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.
Move to 1600 Penn Ave DC!
There was a woman in Hawaii who would provide you with a ‘facsimile’ but she drown after surviving a small-plane crash. Or you could get Barry Soetoro to ‘find’ one for you.
California lost one of my vehicle records. I applied for a replacement pink slip and they couldn’t find it.
“As I understand it, the hospital where he was born closed.”
The county in which the birth took place has the records.
Go with the county register of deeds office. They will help you find what youre looking for.
Happened to my husband, went to the local health department, city where he was born, they could locate his birth, but showed no certificate, so they petitioned the state health department with their information and in about 4-6 weeks the birth certificate came in the mail.
Hope this helps
How did this person get a Social Security card and Drivers License without birth records?
1. The county and/or state should have birth records.
2. Even if the hospital closed, their records were transferred somewhere, not destroyed.
3. Baptismal record?
My father had to jump through the hoop when he retired. The courthouse had burned and with it his birth certificate. He had to use his school registration and mother’s statement as the proof of birth. Also Army records were submitted. He was born in 1910 and retired in the early 70’s. My daughter had a child born in Turkey in 2012. She was given a Certificate of Live birth by the American Consolate. She had to get a Turkish birth certificate when moving back to the states, but doesn’t give her dual citizenship.
Thank you.
I want to thank everyone for their replies.
I used to register and file BCs.
Yes, the hospital will have their copy and records but those can’t be used for legal purposes. Hospital records can be used as a starting point.
Next, go to the county clerk’s office. A copy of the legal BC will be on file in the Birth Records. Also, it will be noted in three places in the Birth Index book under both parents’ names and the child. IF they won’t let you look at the books yourself then make sure the clerks look in all of those places.
Finally, the state health department will have it just like the country does.
If you don’t know which county, then look at the counties surrounding where you think it is.
Go to the State Library and check their state birth books. Those will either be in book form or on computer or microfilm. The State Library is likely located in the state’s capitol city. It is doubtful the local public library will have this info but they could help get it for you from the State folks. Could be just a phone call to the State Library might get you a nice librarian who will do a quick look up for you.
Look through newspaper birth announcements. Again, at the state or local libraries. Or go down to the newspaper office. Again, not official unless you’re Obamy.
Where’s the person’s baby book? Wouldn’t a grandma have something?
If desperate, ask the school for where he enrolled for kindergarten or first grade. They should have a copy but getting to his file would be a royal pain.
Check with the DMV where he got his first license at 16 because he had to give them his BC.
Would he have to give a copy to get a gun permit if he were a teen?
Pediatricians might also have a copy.
My Dad was born in 1925 and has no birth certificate even though his younger and older siblings do. DNA tests prove they were siblings.
The date you were born.
The names of your mother.
The name of your father.
ANY siblings? Might have been born at same hospital.
Grade school records.
High school records.
I don’t know when they started giving babies a Social Security number at BIRTH. But this person might be right in the middle of all that.
The Social Security Administration should be able to find the information of what hospital did the filing.
The changeover to giving a Social Security number at birth was caused by too many divorced parents claiming the same kids at tax filing time.
Should NOT change the facts about births that happened there.
But even an expired passport would have some sort of record somewhere.
No, I think you should definitely get advice from anonymous users on a message board, in states with laws different than yours, rather than contact an attorney.
How did he get to attend grade school & high school?
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