Certified copies of these records are available only from the issuing county or the West Virginia Vital Registration Office.

Guide to Vital Research Records Project

Pattern Match Search Guide

• Use * to search for zero or more characters before or after the search term.  Examples: Jef* returns Jeff, Jeffrey, Jefferson, etc.  Ste*en returns Steven, Stephen, etc. *alton returns Dalton, Walton, etc.  Using a * before and after a search term will find that term anywhere in the field.
• Use _ to replace a single character with a wildcard character.  Examples: J_n returns Jan, Jen, Jon, etc.  _an returns Dan, Ian, Jan, etc.  Je_ returns Jeb, Jed, Jen, etc. Multiple _ may be used.