Make check or money order payable to Commonwealth of Massachusetts. For credit card orders of vital records, call 617/740-2606.
You may request overnight delivery for an additional fee of $37.00. Regardless of how you request copies, you should be prepared to provide the name of the subject(s) of the record, the date of the event and, if known, the city or town where the event occurred.
Registry of Vital Records and Statistics
150 Mount Vernon Street, 1st floor
Dorchester, MA 02125-3105
(617) 740-2600
Fax: (617) 825-7755
The Massachusetts Archives at Columbia Point
220 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, MA 02125
(617) 727-2816
FAX: (617) 288-8429
To order:
The State office has a divorce index since 1952 that is partially complete. For a certified copy contact the Registrar of Probate Court in the county where the couple last lived as husband and wife.
