How do I find vital statistics? And what does vital statistics mean anyway?
As an amateur genealogist, I can understand what you’re going through. I deal with this type of detective work all the time. The term for the information you’re looking for is called vital statistics. These statistics pertain to anything that deals with a person’s life such as their birth, the population at time of birth, and even death records. If you punch in “vital statistics” into any search engine, you will probably come up with a million hits easily. There are tons of database websites out there that can potentially give you the information you’re looking for. But, sometimes their information has holes or is outdated and possibly incorrect. The site that I often go to is http://www.recordssitereviews.com/vital_records.php. They will even have social security look up if you need that. Plus, you won’t have to go tracking down all those pieces of information yourself. I hope your search turns up some surprises.
