Ohio Vital Records

Locate Ohio state vital records. List of government and private entities that provide birth records, marriages and decrees, divorces and death certificates. Order online with free downloadable forms. State vital statistics and history

Start with the official state or health-department office responsible for issuing certified copies and official verifications.

• Ohio Vital Records Marriage and Divorce InformationSearch for limited information from marriage and divorce abstracts that may be used to locate actual licenses or decrees

Marriage license, marriage certificate, divorce verification, and county clerk resources relevant to this state.

• Ohio Probate Courts Marriage LicensesSearch for county court where marriage took place
• Ohio Clerk of Courts Divorce RecordsContact county clerk where divorce was filed

Death certificate ordering, death indexes, obituary tools, and related state or archive resources.

• Ohio Department of Health Office of Vital StatisticsFive easy ways to obtain a birth or death record

Archive, family-history, newspaper, and historical collections that help with older or public-access vital records.

• Ohio Historical Society Archives and LibraryAbout birth records before 1867 to the present
• Request form for a certificate from 1909 to 1953Death certificate index from 1913 to 1944 searchable database Archives library fees for certificates from 1909 to 1
• Ohio Newspaper IndexesArranged by county, find obituaries, death mentions and marriages on microfilm at the archives library

Official statutes, eligibility rules, privacy limits, and procedural guidance for requesting records.

• Ohio Laws and Rules on Vital StatisticsCodes governing health, safety and morals including chapter 3705 on vital statistics

• Ohio Public Records HubReturn to the main Ohio public-record directory and browse more official record categories.
• Ohio Genealogy SearchHistorical family-history and archive resources related to Ohio records.
• Ohio Background ChecksBackground-check and identity-research resources for Ohio.
• Ohio Court RecordsCourt and case-search resources for Ohio civil and family-law records.