Enter a first and/or last name to search Ohio birth records. This website was created to provide genealogists with access to the Ohio birth records from a single place. Additional information on how to obtain Ohio birth certificates is available below.
Birth records contain information about a person's birth, including the date of birth, place of birth, sometimes the names of the mother and father, and even the physician who attended the birth. Birth certificates issued by state and local governments will often include the place of residence, and the mother's maiden name.
This webpage gives you access to all of the online databases containing Ohio birth records, Ohio birth ceritificates, Ohio birth notices, Ohio birth indexes, and other related Ohio genealogy records.
Birth records have long been used to help with genealogy research. They are considered to be "primary source" records, because the information is recorded by an eye witness, at the time the birth takes place. The Internet has allowed people to store birth records into various online archives. This has brought access to online birth records much more easier for genealogy researchers.
Newspapers frequently publish notices of births, and in addition to birth certificates, are a popular source of research by genealogists. Newspapers typically do not announce the names of the newborn, but list the sex of the child, the names of the parents, the place and date of birth.
On this page you will find the most comprehensive databases containing birth records of Ohio. We also suggest searching for "Ohio birth records" using Google.com, which will yield all such databases.
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How to Obtain Ohio Birth Certificates
Ohio statewide vital records registration began in 1908. Two previous attempts to enact such legislation were largely unsuccessful, though fragments exist. Check the local county Probate Clerk for these earlier records.
For more information on birth records - Dec. 29, 1908 to the present write:
Ohio Department of Health
Division of Vital Statistics
P.O. Box 15098
Columbus, OH 43215-0098
Tel: 614-466-2531
For prior records, write to the clerk of the county in question.
Other Ohio Birth Records Websites
- Ohio Historical Society - About Birth Records in Ohio
- State Library of Ohio - Ohio Birth and Death Records by County
- I Dream of Genealogy - Ohio Birth Records
- VitalRec - Ohio Vital Records
- Selected Fayette County, Ohio Birth Records
Request Birth Certificates Online - VitalChek
- Birth, Marriage & Death Certificates! at Ancestry.com
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