Arizona Vital Records: Difference between revisions

*The information given on a birth or death certificate is given by an informant.  Learn the relationship of the informant to determine the accuracy of the record.  

*If you are unable to locate vital records recorded by governments; search for a church record of christening, marriage, death or burial.  A family Bible may have been used to record family births, marriages and deaths.  

*'''Privacy laws may '''restrict your access to some vital records.  Copies of vital records recorded in the last 100 years may be unavailable to anyone except a direct relative.

*If the survival of a baby was in question, the birth may not have been recorded. Search for a delayed birth record if the child survived.

*Search for Vital Records in the Family History Library Catalog by using a '''Place Search '''and then choosing '''Vital Records'''.  Search for '''Arizona''' to locate records filed by the State and then search the '''name of the county '''to locate records kept by the county.