Please click on the appropriate section to find out more specific information about how to acquire copies of Ohio birth certificates, Ohio death records, Ohio marriage licenses, and Ohio divorce decrees. Please note that rules and regulations for obtaining vital records may differ by state and by type of record requested.
For example, getting California birth certificates may have different rules than acquiring New York birth certificates and Texas death records may be different than Texas divorce decrees. Please click on the appropriate state and records area for the guidelines, contact information, and procedures, and links, for obtaining the vital record you are searching for.
Between 1867 and December 1908, birth and death records were kept by the probate court of each county. There is not statewide index to Ohio birth and death records prior to December 1908. Certified copies of marriage records are available from the Probate Court in the county where the marriage license was issued. Certified copies of divorce records are available from the Clerk of Common Pleas in the county where the divorce was granted.
