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== State Repositories == | == State Repositories == | ||
=== Virginia Department of Health === | |||
VDH, Office of Vital Records<br>2001 Maywill Street ('''street address''')<br>P.O. Box 1000 ('''mailing address''')<br>Richmond, Virginia 23218-1000<br>Telephone: 804-662-6200<br>E-mail: [mailto:VitalRec.Questions@vdh.virginia.gov VitalRec.Questions@vdh.virginia.gov]<br>Website: [http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/vital-records/ Division of Vital Records] | |||
:The '''VDH Office of Vital Records''' has Virginia's births, marriages, and deaths 1853-1895, and 1912-present. (BMDs were not registered 1896-June 1912.) They also have divorces since 1918.<ref name="Gen" /> In Virginia, death, marriage and divorce data become “public” information 25 years after the event; birth data are “public” after 100 years. Certificates are available to immediate family members only (mother, father, husband, wife, child, brother, sister and grandparents) with valid ID.<ref name="Divi">[http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/vital-records/ Division of Vital Records] in ''Virginia Department of Health'' in Virginia.gov (accessed 13 May 2017).</ref> | |||
:'''Online index.''' Virginia '''birth''' and '''death''' records from 1912-2014; '''divorce''' records 1918-2014; and '''marriage''' records 1936-2014 are now available in a free '''[http://collections.ancestry.com/search/VA/DOH online index]'''. | |||
:'''Genealogical copies.''' The '''[[Library of Virginia]]''' Archives Division has Virginia '''births''' and '''deaths''' 1853-1896, and '''marriages''' 1853-1895 and 1912-1936 (including marriage bonds before 1853).<ref name="Gen" /> | |||
:'''Certified copies.''' Close relatives can obtain certified copies of BMD, and divorce from the VDH Office of Vital Records in these ways:<ref name="Divi" /> | |||
:*'''By Mail''' for about 1-2 week service. | |||
:*'''Walk-in''' for same-day service. | |||
:*'''Express delivery using a private company.''' For an additional fee, you can can receive express delivery by placing your order on the Internet or by telephone for official certified copies of Virginia birth, death, marriage, or divorce records from the private company '''[https://www.vitalchek.com/vital-records/virginia/virginia-department-of-health VitalChek Virginia]'''. | |||
:*'''Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles''' at all full service DMV locations.<br><br> | |||
=== [[Library of Virginia]] === | === [[Library of Virginia]] === | ||