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In order to get the most accurate Natal Chart possible, you need not only
your birth date, but also the exact time and location of your birth.
U.S. residents can find this information on their original birth certificates. If you don't have a copy of your birth certificate, you'll need to get in touch with the appropriate agency in your state. Consult the list below, which contains the contact information for each state, for assistance.
NOTE: If you find any errors in here, please notify us so that we can make the necessary corrections. To request a birth certificate you should write directly or call the custodian to obtain a copy of the record. You should provide as much information as you possibly can. This includes: The full name of the person born The date of the birth The place of the birth The sex of the child Parents’ full names, including mother’s maiden name Include payment as indicated Born Abroad U.S. Citizens Born Abroad (with U.S. Citizenship at birth) Birth Records Only Correspondence Br. Passport Services Department of State Room 386 1425 K Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20522-1705 REMARKS: A record is available only if the birth was registered with the American Consular Office at birth. Show the location of this consular office in the request. An endorsed copy of the Consular Reading or a birth certificate is furnished; either document is sufficient. Cost of Copy: $10.00 Alabama Department of Public Health Center for Health Statistics P.O. Box 5265 Montgomery, AL 36103-5625 The fee is $12.00 each and $4.00 for each additional copy. Make check payable to Alabama State Board of Health. Send requests for expedited search by overnight express mail service and add $10.00 to fee. Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics State Dept. of Health & Social Services P.O. Box 110675 Juneau, AK 99811-0675 REMARKS: Births of Alaskan natives were apparently not recorded until 1930 or later, except in the towns and cities listed below, where some records are available beginning with the date shown. The BVS will accept bank cards for all record requests made by telephone to 907-465-3392. There is a $10.00 charge for this service. No other telephone requests will be honored. 1916 Anchorage 1920 Cordova 1913 Fairbanks 1913 Haines 1950 Homer 1913 Juneau 1913 Kenai 1913 Ketchikan 1913 Kodiak 1913 Nome 1937 Palmer 1913 Petersburg 1913 Seward 1913 Sitka 1913 Skagway 1913 Soldotna 1913 Valdez 1913 Wrangell American Samoa Registrar of Vital Statistics Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799 Phone: 684-633-1222 REMARKS: Birth records from 1930 on are on computer. Prior to 1930 some records may not be recorded due to the manner in which birth information was recorded. Cost of Copy: $2.00 Arizona Vital Records Dept. of Health Services P.O. Box 3887 Phoenix. AZ 85030 REMARKS: You will need a picture identification with signature (or a photocopy of same) to acquire a birth record. If the picture ID has no signature, then a notarized signature must be presented also. State your relationship to the requestor (e.g., self, spouse, parent) as well as the need for the birth record. If a personal check is used for payment, no birth record will be released until the check clears. Thirty days after the request has been received, you may call 602-255-3260 if the check has cleared to receive the birth certificate sooner. Be prepared to provide the four digit verification number and date stamp on the back of the cancelled check. Cost of Copy: (Long) $9.00, (Short, 1950 to present only) $6.00 Arkansas Arkansas Dept. of Health Division of Vital Records 4815 West Markham Street, Slot 44 Little Rock, AR 72205-3867 REMARKS: Request birth records directly from DVR. DVR will accept VISA and Mastercard requests for records made by telephone to 501-661-2726. Cost of Copy: $5.00 California Dept. of Health Services Vital Statistics Section P.O. Box 730241 Sacramento, CA 94244-0241 REMARKS: The DHS will accept bank cards for birth record requests made by telephone to 916-445-2684. There is a $5.00 fee for this service Fax requests paid for by bank cards can be made to 1-800-858-5553. The fax should include the name, date of event, place of event, father's name, mother's maiden name, customer's name, daytime phone, return address, credit card number and expiration date. There is a $15.50 fee. BVS will express mail the response to requests received by phone or fax. Colorado Records and Statistics Section Dept. of Health, Vital Records 4300 Cheery Creek Dr. S. No. A-1 Denver, CO 80222-1530 REMARKS: Colorado has birth records for the entire State since 1910. Legislation passed in 1943 provides for the filing of delayed Birth Certificates for persons who were born prior to the legislation date, or whose births were not recorded at the time of birth. Mail requests take at least 3 weeks to process. Telephone requests for birth records, using a bank card, can be made by calling 303-692-2224. The charge is $16.50 and the record will be mailed within 5 work days. Requests for status of a record search can be made by calling 303-756-4464. Fax requests for birth records using a bank card can be made by calling 1-800-423-1108. The charge is $16.50 and the record will be mailed within 5 work days. Make all requests directly to the Bureau of Vital Statistics. Connecticut Dept. of Health Services ATTN: Vital Records 150 Washington St. Hartford, CT 06106 REMARKS: Birth records are indexed for 1948 to present. Records for 1896-1947 are available but not indexed. Cost of Copy: $15.00 Delaware Bureau of Vital Statistics State Board of Health P.O. Box 637 Dover, DE 19903-0637 REMARKS: The BVS will accept bank cards for all record requests made by telephone at 302-739-4721. Cost of Copy: $5.00 District of Columbia Vital Records Branch 9th Floor 613 G. Street, N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 REMARKS: Include the following information: what record is needed child's full name child's sex and date of birth certificate number (if known) mother's full maiden and married names father's full name child's place of birth (include the name of hospital) money order number Cost of Copy: $12.00 (short form), $18.00 (long form) Florida Office of Vital Statistics Box 210 Jacksonville, FL 32231 Cost of Copy: $9.00 (additional copies are $4.00) Georgia Vital Records Service State Department of Public Health Rm 217 H 47 Trinity Avenue, S.W. Atlanta, GA 30334 Cost of Copy: A certified copy of a birth record is $10.00. Each additional copy released at the same time is $5.00 (all wallet size copies will be $10.00 no matter when ordered). Guam Office of Vital Statistics Dept. of Public Health and Welfare Government of Guam Box 2816 Agana, GU 96910 Cost of Copy: $5.00 Hawaii Vital Records Section State Dept. of Health Box 3378 Honolulu, HI 96801 Cost of Copy: $2.00 Idaho Bureau of Vital Statistics State Dept. of Health 450 W. State Street Boise, ID 83702 REMARKS: Idaho requires a release signed by the applicant or his/her representative for a certified copy. Cost of Copy: $8.00 for certified copy, $6.00 for verification Illinois State of Illinois Department of Public Health Division of Vital Records 605 W. Jefferson Springfield, IL 62702-5097 REMARKS: Requests for birth records can be made via telephone to 217-782-6553 using a bank card. Cost of Copy: Birth records $10.00 for computer-generated record, $15.00 for file copy (includes parents names and other identifying information). Each additional copy ordered with the original request is $2.00. Indiana State Board of Health 1330 West Michigan St. Room 111 Indianapolis, IN 46206-1964 Cost of Copy: $6.00 Iowa Iowa Dept. of Public Health Vital Records Bureau Lucas State Office Bldg. 321 E. 12th Street Des Moines, IA 50319-0075 REMARKS: Birth certificates may be requested by phone at 515-281-4944, using Visa, Discover, or MasterCard. There is a $5.00 surcharge for the service (in addition to the $10.00 fee for the certificate). The record is normally mailed in three work days. If fedex service is requested, add $11.00 (for a total of $26.00). Kansas Office of Vital Statistics 900 Southwest Jackson Topeka, KS 66612-1290 REMARKS: Birth records are available from July 1911 on. Applicant-signed request must accompany payment. Expect a response in 7-10 days; one-day service on charge card requests and for certified mail requests when stamp plus $1.00 enclosed. Cost of Copy: $10.00 Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics State Dept. of Health 275 East Main Street Frankfort, KY 40602 Cost of Copy: $7.00 Louisiana Louisiana Division of Vital Records Bureau of Vital Statistics Box 60630 New Orleans, LA 70160 REMARKS: Signed consent forms are needed for release of birth certificates. Requests can be faxed to 504-568-5391 if using a charge card. Cost of Copy: $10.00 Maine Office of Data, Research and Vital Statistics 32 Winthrop St. State House, Station 11 Augusta, ME 04333-0011 REMARKS: Requests for records, using a bank card, can be made via telephone to 207-289-3184. Additional certified copies of the same record requested at the same time are $4.00. A certified copy of a delayed birth certificate (BC), new BC as a result of an adoption or legitimization of registrant or amended BC for processing court ordered legal name changes are $20.00 each. Make all personal checks or money orders payable to "Treasurer of State." Cost of Copy: $10.00 Maryland Department of Vital Records Metro Executive Building 4201 Patterson Avenue Baltimore, MD 21215 Cost of Copy: $4.00 Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health Registry of Vital Statistics 150 Tremont Street, Rm B3 Boston, MA 02111 REMARKS: The State BVS accepts charge card requests for birth records only. Call 617-727-0036. There is a $19.00 fee. Cost of Copy: $6.00 if request is made in person, $11.00 if request is made by mail and $14.00 if expedited two-day service is requested. Michigan Vital Statistics Section Dept. of Public Health P.O. Box 30195 Lansing, MI 