How to Obtain California Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates
This page provides information on obtaining copies of California
birth certificates, California marriage licenses, California divorce
decrees and California death records. There are also useful
links to past California Vital Records for those of you conducting
family history research. General information about US vital
records can be viewed on the Vital Records Index Page
California birth, marriage and death certificates may be obtained
from the following government office:
Office of Vital Records
CA Department of Public Health
MS: 5103
P.O. Box 997410 Sacramento, CA 95899-7410
California birth, marriage and death certificate order forms as
well as more information are available on the following
pages:
The California Department of Public Health may be contacted
by phone on (916) 558-1784 or online at
https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHSI/Pages/Vital-Records.aspx
More California Vital Records Resources
Birth, Marriage and Death Historical Record Collections at
FamilySearch.org
over 700 million records online, search California
birth, marriage and death certificate databases from the 1800s and
1900s
Vitalcheck Express
Certificate Service
order copies of California birth, marriage and
death certificates online
Vital Records Search at Ancestry.com
search births,
marriages, deaths, divorces, obituaries and wills; a database of over 9
Billion records
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