International Vital Records Handbook

by Thomas Jay Kemp

Book Overview

At one time or another all of us need copies of birth, marriage, or death certificates for driver's licenses, passports, jobs, Social Security, family history research, or for simple proof of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806316551
• ISBN13: 9780806316550
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Company
• Length: 603 Pages
• Weight: 3.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

International Vital Records Handbook

All these records help me to send for the marriages, births, and deaths, and any other kind of records all over the world, to help me get the information to prove the that the records are authentic and correct. Would recommend for use in obtaining oversea records. Thank you. Karen Kay Ullom

Now in a newly updated fifth edition

Interest in genealogical research and family histories continues to be a popular pastime for hundreds of thousands of people across the country. Now in a newly updated fifth edition, Thomas Jay Kemp's "International Vital Records Handbook" continues to be an indispensable resource for both amateur and professional genealogists with respect to acquiring certificates and other informational records on births, marriages, and deaths. This compendium of application forms is also of critical importance for anyone needing to order information with respect to driver's licenses, passports, proof of identity, employment, even social security. Arranged alphabetically by state, the "International Vital Records Handbook" also covers United States Trust Territories from American Samoa to the Virgin Islands of St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John. Of special note is the major international section devoted the countries from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. An invaluable contribution, "International Vital Records Handbook" is an indispensable addition to personal, professional, academic, and community reference collections.

A time-saving and indispensable reference

Now in an updated and expanded fourth edition, Thomas Kemp's International Vital Records Handbook offers a complete and current collection of vital records application forms from nations throughout the world, simplifying and speeding up the process by which genealogists can acquire birth, marriage, and death certificates and related information. The latest forms and information for each of the fifty states are provided, along with details about records that were created prior to statewide vital records registration. In addition, International Vital Records Handbook includes a separate section on U.S. Trust Territories. All the other countries of the world are arranged in alphabetical sequence. International Vital Records Handbook is an invaluable, time-saving, indispensable, very highly recommended reference which includes current addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, email address, websites, and (where available) fees, starting dates of records, and alternative record locations.