Ohio Death Certificates

Ordering Ohio Death Certificates Online

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General Information on Ordering Ohio Death Certificates

Ohio statewide vital records registration began in 1908. Two previous attempts to enact such legislation were largely unsuccessful, though fragments exist.

The Ohio Department of Health houses only the death records of people who died in Ohio from Jan. 1, 1945, to the present. If the death did not occur in Ohio, contact the Vital Statistics office in the state where it occurred.

Death records that occurred December 20, 1908-December 31, 1944, can be obtained from the Ohio State Archives, 1982 Velma Avenue, Columbus, OH 43211-2497.

Information for Genealogists

For assistance with your family history research, please do not contact the State of Ohio. Instead please refer to the following websites for help:

• Ohio Birth, Marriage and Death Records - online databases of primary records.

• Ohio Adoption Registry - for help with locating adoptees and birth families from Ohio.

• Ohio Obituaries - find obituaries from Ohio newspapers.

• Social Security Death Index - National database of deaths dating back to the 1940's.