West Virginia Vital Records: Difference between revisions

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[[United States Vital Records|Vital Records]] consist of [[United States Birth Records|births]], adoptions, [[United States Marriage Records|marriages]], divorces, and [[United States Death Records|deaths]] recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. [[Locating United States Vital Records|United States Vital Records]] has additional research guidance on researching and using vital records. A copy or an extract of most original records can be purchased from the [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/West West Virginia Vital Records State Department of Health] or the County Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred.  

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West Virginia's civil records start the following years:  

<br>This is a collection of Family History Library records which are abstracted, indexed and titled the [[West Virginia Vital Records Index (FamilySearch Historical Records)|West Virginia Vital Records Index.]] For over 30 years, volunteer indexers extracted this information from microfilm copies of the original records. In 1998, a few of the entries were published on 7 CDs by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as the "North America Vital Records Index." This index is an index of the births, marriages, and deaths throughout Kentucky. The index is not necessarily complete for any particular place or region.  

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