I went to a Frank Abingale (of Catch Me If You Can fame) seminar one time. He said to get a fake ID he would search the local newspapers for infant deaths and then go to clerk’s office posing as the family attorney saying he needed something (I forget the exact thing) and he’d get documents that would enable him to get a real ID for his check cashing scams.
Bill Ayers wrote in his book about visiting cemetaries looking for baby’s graves to steal their identity.