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**Maryland**

**Event:** Birth or death 

**Cost of copy:** $6.00 

**Address:**    Division of Vital Records    Department of Health and Mental Hygiene    6550 Reistertown Avenue    P.O. Box 68760    Baltimore, MD 21215-0020 

**Remarks:** State office    has had records since August 1898. Records for city of Baltimore are available from    January 1875.   Fee for Commemorative Birth Certificates is $25.00.

Will not do research for genealogical    studies. Must apply to State of Maryland Archives, 350 Rowe Blvd., Annapolis, MD 21401,    (410) 974-3914. 

Check or money order should be made    payable to **Division of Vital Records**. Personal checks are accepted. To    verify current fees, the telephone number is **(410) 764-3038**. This will be    a recorded message. 

**Event:** Marriage (State) 

**Cost of copy:** $6.00 

**Address:**    Division of Vital Records    Department of Health and Mental Hygiene    6550 Reistertown Avenue    P.O. Box 68760    Baltimore, MD 21215-0020 

**Remarks:** Records since    June 1951. 

**Event:** Marriage (county)    

**Cost of copy:** Varies 

**Address:** See remarks 

**Remarks:** Clerk of    Circuit Court in county where license was issued or Clerk of Court of Common Pleas of    Baltimore City (for licenses issued in city of Baltimore). 

**Event:** Divorce (State)    Verification only 

**Cost of copy:** No fee 

**Address:**    Division of Vital Records    Department of Health and Mental Hygiene    6550 Reistertown Avenue    P.O. Box 68760    Baltimore, MD 21215-0020 

**Remarks:** Records since    January 1961. Certified copies are not available from State office. Some items may be    verified. 

**Event:** Divorce (county) 

**Cost of copy:** Varies 

**Address:** See remarks 

**Remarks:** Clerk of    Circuit Court in county where divorce was granted. 
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This page last reviewed August 25, 2000

**U.S.    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES****Centers    for Disease Control and Prevention**    National Center for Health Statistics    Division of Data Services     Hyattsville, MD    20782-2003    (301) 458-4636
 

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