So you've reached a point in your research where you are ready to take the next step. One way to confirm, deny or discover new information can be found in birth, marriage and death records. Listed below are links to each state's vital records office. The requirements for securing these documents vary by state and will take anywhere from four to six weeks to receive so plan accordingly or be prepared to pay for expedited services which can be costly. Good luck!
      
                        
                          Alabama Vital Records 
      State Department of Public Health 
      P.O. Box 5625 
      Montgomery, AL 36103-5625 
      http://ph.state.al.us/chs/VitalRecords/Death/DEATH.html  | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          Alaska Department of Health and Social Services 
      Bureau of Vital Statistics 
      5441 Commercial Boulevard 
      Juneau, AK 99801 
      http://www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/bvs/  | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          Arizona Office of Vital Records  
      Arizona Department of Health Services  
      150 North 18th Avenue  
      Phoenix, Arizona 85007  
      http://www.azdhs.gov/vitalrcd/  | 
                        
                        
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                          Arkansas Department of Health  
      Division of Vital Records - Slot 44  
      4815 W. Markham Street  
      Little Rock, Arkansas 72205  
      http://www.healthyarkansas.com/certificates/certificates.html   | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          California Department of Health Services  
      Office of Vital Records - M.S. 5103  
      P.O. Box 997410  
      Sacramento, CA 95899-7410  
      http://www.dhs.ca.gov/hisp/chs/OVR/OrderCert.htm  | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment  
      Vital Records Section  
      4300 Cherry Creek Drive South  
      HSVRD-VR-A1  
      Denver, CO 80246-1530  
      http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/hs/birth.html  | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          State of Connecticut  
      Department of Public Health  
      Vital Records Section  
      410 Capitol Avenue  
      P.O. Box 340308  
      MS#11VRS  
      Hartford, CT 06134-0308  
      http://www.dph.state.ct.us/OPPE/hpvital.htm  | 
                        
                        
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                          Delaware Office of Vital Statistics  
      Division of Public Health  
      P.O. Box 637  
      Dover, DE 19903  
      http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dph/ss/vitalstats.html  | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          District of Columbia Department of Health  
      Vital Records Division  
      825 North Capitol Street NE  
      Washington, DC 20002  
      http://www.dchealth.dc.gov/services/vital_records/index.shtm  | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          Florida Department of Health  
      Office of Vital Statistics  
      P.O. Box 210  
      1217 Pearl Street  
      Jacksonville, FL 32231-0042  
      http://www.doh.state.fl.us/planning_eval/vital_statistics/deaths.htm  | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          Georgia Department of Human Resources  
      Dept. of Vital Records  
      2600 Skyland Drive, NE  
      Atlanta, GA 30319-3640  
      http://health.state.ga.us/programs/vitalrecords/index.asp  | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          Hawaii State Department of Health  
      Office of Health Status Monitoring  
      Vital Records Section  
      P.O. Box 3378  
      Honolulu, HI 96801-9984  
      http://www.hawaii.gov/health/vital-records/   | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          Idaho Vital Statistics Unit  
      Bureau of Health Policy and Vital Statistics  
      P.O. Box 83720  
      Boise, ID 83720-0036  
      http://www.healthandwelfare.idaho.gov   | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          Illinois Division of Vital Records  
      Illinois Department of Public Health  
      605 West Jefferson Street  
      Springfield, IL 62702-5097  
      http://www.idph.state.il.us/vitalrecords/deathinfo.htm   | 
                        
                        
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                          Indiana Vital Records Department  
      State Department of Health  
      2 North Meridian Street  
      Indianapolis, IN 46204  
      http://www.in.gov/isdh/bdcertifs/birth_and_death_certificates.htm    | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          Iowa Department of Public Health  
      Bureau of Vital Records  
      Lucas Office Building  
      321 East 12th Street  
      Des Moines, IA 50319-0075  
      http://www.idph.state.ia.us/eh/health_statistics.asp   | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          Kansas Office of Vital Statistics  
      Curtis State Office Building  
      1000 SW Jackson, Suite 120  
      Topeka, KS 66612-2221  
      http://www.kdhe.state.ks.us/vital/death.html    | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics  
      275 East Main Street 1EA  
      Frankfort, KY 40621  
      http://chfs.ky.gov/dph/vital/    | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          Louisiana Office of Public Health  
      Vital Records Registry  
      P.O. Box 60630  
      New Orleans, LA 70160  
      http://www.oph.dhh.state.la.us/recordsstatistics/vitalrecords/  | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          Maine Office of Vital Records  
      Maine Department of Human Services  
      221 State Street  
      #11 State House Station  
      Augusta, ME 04333-0011  
      http://www.maine.gov/portal/facts_history/vital_records.html   | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          Maryland The Division of Vital Records  
      6550 Reisterstown Road  
      Reisterstown Road Plaza  
      Baltimore, MD 21215  
      http://mdpublichealth.org/vsa/  | 
                        
