United States Vital Records: Difference between revisions

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Another helpful source of current fee information is:  
Another helpful source of current fee information is:  


*Kemp, Thomas J. ''International Vital Records Handbook''. Third Edition. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1994. (FHL book 973 V24k 1994.) This includes samples of application forms that can be sent to state offices to request copies of vital records. It also provides telephone ordering numbers for most offices. Payment by bank card is generally accepted.
*Kemp, Thomas J. ''International Vital Records Handbook''. Third Edition. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1994. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=984403&disp=International+vital+records+handbook%20%20&columns=*,0,0 973 V24k 1994].) This includes samples of application forms that can be sent to state offices to request copies of vital records. It also provides telephone ordering numbers for most offices. Payment by bank card is generally accepted.


The Family History Library also has a guide to Vital Records in the United States that is frequently updated (not available at Family History Centers).  
The Family History Library also has a guide to Vital Records in the United States that is frequently updated (not available at Family History Centers).  
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*Request for a photocopy of the complete original record
*Request for a photocopy of the complete original record


If your request is unsuccessful, search for duplicate records that may have been filed in a city, county, or state office.  
If your request is unsuccessful, search for duplicate records that may have been filed in a city, county, or state office.


== Birth Records  ==
== Birth Records  ==
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