Vital Records

Copies of some Vermont vital records dating from 1760 to 2008 are available online through FamilySearch and Ancestry.com. Pursuant to 18 V.S.A. § 5002, there are no restrictions on public access to Vermont vital records.

Unlike certified copies, copies from any of the online resources below cannot be used for legal purposes. There is current and searchable index to 1909 and later birth and death records provided by the Department of Health.

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Please note that the copies of Vermont vital records on FamilySearch and Ancestry.com do not reflect corrections or amendments made after 2008.

FamilySearch

To research copies of Vermont birth, marriage and death records available through FamilySearch, visit FamilySearch.org. Any individual can research and print copies at no cost from this site and FamilySearch accounts are free.

Ancestry.com

Vermont residents can access and research Vermont vital records for free at Ancestry.com. To get started, residents can complete a simple zip code and location verification process.

Ancestry requires all users to create a free, no-cost Ancestry.com account to access Vermont public records on their site. We recommend creating your free account and logging into Ancestry.com before verifying zip code and location.