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Adoptee Rights Law Center - The United States of OBC

Summary of the laws in each state for adoptees and their original birth certificates.

American Adoption Congress - State Adoption Legislation

U.S. states overview for adult adoptees' original birth certificate access.

American marriage laws in their social aspects

A digest by Fred Smith Hall, Elisabeth W. Brooke, published 1919. Includes a breakdown of marriage laws by topic and by state.

Ancestry.com - U.S., Presbyterian Records, 1743-1970 $

Original source: Church Registers. Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Birth of U.S. Citizens and Non-Citizen Nationals Abroad - U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs

BYU Idaho - Special Collections & Family History - Western States Marriage Records Index

Index for marriages in western states, including mostly pre-1900 marriages in Arizona, Idaho and Nevada. Also some counties in California, western Colorado, Montana, Oregon, Utah, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.

Deaths of U.S. Citizens in Foreign Countries

From the earliest days of the republic one of the duties of U.S. consular officers was to report to the Department of State the names of U.S. citizens who died within their consular districts. These death reports commonly provide acceptable documentation in the English language for cases in which satisfactory proof of an American death might be very difficult to obtain in any other form. From the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.

FamilySearch Wiki - Gretna Greens in the United States

A map and list of places for runaway marriages in the United States.

Findmypast - United States Marriages $

Free US Birth Records Information

Guide to free online birth and baptismal records, indexes, and transcription sites for the United States.

How to Replace or Amend a Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA) - U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs

judyrecords - Free Public Records Search

Free search of more than 426 million United States court records for marriage, divorce, estate, probate, name change, adoptions, etc.

National Desertion Bureau Database - The Jewish Board: 150 Years of Care New!

The National Desertion Bureau was established in New York in 1911 with the goal of tracking down men who had abandoned their wives. This is a free index to 1911–1935 National Desertion Bureau case cards covering the United States; entries may include spouses’ names, case-opened date, referring agency, “cause of desertion,” disposition, and case/file number; includes details to request matching case files from the YIVO Archives at no cost.

Obtaining a Birth Certificate if born in Germany - German Missions in the United States

Public Records Search | Your Encyclopedia for State and County Public Records

A repository of information on how to find public records, categorized by state, record type, and county.

United States Birth Certificates

United States Birth Certificates is a privately owned and operated Birth Certificate expediting company. The birth certificates ordered by our company are certified certificates, complete with raised embossed seals. They are issued by the state from which you are ordering.

VitalChek

Certified copies of birth certificates, death certificates, marriage certificates and other vital records.

vitalrec.com - Vital Records Information

Resources to help you obtain a birth certificate, death record, marriage license and more by mail or online.

Where to Write for Vital Records

From the National Center for Health Statistics, United States