How to Obtain District of Columbia Vital Records
This page provides information on obtaining copies of District of Columbia
birth certificates, District of Columbia marriage licenses, District of Columbia divorce
decrees and District of Columbia death records. There are also useful
links to past District of Columbia Vital Records for those of you conducting
family history research. General information about US vital
records can be viewed on this site's homepage
District of Columbia Vital Records
may be obtained from the following government office:
Vital Records Division
825 North Capitol Street NE
Washington, DC 20002
District of Columbia vital records order
forms as well as more information are available on the following
pages:
The District of Columbia Department of Health may be contacted
by phone on (202) 671-5000 or online at http://www.dchealth.dc.gov/doh/site/default.asp
Remarks:
Office has death records since 1855 and birth records since
1874 but no death records were filed during the Civil War
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Birth, Death, Marriage and Divorce Records Online via Vital
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Other District of Columbia Vital Records Resources
I have included these additional sites because they may
contain District of Columbia 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
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District of Columbia Marriage Records Online - a comprehensive collection
of many online marriage databases for District of Columbia indexed in
county order
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District of Columbia Birth, Marriage & Death Records 
online databases of vital records
USGenweb Archives
Project - District of Columbia 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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