Remember, there are two main kinds of birth certificates...the official ones—printed out from computer files as needed and certified—and the long form (vault copy)—which is the actual birth record that the hospital keeps, and you’d get it via photocopy, not computer printout.
Well......where’s the copy of the VAULT FORM??
Depends on the state, possibly even the county.
NYS has a copy of my “long form” (actual certificate of live birth) with the doctors signature, my little footprint, etc on file on microfiche.
But I got here like before dirt was invented so it may have changed by now.
It also should have a embossed seal on it.