Arizona Vital Records: Difference between revisions

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


[[Arizona|Arizona]] is a "closed record" state which means [[Portal-United_States_Vital_records|vital records]] are not open to the general public. However, provisions have been made for genealogists. A genealogist is eligible for a certificate that is NOT public record if all of the following criteria are met:  
[[Arizona|Arizona]] is a "closed record" state which means [[Portal-United States Vital records|vital records]] are not open to the general public. However, provisions have been made for genealogists. A genealogist is eligible for a certificate that is NOT public record if all of the following criteria are met:  


*The applicant establishes a relationship to the individual whose record they are requesting  
*The applicant establishes a relationship to the individual whose record they are requesting  
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*The application submits the appropriate fee(s).
*The application submits the appropriate fee(s).


Source: http://www.azdhs.gov/vitalrcd/birth_index.htm
Source: http://www.azdhs.gov/vitalrcd/birth_index.htm  


<br>'''1887&nbsp;- 1909'''  
<br>'''1887&nbsp;- 1909'''  
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Statewide registration of vital statistics in [[Portal:Arizona|Arizona]] began&nbsp;July of&nbsp;1909 and was generally complied with by 1926. Because&nbsp;county clerks&nbsp;sent copies to the Arizona Department of Health Services,&nbsp;these records are available at both the [http://www.azdhs.gov/vitalrcd/county_offices.htm county] and [http://www.azdhs.gov/vitalrcd/birth_index.htm State Department of Health]&nbsp;offices.  
Statewide registration of vital statistics in [[Portal:Arizona|Arizona]] began&nbsp;July of&nbsp;1909 and was generally complied with by 1926. Because&nbsp;county clerks&nbsp;sent copies to the Arizona Department of Health Services,&nbsp;these records are available at both the [http://www.azdhs.gov/vitalrcd/county_offices.htm county] and [http://www.azdhs.gov/vitalrcd/birth_index.htm State Department of Health]&nbsp;offices.  


You may obtain a certified&nbsp;copy of a&nbsp;[http://www.azdhs.gov/vitalrcd/birth_index.htm birth certificate] for a birth that occurred in Arizona after 1989, at the County Health Department in the county where the birth occurred.&nbsp;  
You may obtain a certified&nbsp;copy of a&nbsp;birth certificate for a birth that occurred in Arizona after 1989, at the [http://www.azdhs.gov/vitalrcd/birth_index.htm County Health Department] in the [http://www.azdhs.gov/vitalrcd/county_offices.htm county] where the birth occurred.&nbsp;  
 


[http://www.azdhs.gov/vitalrcd/county_offices.htm http://www.azdhs.gov/vitalrcd/county_offices.htm]


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