Vital records such as birth, marriage and death records are essential especially if one is dealing with government or private companies. These records show a person’s legitimacy, eligibility for marriage support, death benefits as well as social security. These records are housed commonly together in the State’s Vital Statistics though for those States that have huge volume of records, such as the Ohio marriage records, these are not kept in the office but in the county courts. These records are vital especially if the person needs benefits such as retirement and spousal death benefit.