Ohio Vital Records: Difference between revisions

== Introduction to Vital Records  ==

[[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.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/Ohio.htm Ohio Vital Records State Department of Health] or the County Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred.  

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County-level registrations of births and deaths began in 1867 and were kept by the probate court; however, they are incomplete. A few counties have records dating from the 1840s. These records include the names of the parents and their place of residence. The obligatory recording on a state level of births and deaths in Ohio began 20 December 1908.<br>Birth and death records prior to 20 December 1908 are available from the probate court of the county where the event occurred. For more information see the [[Ohio County Birth Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Ohio County Birth Records]] and [[Ohio County Death Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Ohio County Death Records]] pages.<br>  

==== County or City Health Departments  ====

Delayed and corrected registrations of births are also available for many counties at the Family History Library. Another source for vital statistics is the large collection of family Bible and cemetery records compiled by the [http://www.ohiodar.org/ Daughters of the American Revolution] also (see the "[[Ohio Genealogy|Genealogy]]" page).  

== Marriage Records  ==

:*[[Vanderburgh County, Indiana|Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana]]

== Death Records  ==

*''Death Index, 1908- 1944'' <ref name="null">Ohio Historical Society, comp. ''Death Index, 1908- 1944''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1983, 1992, 1995. {{FHL|929253}}</ref>  

*The Ohio Department of Health <ref name="Ohio Department of Health" />in Columbus has death records for Ohio residents who died&nbsp;from January 1945 to the present. They can be contacted for copies of records.  

*''Ohio Divorces: The Early Years'' <ref>Bell, Carol Willsey. ''Ohio Divorces: The Early Years''. Boardman, Ohio: Bell Books, 1994. (Family History Library book 977.1 V2b.) </ref>

:*'''1803-1852''' - Null, David G. "Ohio Divorces, 1803-1852," ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly,'' Vol. 69 (1981):109-114. Digital version at [http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/ National Genealogical Society website] ($); {{FHL|39597|item|disp=FHL Book 973 B2ng v. 69 (1981)}}.

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

For suggestions regarding&nbsp;record loss&nbsp;see: [[Burned Counties Research|Burned Counties Research in FamilySearch Wiki]].  

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