Birth & Death Certificates

Cost: $6.00 in person;  $11.00 mail requests;  $3.00 State Archives

Address: 
Registry of Vital Records and Statistics
150 Mt Vernon St, 1st Floor
Dorchester, MA 02125-3105

State office has records since 1906. For earlier records, write to The Massachusetts Archives at Columbia Point, 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125 (617) 727-2816.

Check or money order should be made payable to Registry of Vital Records. Personal checks are accepted. Call (617) 740-2600 to verify current fees.

State Marriage Records

Cost: $6.00 in person;  $11.00 mail requests;  $3.00 State Archives

Address:
Registry of Vital Records and Statistics
150 Mt Vernon St, 1st Floor
Dorchester, MA 02125-3105

Records are available from 1906.

State Divorce Records

Cost: vary

Address:
Registry of Vital Records and Statistics
150 Mt Vernon St, 1st Floor
Dorchester, MA 02125-3105

Index only since 1952. You will be directed where to send request. Certified copies are not available from State office.

County Divorce Records

Cost: $3.00

Contact the Registrar of Probate Court in county where divorce was granted..