Facts About Vital Records...

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BIRTH RECORDS

• Birth Records are filed in the county in which you are born, as well as the county where your parents resided at the time of birth
• Adoptions - Register in Probate
  • Adoptees new birth record remains in the county of birth
• Paternity Statements - Child Support
• Legitimization Forms - Register of Deeds
  • Legitimization can be done when the biological parents have married each other after the child's birth
• Name Changes - Clerk of Courts

MARRIAGE RECORDS

• Apply for marriage license - County Clerk
• Obtain certified copies - Register of Deeds
• Marriage record is filed in the county in which the marriage took place
  • For example - if you applied in Dane County but were married in Sauk County, the record is filed in Sauk County

DEATH RECORDS

• If death occurs out of state, the record stays there
• If a person dies in a different county from which they resided, the record will be in both counties