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.
Try the local newspapers that carry birth notices.
>>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.<<
“I was pretty young at the time...”
;)
You forgot the two most important questions:
Do you know what your name is?
Do you know when your birthday is?
“Usually the city or county registrar can get you a certified copy.”........
TRUE STORY:....An AMERICAN BORN citizen, my Grandfather moved to Canada during first world war, joined Canadian Army which hen made him a Canadian citizen. After WWI, attempted to return to U.S. Needed a birth certificate from city of birth (Lake Linden, Michigan) only to find local court house had burned down destroying all records. Then, still a Canadian citizen, moved back to America and filed a “Green Card” every year until his death back in 1960. He was in his high 80’s at time of death. I personally took him to file that green card. Make sure YOU or a relative obtains and keeps a copy (secured) of you birth certificate.
Incorrect as written. For a standard, adult, 10 year passport, in most cases, one can renew it within 5 years after it expires.
But that information probably isn't going to help here.
do u mean no body has the proof he was born anywhere??? Hmm, Hawaii will make him 1 so i understand.
If he knows what state he was born in, they should be able to send a copy for a fee.
What State?
Generally your state assemblyman and or senator can run interference with state agencies and expedite remediation.
See if searching for it with the last name of his mother (maiden name) instead of the last name of his father.
Some states will not put the father’s last name on unless they are married. Maybe they even have to show a marriage certificate which they don’t have with them so the baby is misnamed. Maybe his mother was still using her maiden name and the person who filled out the form was confused.
Who knows, it may work.
Also, there is an online service many states use that might help.
Also, if he thinks he was born in one place because that’s where they were living when he was born, try looking in the place where his maternal grandparents lived, or if his parents moved shortly before his birth, where they used to live.
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All the above is based on the idea his parents are no longer alive. If they are alive, ask them.
First, if the putative parents are still alive, the person in question should have a serious discussion with them, and perhaps obtain DNA verification. This could be a case of an off the books informal adoption, a child kidnapping, or something less serious. Time for the parents to put all the cards on the table - who, what, when, where...
75 or 100 years ago, lack of a birth certificate for home births was not that uncommon, and before the immigrant flood, was fairly easy to cure. Now, not so much for either. 1980s, this isn’t really passing the smell test. By the 1980s, folks were even beginning to video births.
One place to look for some helpful evidence would be, depending on the faith group, baptismal records. More helpful in the case of Catholics, not very helpful at all for Baptists, for obvious reasons.
At some point, a lawyer might be needed, but initial leg work could save money. And again, start with family members. Time for open and candid communications.
As I understand it, the hospital where he was born closed.
I would think that the records should have been saved by someone outside the hospital. County or state archives might have records or clues.
California? They lost mine. I no longer have one.
It’s Indiana. The state capital has been contacted and they can’t locate it either.
They may be looking in the wrong county.
How did he manage to get a driver’s license and social security card it bout a birth certificate?
I think you should ask illegal aliens how they do it.
Those things
Also spelling of the names on the birth certificate might be different than what you think.
When I took my birth certificate in with me to get my learner’s permit the clerk laughed at me because I had always spelled my middle name one way and the birth certificate spelled it another
Simple. Just go to the safety deposit box where you have stored the original or a copy thereof and...oh...wait. Nevermind.
California lost mine when they digitized records.
Do like 0bama and make up a fake one.
Greatest Fraud Ever, nobama...is that you?
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