How to Obtain Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates
This page provides information on obtaining copies of Kentucky
birth certificates, Kentucky marriage licenses, Kentucky divorce
decrees and Kentucky death records. There are also useful
links to past Kentucky 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
Kentucky birth, marriage and death certificates may be obtained
from the following government office:
Office of Vital Statistics
Department for Health Services
275 East Main Street
Frankfort, KY 40621
Kentucky birth, marriage and death certificate order forms as
well as more information are available on the following
pages:
The Kentucky Department for Public Health may be contacted
by phone on (502) 564-4212 or online at https://www.chfs.ky.gov/agencies/dph/dehp/vsb/Pages/default.aspx
Remarks: State office has records since January 1911
More Kentucky Vital Records Resources
Birth, Marriage and Death Historical Record Collections at
FamilySearch.org over 700 million records online, search Kentucky
birth, marriage and death certificate databases from the 1800s and
1900s
Vitalcheck Express
Certificate Service order copies of Kentucky 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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