vital record
Official life document
A vital record is an official document recording a major life event—birth, death, marriage, or divorce.
These records are typically maintained by government agencies and serve as legal proof of identity, citizenship, or family relationships.
She needed her birth certificate and other vital records to apply for a passport.
- birthComing into the world
- birth certificateOfficial record of arrival
- deathCessation of life
- death certificateOfficial record of passing
- marriageFormal union between partners
marriage license · certificate · document · registry · archive · genealogy · family tree · courthouse · county clerk · official · license · seal · county · clerk · ancestor · family · lineage · next of kin
- death recordsdeath certificate, death certificates, death notice, certified copy, obituaries
- historical surveyscensus, poll, oral history, land survey, parish register
- genealogyfamily trees, family history, descendants, ancestors, ancestry tracing
- municipal recordscity archives, meeting minutes, city ordinance, ordinance, bylaw
vital recordpersonal papers
Individual's identifying records
private correspondence · handwritten note · working papers · memorandum
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