Vital Records
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What is a Vital Record?[edit | edit source]
Vital Records is a United States record type that consists of births, marriages, and deaths collected and recorded in a variety of formats (such as registers, certificates, or documents) by city, county, or state officials. Other countries may call this "Civil Registration."
Divorces are not considered a vital record but it is often combined with information about marriages as it can only happen if a marriage has occurred.
While religions, organizations, and businesses (such as cemeteries, newspapers, funeral homes, and more) do collect records about births, marriages, or deaths, they were created for different purposes and are not considered official "vital records."