How to Obtain California Vital Records
This page provides information on obtaining copies of California
birth certificates, California marriage licenses, California divorce
decrees and California death records. There are also useful
links to past California Vital Records for those of you conducting
family history research. General information about US vital
records can be viewed on this site's homepage
California Vital Records may be obtained
from the following government office:
Office of Vital Records
CA Department of Public Health
MS: 5103
P.O. Box 997410 Sacramento, CA 95899-7410
California vital records order forms
as well as more information are available on the following
pages:
The California Department of Public Health may be contacted
by phone on (916) 445-2684 or online at http://ww2.cdph.ca.gov/certlic/birthdeathmar/Pages/default.aspx
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Birth, Death, Marriage and Divorce Records Online via Vital
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Other California Vital Records Resources
I have included these additional sites because they may
contain California vital records (birth records, marriage records,
divorce records or death records) that you might find useful
if you are conducting genealogy research:
Social
Security Death Index 
search over 80 million names - The Social Security Death
Index (SSDI) is a database that contains the names of deceased
persons who were assigned Social Security numbers and whose
deaths were reported to the SSA. These records usually include
a full name, birth and death dates, and last known residence
Search
California Marriage Records Online - a comprehensive collection
of many online marriage databases for California indexed in
county order
Search
California Birth, Marriage & Death Records 
online databases of vital records
USGenweb Archives
Project - California USGenWeb is an archive of free databases
including vital and other records such as marriages, church
records, wills,censusesand cemetery records.
World
Vital Records search over 800
million US names including marriage records, divorces and
death records
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