Birth certificates have been a great help to many genealogy and family history researchers, as well as adoptee searches for birth parents, providing valuable information and clues to an ancestor's or relative's birth. Over the last few years, many people and organizations have been publishing archives of birth records and birth indexes on the Internet. Some with thousands of records, others with millions. Presented on this website are individual "State Guides" designed to show you how to obtain a birth certificate.
Click on a State to see an birth certificate resource guide:
The source material for this website was compiled mainly from the information published by the National Center for Health Statistics, a division of the Centers for Disease Control . Additional source material comes from Ancestry.com. Good luck to you obtaining birth certificates!
