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               State Vital Records Guide

This is a guide that provides the years each state began their official recording of each vital record. Please note that Delaware's birth and death records stopped in 1863 and resumed in 1881. Louisiana's birth records are kept in parish clerk offices and Tennessee does not have any birth/death records for 1913.
Alabama
Birth--1908
Marriage--1936
Death--1908


Alaska
Birth--1913
Marriage--1913
Death--1913


Arizona
Birth--1909
Marriage--1909
Death--1909


Arkansas
Birth--1914
Marriage--1917
Death--1914


California
Birth--1905
Marriage--1905
Death--1905


Colorado
Birth--1907
Marriage--1907
Death--1907


Connecticut
Birth--1897
Marriage--1897
Death--1897


Delaware
Birth--1861
Marriage--1847
Death--1881


District of Columbia
Birth--1874
Marriage--1811
Death--1874


Florida
Birth--1899
Marriage--1927
Death--1899


Georgia
Birth--1919
Marriage--1952
Death--1919


Hawaii
Birth--1842
Marriage--1842
Death--1859


Idaho
Birth--1911
Marriage--1947
Death--1911


Illinois
Birth--1916
Marriage--1962
Death--1916


Indiana
Birth--1907
Marriage--1958
Death--1899


Iowa
Birth--1880
Marriage--1880
Death--1880


Kansas
Birth--1911
Marriage--1913
Death--1911


Kentucky
Birth--1911
Marriage--1958
Death--1911


Louisiana
Birth--1914
Marriage--none
Death--1914


Maine
Birth--1892
Marriage--1892
Death--1892


Maryland
Birth--1898
Marriage--1950
Death--1898


Massachusetts
Birth--1841
Marriage--1841
Death--1841


Michigan
Birth--1867
Marriage--1867
Death--1867


Minnesota
Birth--1900
Marriage--1958
Death--1908


Mississippi
Birth--1912
Marriage--1926
Death--1912


Missouri
Birth--1910
Marriage--1881
Death--1910

Montana
Birth--1907
Marriage--1943
Death--1907


Nebraska
Birth--1905
Marriage--1909
Death--1905


Nevada
Birth--1911
Marriage--1968
Death--1911


New Hampshire
Birth--1901
Marriage--1901
Death--1901


New Jersey
Birth--1848
Marriage--1848
Death--1848


New Mexico
Birth--1920
Marriage--1920

Death--1920


New York
Birth--1880
Marriage--1880
Death--1880


North Carolina
Birth--1913
Marriage--1962
Death--1913


North Dakota
Birth--1907
Marriage--1925
Death--1907


Ohio
Birth--1908
Marriage--1949

Death--1908

Oklahoma
Birth--1908
Marriage--1908
Death--1908


Oregon
Birth--1903
Marriage--1906
Death--1903


Pennsylvania
Birth--1906
Marriage--1885
Death--1906


Rhode Island
Birth--1853
Marriage
--1853
Death--1853


South Carolina
Birth--1915
Marriage--1950
Death--1915


South Dakota
Birth--1905
Marriage--1905
Death--1905


Tennessee
Birth--1908
Marriage--1945
Death--1908


Texas
Birth--1903
Marriage--1966
Death--1903


Utah
Birth--1905
Marriage--1887
Death--1905


Vermont
Birth--1955
Marriage--1955
Death--1955


Virginia
Birth--1912
Marriage--1912
Death--1912


Washington
Birth--1907
Marriage--1968
Death--1907


West Virginia
Birth--1917
Marriage--1964
Death--1917


Wisconsin
Birth--1907
Marriage--1907
Death--1907


Wyoming
Birth--1909
Marriage--1941
Death--1909

(Source: Family Tree Magazine)
          

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