48909 REMARKS: Additional copies of the same birth record requested at the same time are $4.00 each. Except for Detroit, a recent birth record can more quickly be obtained from the appropriate city or county clerk. However, records for adopted children before 1980 or illegitimate children before 1979 are available only from the Vital Statistics Section. Telephone requests can be made, using a bank card for payment, for any record by calling 517-335-8666. Cost of Copy: $13.00 Minnesota Minnesota Dept. of Health Section of Vital Records P.O. Box 9441 Minneapolis, MN 55440 REMARKS: Requests for birth certificates for illegitimate children must be accompanied by a consent statement signed by the subject individual (if 18 or over) or by the parent or guardian. Cost of Copy: $11.00 Mississippi Division of Public Health Services State Dept. of Health Box 1700 Jackson, MS 39215-1700 REMARKS: The cost of a full copy is $7.00 if the birth occurred less than 1 year before the request. Abstract copies of birth records are $7.00 for all years. Cost of Copy: $12.00 (long form), $7.00 (short form) Missouri Bureau of Vital Records Dept. of Health P.O. Box 570 Jefferson City, MO 65102 Cost of Copy: $10.00 Montana Dept. of Health and Environmental Sciences Vital Records and Statistics Bureau 1400 Broadway Helena, MT 59620 REMARKS: Telephone requests for birth records, using a bank card, are accepted by calling 406-444-4228. There is an additional charge of $5.00 for this service. The State also charges a $10.00 per hour (or fraction thereof) fee to search the index of adoption processing records or the delayed birth certificate (DBC) filing records. If the State locates the adoption or DBC, a certified copy of the adoption of DBC record will be provided at no additional cost. Cost of Copy: $10.00 Nebraska Bureau of Vital Statistics State Dept. of Health P.O. Box 95007 Lincoln, NE 68509-5007 REMARKS: Request processed within 7 days. Cost of Copy: $8.00 Nevada Dept. of Health & Welfare Division of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics Kinkead Building, 1st Floor 505 E. King Street Carson City, NV 89710 Cost of Copy: $11.00 New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records Health and Welfare Bldg. 29 Hazen Drive Concord, NH 03301-6504 REMARKS: Telephone requests, using a bank card, can be made for any record by calling 603-271-4650 or 603-271-4652. Cost of Copy: $12.00 (additional copies $6.00) New Jersey State Dept. of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics CN 370 Trenton, NJ 08625-0370 REMARKS: Requests for records, using a bank card can be made by calling 609-633-2860. There is a $5.00 surcharge for this service. Cost of Copy: $4.00 New Mexico Vital Records & Statistics Dept. of Health 1190 St. Francis Dr. P.O. Box 26110 Santa Fe, NM 87502 Cost of Copy: $10.00 New York New York State Dept. of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics Empire State Plaza, Tower Bldg. Room 244 Albany, NY 12237 REMARKS: Signed consent forms are needed for release of birth certificates. Requests for all records, using a bank card, can be made by calling 212-788-4505 through 212-788-4511 for NYC or 518-474-3038 for NY State. There is a surcharge for this service. Cost of Copy: $15.00 North Carolina North Carolina Office of Vital Records P.O. Box 29537 Raleigh, NC 25626-0537 REMARKS: Births were first recorded beginning October 1913. Cost of Copy: $10.00 North Dakota Division of Vital Records & Statistics Dept. of Health State Capitol 600 E. Blvd. Bismarck, ND 58505-0200 REMARKS: DVR will accept bank cards for birth record requests made by telephone to 701-224-2360. Requests for birth certificates for illegitimate children must be accompanied by consent statement signed by the subject individual (if 18 over) or by the parent or guardian. Cost of Copy: $7.00 Northern Mariana Islands Registrar Superior Court, Vital Statistics Box 307 Saipan, MP 96950 REMARKS: Birth records are generally available since November 21, 1952. Roman Catholic Church records of births since 1900 are available from individual parishes. Cost of Copy: $3.00 Ohio Vital Statistics Ohio Dept. of Health P.O. Box 15098 Columbus, OH 43215-0098 REMARKS: If the claimant's year of birth is unknown, the fee is $7.68 for each 10-year period to be searched. No records available prior to 1909. Cost of Copy: $7.00 Oklahoma BVS State Dept. of Health P.O. Box 53551 Oklahoma City, OK 73152 Cost of Copy: $10.00 Oregon State Health Division Vital Records Unit P.O. Box 14050 Portland, OR 97214 REMARKS: Telephone requests for all records, using a bank card, can be made by calling 503-229-5899. Such requests require an additional charge of $10.00. Cost of Copy: $15.00 Pennsylvania Division of Vital Statistics State Dept. of Health Box 1528 New Castle, PA 16103 REMARKS: Birth records will be furnished free to veterans, their spouses and dependents if the veterans name, serial number, rank and organization are provided. The veteran or dependent must sign the request and have the certificate sent