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• Adoptee Rights Law Center - District of Columbia

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

• Ancestry.com - Search Birth, Marriage & Death Records

  Including baptisms, christenings, divorces, burials, cemeteries and obituaries. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

  • District of Columbia Birth, Marriage & Death

• Ancestry.com - Washington DC Marriages to 1825

  Searchable database available by subscription.

• DC.gov - Department of Health - Vital Records

• FamilySearch - District of Columbia Births and Christenings, 1830-1955 ^FREE

  Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the District of Columbia. Microfilm copies of these records are available at the Family History Library and Family History Centers. This set contains 121,224 records. Due to privacy laws, recent records may not be displayed. The year range represents most of the records. A few records may be earlier or later.

• FamilySearch - District of Columbia Deaths and Burials, 1840-1964 ^FREE

  Name index to death and burial records from the District of Columbia. Microfilm copies of these records are available at the Family History Library and Family History Centers. This set contains 372,173 records. Due to privacy laws, recent records may not be displayed. The year range represents most of the records. A few records may be earlier or later.

• FamilySearch - District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1959 ^FREE

  Name index and images of death records from the District of Columbia.

• FamilySearch - District of Columbia Marriages, 1811-1950 ^FREE

  Name index and images of marriage records in the District of Columbia. Currently this collection is 36% complete. Additional records will be added as they are completed.

• FamilySearch - District of Columbia Marriages, 1830-1921 ^FREE

  Name index to marriage records from the District of Columbia. Microfilm copies of these records are available at the Family History Library and Family History Centers. This set contains 242,760 records. Due to privacy laws, recent records may not be displayed. The year range represents most of the records. A few records may be earlier or later.

• FamilySearch Wiki - District of Columbia Vital Records

  An overview of vital records for this state and information for getting them by mail or online.

• Freedman's Bureau, Marriages in Washington, D.C. 1861-1869, Part 1

  • Part 2

• Online District of Columbia Death Records Indexes & Obituaries

  A Genealogy Guide for DC Cemeteries & Obituaries by Joe Beine.

• USGenWeb Archives

  • Marriage Project

• Vital Records US - District of Columbia Vital Records

  Information and guidelines on acquiring vital records information in the United States. Includes state and county contact and pricing information.

• VitalChek Network - District of Columbia

• vitalrec.com - Vital Records Information - District of Columbia

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

• Where to Write for Vital Records - District of Columbia

  From the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).