This page provides information on obtaining copies of Ohio
birth certificates, Ohio marriage licenses, Ohio divorce
decrees and Ohio death records. There are also useful
links to past Ohio 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
Ohio birth, marriage and death certificates may be obtained
from the following government office:
Vital Statistics
Ohio Department of Health
246 North High Street, 1st Floor
Columbus, OH 43216
Ohio birth, marriage and death certificate order forms as
well as more information are available on the following
pages:
Remarks: State office has birth records since December
20, 1908
Birth, Marriage and Death Historical Record Collections at
FamilySearch.org
over 700 million records online, search Ohio
birth, marriage and death certificate databases from the 1800s and
1900s
Vitalcheck Express
Certificate Service
order copies of Ohio birth, marriage and
death certificates online
Vital Records Search at Ancestry.com
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marriages, deaths, divorces, obituaries and wills; a database of over 9
Billion records