Vital Records Resources
Access official birth certificates, death records, marriage certificates and divorce records.
- North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Vital RecordsOrder a birth, death, divorce or marriage certificate, print application forms in English and Spanish, information requi
- Finding Old North Carolina RecordsLocate birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates dated earlier than in the vital records office
- North Carolina Register of DeedsFor birth certificates before 1913 and marriage records prior to 1962, use county map to contact the office in the count
- North Carolina Manuscript and Archives Reference SystemUse basic search of database to locate death certificate records prior to 1930 or browse the catalog of historic records
- North Carolina Court SystemTo obtain divorce records prior to 1958, use search to select a county, then locate clerk of court in the county where
- North Carolina State Archives Newspaper Digitization ProjectSearch by keyword, year or newspaper name to locate historic birth, death and marriage announcements