Where could i find a record of births, deaths, and marraige certificates?

Question:

Where could i find a record of births, deaths, and marraige certificates?

i am trying to do my family tree and have gone as far as i can on information from family. is there a way a viewing records of certificates. how would i go about it?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Hey lolljayne,

Ah, the expense of paying for Vital Records. If you use a web site, it will not be proof that the date is correct, or that you have the right links from a parent to a child. So, just a word of caution. You can get believable hints from web sites, and one of the best is Family Search.com. They get information from many sources. Some of those sources are questionable, that is taking a family tree from a contributor without proof of any of the documentation. That can make your work invalid.

You can get Vital Records (VR) for most people in most locations by following the ordering instructions at their web site. Most municipal Vital Records offices have web sites. A county records office will charge you less for a VR (BMD), than a STATE site. So, you can get records at better prices if you have that 'believable" information first, and use it to nail down the location of where the VRs are.

To find a VR site, use YAHOO SEARCH (seems to get better hits), and type in "VITAL RECORD <location>", that will give you numerious sites, so pick the one that is official for the county, city, town, municipal VRs.

Then just follow their instructions. I know this takes time and money, but it is the BEST way to get the BMD records you want.

That said, here are some fair sites for the same purpose.