[browardchad]

By the way, if you go to the website of the Indiana State Department of Health Vital Records FAQ, try clicking on the entry for "What is long form?"

The answer: "A Long Form is a certified 8.5” X 11” photo copy of the original birth certificate."

[muawiyah]

Lots of luck on that ~ my “short forms” have all the information on them that’s in the data base, or the data entry document submitted by the recording nurse.

[muawiyah]

Betyou missed this little honey:

"How can changes be made to a birth certificate? Please contact the Corrections Section of the ISDH Vital Records office at 317.233.2700 and ask for instructions for correcting the information."

That's why the ONLY DOCUMENT they produce that they'll stand behind in terms of legitimacy had to be signed by a computer (or machine signed) back in the 1960s ~ that "original" just won't cut it ~ it's just a "revisable" picture.