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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Vital Records|Vital Records]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[How to Find United States Birth Records|How to Find United States Births]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Arizona]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''[[Arizona_Birth,_Marriage_and_Death_Records|Birth, Marriage, and Death Records]]'''  

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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.azdhs.gov/vitalrcd/birth_index.htm Arizona Department of Health Services] or the [http://www.azdhs.gov/licensing/vital-records/index.php#fees-home County Clerk's Office] of the county where the event occurred.  

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For birth records less than 75 years ago, [[Arizona Genealogy|Arizona]] is a "closed record" state which means [[United States Vital Records|vital records]] are not public records. Only immediate family and selected others may obtain certified copies of vital records.<ref>Arizona Department of Health Services, Office of Vital Records. [http://www.azdhs.gov/licensing/vital-records/index.php Vital Records]. Accessed 28 May 2011. </ref>  

Statewide registration of vital records in [[Arizona Genealogy|Arizona]] began July, 1909 and was generally complied with by 1926. Because county clerks sent copies to the Arizona Department of Health Services, vital records are available at both the [http://www.azdhs.gov/licensing/vital-records/index.php#fees-home county] and [http://www.azdhs.gov/vital-records/index.htm State Department of Health] offices. Birth records are also searchable for 1855 - 1939 statewide at [http://genealogy.az.gov/ Arizona Genealogy Birth and Death Certificates]. This database includes many original scanned images.

You may obtain a certified copy of a birth certificate for a birth that occurred in Arizona after 1989, at the [http://www.azdhs.gov/licensing/vital-records/index.php#fees-home County Health Department] in the county where the birth occurred.

After a [https://www.azcourts.gov/cld/Confidential-Intermediary-Program confidential intermediary] receives written consent from both parties, information may be released. Adoptive parents may prevent an adopted child from being contacted by an intermediary without their permission and birth parents may prohibit an adopted child from contacting birth siblings without their permission. The Arizona confidential intermediary can be contacted at: <br>[https://www.azcourts.gov/cld/Confidential-Intermediary-Program Arizona Confidential Intermediary Program]<br>Arizona Supreme Court<br>Attn: Torin Scott<br>1501 W. Washington<br>Phoenix, AZ 85007<br>(602) 542-9586 or (602) 542-9580<br>[mailto:cip@supreme.sp.state.az.us cip@supreme.sp.state.az.us]  

'''[[Gretna Greens in the United States|Gretna Greens]].''' When an Arizona couple's marriage is not in their home county, search for it in alternate places, such as [[Clark County, Nevada Genealogy|Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada]], or [[Yuma County, Arizona Genealogy|Yuma, Yuma, Arizona]].<ref name="Eakle1">Arlene H. Eakle, [http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/ "Have you searched and searched for a marriage without finding it?"] accessed 8 January 2011.</ref>  

To see a coverage map of FamilySearch's holdings of Arizona marriages, click [http://www.xmission.com/~jsvare/CM/FusionMap_AZ_county_marriages.html here].  

When searching for birth, marriage, or death records for [[African American Research|African Americans]]&nbsp; in Arizona, check the record types listed above. <span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1251842227092_708" />Other sources have [[African American Slavery and Bondage|historical information]] for African American research.  

To locate birth, marriage, or death information on [[Indians of the United States and Their Records|Native Americans]] living in Arizona you must know which tribe the individual belonged to.&nbsp; [[Indians of Arizona|Indians of Arizona]] has more specific information about Indian tribes in Arizona.  

The following is a list of online resources useful for locating Arizona vital records. Check [[Arizona Vital Records Online|Arizona Vital Records Online]] for more information about the resources listed below. Most online resources for Arizona Vital Records are indexes. After locating a person in an index always consult the original record to [[Contradictions and discrepancies|confirm the information]] in the index.  

*[http://www.fhlfavorites.info/Links/USA_States/States_Frames/Arizona/Arizona_Frame.htm Arizona Links] from [http://fhlfavorites.info/ fhlfavorites.info] -&nbsp;Free  

*[http://userdb.rootsweb.ancestry.com/regional.html#Arizona Arizona Databases] listed on [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ Rootsweb.org]&nbsp;- Free  

*[http://www.genealogybuff.com/az/state/webbbs_config.pl State of Arizona Obituary and Death Notices Collection] from GenealogyBuff.com - Free  

*USGenWeb.org [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azgenweb/ Arizona Site] - Free  

*Search for Arizona Collections on [https://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch.org] under [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1&region=NORTH_AMERICA Canada, USA, and Mexico] - Free  

*The Vital Records Search and Information Directory for [http://www.daddezio.com/records/room/RR-AZ-NDX.html Arizona] - Free/$  

*Wee Monster Links for Arizona [http://www.germanroots.com/vitalrecords.html#Arizona Birth &amp; Marriage]&nbsp;and [http://www.germanroots.com/deathrecords.html Death] Records -&nbsp;Free/$  

*Linkpendium Links for [http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/AZ/ Arizona Genealogy and History], including individual Counties&nbsp;-&nbsp;Free/$&nbsp;  

*Obtain services of [http://www.azcourts.gov/cld/ConfidentialIntermediaryProgram.aspx Confidential Intermediary] to find information about parents/children lost through adoption -&nbsp;<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1247073573052_30" /><span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1247073573052_178" />$<br>

*[[Arizona History|Arizona History]]: Local histories, family histories and biographies can all be sources of birth, marriage and death information. Often this information is found in county-level records or in surname searches of the FamilySearch Catalog.  

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