births, marriages and deaths. | ||
*Privacy laws may restrict your access to some vital records. Copies of some vital records recorded in the last 100 years may be unavailable to anyone except a direct realative. | *Privacy laws may restrict your access to some vital records. Copies of some vital records recorded in the last 100 years may be unavailable to anyone except a direct realative. | ||
*If the survival of a baby was in question, the birth may not have been recorded. If the child survived search for a delayed birth cetificate. | *If the survival of a baby was in question, the birth may not have been recorded. If the child survived search for a delayed birth cetificate. | ||
*Search for Vital Records in the Family History Library Catalog by using a '''Place Search '''and then choosing '''Vital Records. '''Search for California to locate records filed by the State and then search the '''name of the county '''to locate records kept by that county. | *Search for Vital Records in the Family History Library Catalog by using a '''Place Search '''and then choosing '''Vital Records. '''Search for California to locate records filed by the State and then search the '''name of the county '''to locate records kept by that county. | ||
== Archives, Libraries and Societies == | == Archives, Libraries and Societies == | ||