Oklahoma Death Certificates

Ordering Oklahoma Death Certificates Online

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General Information on Ordering Oklahoma Death Certificates

Vital Records is the official registration point and repository for all birth and death certificates for those events that occur in the state. This service files and preserves original certificates of live births, deaths, and fetal deaths, and issues copies to qualified applicants. The service also provides delayed certificates of birth, prepares new birth certificates to substitute for the originals of adopted and legitimated children. and makes amendments to birth and death certificates on which errors appear.

Oklahoma began filing birth and death records in October of 1908. It was not mandatory, however, that these records be filed until 1917. Because birth and death records were not required in years past as they are today for identification or settlement of claims in matters of death, the filing process in many years prior to 1940 are sketchy. It is the responsibility of the hospital, attendant at birth or the funeral director in each matter of birth or death to properly obtain the information needed and file the certificate in a timely manner.

For death records prior to 1908, refer to the Oklahoma State Archives.

Information for Genealogists

For assistance with your family history research, please do not contact the State of Oklahoma. Instead please refer to the following websites for help:

• Oklahoma Birth, Marriage and Death Records - online databases of primary records.

• Oklahoma Adoption Registry - for help with locating adoptees and birth families from Oklahoma.

• Oklahoma Obituaries - find obituaries from Oklahoma newspapers.

• Social Security Death Index - National database of deaths dating back to the 1940's.