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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] | 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 | :The '''VDH Office of Vital Records''' has Virginia's births, and deaths 1853-1895, and 1912-present. (Births and deaths were not registered 1896-June 1912.) They have marriages since 1853. 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]'''. | :'''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''' | :'''Genealogical copies.''' The '''[[Library of Virginia]]''' Archives Division has Virginia '''births''' and '''deaths''' 1853-1896, and '''marriages''' before 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" /> | :'''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. | :*'''By Mail''' for about 1-2 week service. | ||