[Windflier]

All this "long-form" nonsense. I'm at retirement age and have never seen my "long form"...

Sure you have. There's no way you lived the life you described without that document in hand.

[Rutabega]

I haven't seen mine, either. My parents have no idea where it is. (I assume it existed at some point, but after moving tons of times, it simply is no longer around for me.)Luckily for me, I got a passport when I was five, and have had it renewed four times. That is the document I used to travel, get drivers licenses (in three different states), showed for ID when I got new jobs, and everything else I have ever needed to show documentation for.
My three kids only have BC’s that look like COLB’s. No footprints, or religions or any of the other things Freepers keep insisting you need to have in order to have a valid BC.