There are several County Clerk offices at which you can place your order in-person, but only the Norwalk address (above) has records available for viewing.īirth records for persons who were adopted or had a name change are only available from the California Department of Public Health in Sacramento (contact info at the top of this handout). See the website (above) for forms and complete information about fees, procedure, and processing times. Confidential marriage records are available only to the spouses or by court order and cannot be searched using the marriage indexes. In 1971, confidential marriages became an option in addition to conventional marriages. Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County ClerkĪvailability of Los Angeles County records: Then click “Order Original Document from VitalChek” on the left side of the record. Just go to and find your person by using keywords (name) and other info you have. The index number you may find in the state-level California Death Index will not correspond with these death certificates because these are county-level you need to use the index number found in this data set.įor persons you find in the California Birth Index and California Death Index 1940-1997, you can order a copy of the death certificate via for a fee. You will be able to find your person by the INDEX NUMBER. Scroll to the bottom of this big list of birth and death certificates to find the INDEX for your time frame and open it.įind your person alphabetically, and then note his/her index number.Ĭlick back to get to the main list of all the birth and death certificates and choose the year and index range for your person, and click. county “Los Angeles, Los Angeles” for the city of L.A.). Scroll to the bottom and click “Browse through _ images.”ĭO NOT PUT YOUR PERSON’S NAME IN THE SEARCH BLANK!Ĭhoose your county or city (“Los Angeles” for L.A.
Get the death place and date information from an index first (see resources above for this)Ĭalifornia, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994 > Here, for example, is how you can find a death certificate:
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The Family History Library has been digitizing vital records, and they have several for Los Angeles County available for free online. The California Divorce index 1966-1984 is available online at: The California Death Records index 1940-1997 is available online at: The index number you’ll find here will apply to the Sacramento collection of records (not county-level) The California Death Records index 1905-1939 is available online at: Some indexing on deaths prior to 1905 is available online at:
The California Birth Records index 1905-1995 is available online at: Get as much information as you can find from the following resources before you make your request:
The CDPH no longer processes requests for marriages that took place 1905-1948, 1987-1997, and 2000-2009 (you must go to Los Angeles county for these).ĭivorces 1962-June 1984, but this is only a limited abstract of the divorce, and it can take over 6 months to process (it is recommended you also go to Los Angeles county for these).Īll records you get from CDPH are considered “Certified,” but you can choose between an “Authorized” copy and an “Informational” copy (they contain the same information, but Authorized has restrictions on who can obtain one Informational is easier if you don’t need the record for official purposes)
Marriages 1998-19 to present (1 month to process).įor marriages that took place 1949-1986 it can take longer than 6 months to process, so it is recommended you request these records from Los Angeles county (see below). Availability of California records (all counties):īirths and deaths July 1905 to present (15 business days to process).
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