Where to Write for Vital Records

Birth

From

Source

Comments

Before

1867

Ohio did not make a law requiring birth records to be kept until 1867.

1867

19 Dec 1908

Perry County Probate Court

PO Box 167
New Lexington, Ohio 43764
(740) 342-1493

The Probate Court has an "index only" of births and deaths (those that "were reported" to the proper officials) from 1867 to an undetermined ending point.

The Perry County chapter of the OGS copied two of the probate court's birth indexes: Probate Births, 1867-1908, and Probate Births 1909-19--.

The Probate Births, 1909-19-- also contains the "Delayed and Corrected Births" for this office.

20 Dec 1908

present

Ohio Department of Health

Due to the new Ohio legislation (HB95) all copies must be certified; the cost is $15.00 each, as of 17 Dec 2003.

The Perry Co. Health Dept. has "actual" certificates from 1908-09 to the present for those events that occurred "within" our county and again those that "were reported."

Marriage

From	To	Source	Comments
1818	present	Perry County Probate Court PO Box 167 New Lexington, Ohio 43764 (740) 342-1493
7 Sep 1949	present	The Ohio Department of Heath maintains a statewide index to marriage records for all Ohio counties for this period.	Information on fees for searching the marriage abstracts is here.

Death

From	To	Source	Comments
Before	1867		Ohio did not make a law requiring death records to be kept until 1867.
1867	19 Dec 1908	Perry County Probate Court PO Box 167 New Lexington, Ohio 43764 (740) 342-1493
20 Dec 1908	31 Dec 1944	Ohio Historical Society (http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/archlib/death1.html)	The Probate Court has an "index only" of births and deaths (those that "were reported" to the proper officials) from 1867 to an undetermined ending point. The Perry County chapter of the OGS has copied the probate court's index of "Deaths, 1867-1908".
1913	1937	The Ohio Historical Society has a searchable death certificate index online. (http://www.ohiohistory.org/dindex/index.cfm)
1 Jan 1945	present	Ohio Department of Health (http://www.odh.state.oh.us/VitStats/death1.htm)	Due to the new Ohio legislation (HB95) all copies must be certified; the cost is $15.00 each, as of 17 Dec 2003.