to his/her mailing address. The DVS will accept telephone requests for birth records, using a bank card, by calling 412-656-3100. Cost of Copy: $4.00 Puerto Rico Division of Demographic Registry and Vital Statistics Dept. of Health San Juan, PR 00908 REMARKS: The Municipal office has records since July 22, 1931. Show claimant's maternal and paternal surnames (e.g., Gonzalez-Gomez) on all requests for birth records. Cost of Copy: $10.00 Rhode Island Health Dept. Room 101 3 Capital Hill Providence, RI 02908-5097 REMARKS: Birth certificates for illegitimate children can be obtained only with the written consent of the person named on the certificate, if an adult; or the written consent of a parent or guardian, if the person named is a minor. Expedited mail requests are processed within one week. Same day service is available to non-residents who call 401-277-2812 and use Visa. Cost of Copy: $12.00 ($17.00 for expedited mail requests) South Carolina Bureau of Vital Statistics State Board of Health 2600 Bull Columbia SC 29201 REMARKS: No search for a birth record will be made if the mother's name is not shown on the request. Cost of Copy: $8.00 (additional copies are $3.00 if requested at the same time) South Dakota Department of Health Office of Vital Records 445 E. Capitol Pierre, SD 57501-3185 REMARKS: Records were first kept in SD beginning 1905. Cost of Copy: $7.00 (or call 605-773-4961 to use Visa/MasterCard; $5.00 service fee) Tennessee Division of Vital Statistics State Dept. of Public Health C3 Cordell Hull Office Bldg. Nashville, TN 37246-0350 REMARKS: Only long forms are prepared for birth records before 1950. Expedited service fees which must be paid by charge card are: o expedite $8.40 o overnight $18.90 on weekdays $28.90 on weekends Cost of Copy: $5.00 (short form), $10.00 (long form), Additional copies of records are $2.00 Texas Bureau of Vital Statistics State Dept of Health 1100 West 49 St. Austin, TX 78756-3191 REMARKS: If expedited service is required, the claimant may send the information by FAX to BVS at 512-458-7711 using VISA or MasterCard bank cards only. The cost of this service is $5.00 plus $11.00 for the birth certificate and $5.00 for same or next day response by Airborne overnight mail (total of $21.00), overnight express mail requests are also accepted and processed within 24-48 hours by BVS. Cost of Copy: $11.00 (additional copies are $3.00) Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands Belau (Palau) Clerk of Court Western Caroline Islands 96940 REMARKS: Courts have records beginning November 21, 1952. Cost of Copy: Varies Utah Bureau of Vital Records 288 North 1460 West Temple P.O. Box 16700 Salt Lake City, UT 84116-0700 REMARKS: Telephone requests for birth records, using a bank card, can be made by calling 801-538-6380. Cost of Copy: $12.00 Vermont Public Records Division 60 Main St. P.O. Box 70 Burlington, VT 05402 Public Records Division 133 State St. Montpelier, VT 05633 Code 024 REMARKS: Birth records are available for the current year and approximately the previous 10 years in Burlington. Records before that time are in Montpelier. Cost of Copy: $5.00 Virgin Islands of the U.S. Bureau of Health Planning and Statistics Dept. of Health Old Hospital (Municipal Hospital) St. Thomas, VI 00802 REMARKS: The above address is for records from St. Thomas and St. John. Birth and death records for St. Croix may be obtained from: Registrar of Vital Statistics Charles Harwood Memorial Hospital Christiansted, St. Croix, VI 00820. Cost of Copy: $10.00 Virginia Division of Vital Records State Dept. of Health James Madison Building Box 1000 Richmond, VA 23208-1000 Cost of Copy: $5.00 Washington Dept. of Health Vital Records P.O. Box 9709 Olympia, WA 98504-9709 REMARKS: Birth records are available beginning July 1, 1907. From 1947 through 1954 it was not required for these hospitals to record birth time. Records may only be held by the hospitals for 25 years. If a birth certificate issued by the State office does not contain the recordation date, assume, absent information to the contrary, that the record was made soon after birth. Cost of Copy: $13.00 West Virginia DHHR Vital Registration Office Capital Complex Bldg. 3 Rm 516 Charleston, WV 25305 REMARKS: To expedite the birth request, show the appropriate type of document requested as part of the address line after DHHR, Vital Registration. The DVS will accept telephone requests for all records, using a bank card, by calling 304-558-2931. These is an additional charge of $10 for this service. Cost of Copy: $5.00 Wisconsin State Department of Health and Social Services Division of Health Center for Health Statistics 1 W. Wilson St. P.O. Box 309 Madison, WI 53701-0309 REMARKS: All payments should be made payable to "Center for Health Statistics." The request should also include a postage-paid, preaddressed return envelope. Cost of Copy: $10.00 Wyoming Vital Records Services Hathaway Building Cheyenne, WY 82002 Cost of Copy: $8.00 |
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