Vital Records Search Syntax

The advanced search syntax allows you to search for vital records or non-vital records. The syntax for this type of search is shown below.

The VitalRecord parameter specifies whether search results will contain vital records or non-vital records. The following table explains the acceptable values for this search syntax.

Value Description
Y All records that are marked as vital will be considered valid search results.
N All records that are not marked as vital will be considered valid search results.

The first sample search will search for all vital records, while the second one will only search fo non-vital records.