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Vital records consist of birth, death, marriage and divorce records. Although Ohio enacted a statute in 1856 -1857 requiring registration of births, deaths and marriages, many counties did not comply. A second law was written in 1867 but, again, was not always followed. By 1908, the law was more clearly defined and kept. Any existing birth and death records from 1867 through December 19, 1908 are located at the [[{{PAGENAME}}#Court_Records|{{PAGENAME}} Probate Court.]] The [http://www.odh.ohio.gov/vitalstatistics/vitalmisc/vitalstats.aspx | Vital records consist of birth, death, marriage and divorce records. Although Ohio enacted a statute in 1856 -1857 requiring registration of births, deaths and marriages, many counties did not comply. A second law was written in 1867 but, again, was not always followed. By 1908, the law was more clearly defined and kept. Any existing birth and death records from 1867 through December 19, 1908 are located at the [[{{PAGENAME}}#Court_Records|{{PAGENAME}} Probate Court.]] The [http://www.odh.ohio.gov/vitalstatistics/vitalmisc/vitalstats.aspx Indiana Department of Health] has birth records filed after December 20, 1908 and death records filed after January 1, 1954 while the [http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/index.shtml Indiana Historical Society] houses death records from December 20, 1908 through December 31, 1953. | ||
Original marriage records are held at the office of the [[{{PAGENAME}}#Court_Records|{{PAGENAME}} Probate Court]] with divorce records located with the [[{{PAGENAME}}#Court_Records|{{PAGENAME}} Clerk of Courts.]]<noinclude>[[Category:Templates for IN pages]]</noinclude> | Original marriage records are held at the office of the [[{{PAGENAME}}#Court_Records|{{PAGENAME}} Probate Court]] with divorce records located with the [[{{PAGENAME}}#Court_Records|{{PAGENAME}} Clerk of Courts.]]<noinclude>[[Category:Templates for IN pages]]</noinclude> | ||