                        
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                          Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics  
      150 Mount Vernon Street  
      1st Floor  
      Dorchester, MA 02125-3105  
      http://www.mass.gov/dph/bhsre/rvr/vrcopies.htm    | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          Michigan Vital Records Request  
      P.O. Box 30721  
      Lansing, MI 48909  
      http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,1607,7-132-4645---,00.html    | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          Minnesota Department of Health  
      Attention: Office of the State Registrar  
      P.O. Box 9441  
      Minneapolis, MN 55440-9441  
      http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/chs/osr/death.html   | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          Mississippi Vital Records  
      Public Health Statistics  
      P.O. Box 1700  
      Jackson, MS 39215-1700  
      http://www.health.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/31,0,109.html   | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services  
      Bureau of Vital Records  
      P.O. Box 5702  
      Jefferson City, MO 651029  
      http://www.dhss.mo.gov/BirthAndDeathRecords/index.html  | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          Montana Office of Vital Statistics  
      Department of Public Health and Human Services  
      111 N Sanders Rm 209  
      PO BOX 4210  
      Helena MT 59604  
      http://vhsp.dphhs.mt.gov/dph_l2.htm 
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                          Nebraska Vital Records  
      P.O. Box 95065  
      Lincoln, NE 68509-5065  
      http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/ced/cedindex.htm  | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          Nevada Office of Vital Records and Statistics  
      Capitol Complex  
      505 East King Street, Room 102  
      Carson City, NV 89710-4749  
      http://health2k.state.nv.us/forms/formindex.htm   | 
                        
                        
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                          New Hampshire Department of State  
      Division of Vital Records Administration  
      29 Hazen Drive  
      Concord New Hampshire 03301  
      http://www.sos.nh.gov/vitalrecords/  | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          New Jersey  Vital Statistics  
      Customer Service Unit  
      PO Box 370  
      Trenton, NJ 08625-0370  
      http://www.state.nj.us/health/vital/vital.shtml  | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          New Mexico Vital Records  
      Post Office Box 26110  
      Santa Fe, NM 87502  
      http://dohewbs2.health.state.nm.us/VitalRec/Death%20Certificates.htm  | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          New York Vital Records Section  
      Certification Unit  
      800 North Pearl Street  
      Menands, NY 12204  
      http://www.health.state.ny.us/vital_records/ 
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                          New York City Office of Vital Records  
      125 Worth Street, Box 4, Room 133  
      New York, NY 10013  
      http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/html/vitalrecords/home.shtml  | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          North Carolina Vital Records  
      1903 Mail Service Center  
      Raleigh, NC 27699-1903  
      http://vitalrecords.dhhs.state.nc.us/vr/index.html   | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          North Dakota Division of Vital Records  
      600 E.Boulevard Ave. - Dept. 301  
      Bismarck, ND 58505-0200  
      http://www.vitalnd.com/  | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          Ohio Vital Statistics  
      246 North High Street, 1st Floor  
      Columbus, OH 43216  
      http://www.vitalrec.com/oh.html  | 
                        
                        
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                          Oklahoma Vital Records Service  
      Oklahoma State Department of Health  
      1000 Northeast 10th  
      Oklahoma City, OK 73117  
      http://www.health.state.ok.us/program/vital/brec.html  | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          Oregon Vital Records  
      P.O. Box 14050  
      Portland, OR 97293-0050  
      http://oregon.gov/DHS/ph/chs/order/index.shtml  | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          Pennsylvania Division of Vital Records  
      101 South Mercer Street, Room 401  
      PO Box 1528  
      New Castle, PA 16101  
      http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us 
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                          Office of Vital Records  
      Rhode Island Department of Health  
      3 Capitol Hill, Room 101  
      Providence, RI 02908-5097  
      http://www.health.ri.gov/chic/vital/index.php  | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          South Carolina  DHEC  
      Division of Vital Records  
      2600 Bull Street  
      Columbia, South Carolina 29201  
      http://www.scdhec.net/vr/death.htm  | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          South Dakota  Department of Health  
      600 E. Capitol  
      Pierre, SD 57501-2536  
      http://www.state.sd.us/doh/vitalrec/vital.htm  | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          Tennessee Vital Records  
      Central Services Building  
      1st Floor  
      421 5th Avenue North  
      Nashville, Tennessee 37247  
      http://www2.state.tn.us/health/vr/index.htm  | 
                        
                        
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                          Texas Vital Statistics  
      Department of State Health Services  
      P.O. Box 12040  
      Austin, Texas 78711-2040  
      http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/bvs/registra/certcop.htm  | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          Utah Office of Vital Records and Statistics  
      288 North 1460 West  
      PO Box 141012  
      Salt Lake City, UT 84114-1012  
      http://health.utah.gov/vitalrecords/silver/deathinfo.htm  | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          Vermont Department of Health  
      Vital Records Section  
      P.O. Box 70  
      108 Cherry Street  
      Burlington, VT 05402-0070  
      http://www.healthyvermonters.info/hs/vital/vitalhome.shtml  | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          Virginia
                         
                             Office of Vital Records  
                              and Health Statistics  
                              P.O. Box 1000  
                              Richmond, Virginia  
                              23218-1000  
                          http://www.vdh.state.va.us/vitalrec/index.asp  | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          Washington Department of Health  
      Center for Health Statistics  
      P.O. Box 9709  
      Olympia WA 98507-9709  
      http://www.doh.wa.gov/ehsphl/chs/cert.htm  | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          West Virginia
                            Vital Registration Office  
                              Room 165  
                              350 Capitol Street  
                              Charleston, WV 25301-3701  
                          http://www.wvdhhr.org/bph/oehp/hsc/vr/birtcert.htm   | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          Wisconsin Vital Records Office  
      P.O. Box 309  
      Madison, WI 53701-0309  
      http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/vitalrecords/index.htm   | 
                        
                        
                          
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                          Wyoming 
                            Vital Records Services  
                              Hathaway Building  
                              Cheyenne, WY 82002  
                          http://wdh.state.wy.us/vital_records/index.asp  | 
                        
                        
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