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Vanity: What to do when vital records cannot find a birth certificate.

Posted on 06/20/2018 4:53:54 AM PDT by gattaca

Should a family lawyer be contacted? The person is 38 years old, has a SS card, driver's license, etc. Vital records just can't locate his birth certificate.


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KEYWORDS: birthcertifucate; chat; locating; lost; vanity
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1 posted on 06/20/2018 4:53:54 AM PDT by gattaca
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To: gattaca

Run for office of President?


2 posted on 06/20/2018 4:54:54 AM PDT by VastRWCon (LARGE PRINT GIVE IT, small print take it away.)
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To: gattaca

Usually the city or county registrar can get you a certified copy.


3 posted on 06/20/2018 4:55:01 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: VastRWCon

Beat me to it.


4 posted on 06/20/2018 4:55:48 AM PDT by LukeL
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To: gattaca

How have the person’s bonafides been established in the past? I would suggest back-tracking that trail.


5 posted on 06/20/2018 4:55:54 AM PDT by Pecos (Better the one you have with you than the one you left at home.)
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To: gattaca

They have a record of the birth but just can’t find the original certificate?


6 posted on 06/20/2018 4:55:55 AM PDT by House Atreides (BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
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To: gattaca

Has this person ever gotten a passport? For most identification purposes, that works, and proves that at least at some point, you had a birth certificate.


7 posted on 06/20/2018 4:56:29 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ("Married with children.")
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To: House Atreides

I don’t think the record of birth can be found.


8 posted on 06/20/2018 4:57:15 AM PDT by gattaca ("Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." Ronald Reagan)
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To: gattaca

1. Do you know what state you were born in?
2. Do you know what county or city you were born in.
3. Do you know what hospital you were born in.


9 posted on 06/20/2018 4:57:35 AM PDT by Retvet (Retvet)
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To: Vermont Lt

By that I mean, they go down into the archives and find “the book.” If the person knows where they were born, a hospital might have those records...but that would be a stretch.

Finally if there are other supporting docs a judge may have to declare you born.


10 posted on 06/20/2018 4:58:01 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: VastRWCon

And make one up if questioned by pesky opposition.


11 posted on 06/20/2018 4:59:52 AM PDT by xp38
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To: gattaca

If they can’t find his records...I might start asking the question...is there some reason that the birthdate or place of birth might be wrongly assumed? Typically, they (the state agencies) don’t lose birth certificates. This person couldn’t have gotten to the social security number business without producing that birth certificate. Course, this was probably done when he was a kid.


12 posted on 06/20/2018 4:59:55 AM PDT by pepsionice
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First, contact the hospital where the birth took place, and see where they filed the certificate. Sometimes hospitals that are part of a chain, will file birth certificates in the county where their headquarters is located. That is how my sister managed to track down her son’s birth certificate.

Also, you can try this website:

https://www.familysearch.org/search

although, primarily for genealogy purposes, it has a lot of more recent records.


13 posted on 06/20/2018 4:59:58 AM PDT by euram
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To: gattaca

Most states have an established process for creating a replacement as I understand.

It’s most often used when a birth occurs outside of a “normal” hospital environment such as at home or on the way to the hospital, etc. Used to happen a lot more when births were midwifed in the home.

Sometimes required for when records are lost in fires, floods, etc.

You may want to check with the local county clerk to see if they can assist with the process or point in the correct direction.


14 posted on 06/20/2018 5:00:53 AM PDT by reed13k
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As I understand it, the hospital where he was born closed.


15 posted on 06/20/2018 5:03:36 AM PDT by gattaca ("Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." Ronald Reagan)
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To: gattaca

First, put in a birth announcement in a Hawaiian newspaper. After it prints, cut out a copy and bring it to a local Hawaiian records office as proof of birth. They’ll issue you a new BC.


16 posted on 06/20/2018 5:04:04 AM PDT by C210N (Republicans sign check fronts; 'Rats sign check backs.)
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To: VastRWCon
Run for office of President?

My exact thought!

17 posted on 06/20/2018 5:04:59 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: VastRWCon

Good one


18 posted on 06/20/2018 5:09:12 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: Pearls Before Swine

RE:”Has this person ever gotten a passport? For most identification purposes, that works, and proves that at least at some point, you had a birth certificate.”

If the passport has expired then its useless and they must start over again.


19 posted on 06/20/2018 5:10:28 AM PDT by sickoflibs ('Equal protection' only applies to illegals not you!)
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To: gattaca

Yes, but the BC is not just a hospital doc it is a state document and the hospital should have filed with he local county. I’d start at the county clerk and go from there.

Also when a hospital closes they are required to retain certain records and the clerk may be able to facilitate determining where those were relocated. Often it is to the State health dept in the capital. Might be local records though.


20 posted on 06/20/2018 5:10:55 AM PDT by reed13k
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