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Connecticut official personal records
Get a birth certificate, marriage license, or other record
The State Vital Records Office (OVR) keeps official records of births, marriages, and deaths in Connecticut.
Learn how to update your personal records or get certified copies of:
Birth certificates
Death certificates
Marriage licenses
And more
Learn how to request an official record
Find common records
Find frequently requested records and learn how to get a copy of yours.
Birth certificates
Where you get a birth certificate depends on the person’s date of birth and the town they were born in. Find out how and where to request a birth certificate in Connecticut.
Death certificates
Anyone over 18 can buy a certified copy of a Connecticut death certificate. Special fee waivers are available for the family members of deceased veterans. Learn how to purchase one today.
Marriage and civil union certificates
Before you get your marriage certificate, visit the town vital records office where you’ll be getting married. Marriage certificates will also be available there or are available at the State OVR.
Find or amend another official record
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Adoption and foreign birth certificate
Apostille certificates
Divorce certificate
Fetal death and stillbirth
Get or request a U.S. passport
Find all records requests forms
Change or amend a record
Add a parent to birth certificate (establish parentage)
Gender change (amendment to sex listed on birth certificate)
Find more corrections and amendments
Welcome to the State Vital Records Office
Find contact info for town and state records
The State Vital Records Office statewide birth, death, marriage, and other records from July 1, 1897 to the present.
Each of Connecticut’s 169 towns also keeps its own records for events that happened locally or involved town residents. Find your town’s vital records office for more information.
Find your town vital records office
Contact info and hours for State Vital Records Office
For researchers and professionals
Data, research, and reporting tools
Are you a scientist, family researcher, medical provider, or funeral director?
Find reports, death counts, family history data, and more.
Vital records research and data
CT general statutes
Learn who can access or make changes to records.
ConnVRS registry
Register births, deaths, and fetal deaths. Find training for medical providers.
CT-Vitals death reports
Report deaths online if you are a funeral director or other related professional.
CT State Library
Search vital records from before 1897.
Department of Public Health
410 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06134