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 Your
baby's birth certificate is a very important legal document. It is
used to verify birth and is required on a number of different
occasions. Birth certificates are created for infants delivered in
the hospital or brought to the hospital immediately following birth.
Before arrival at the hospital to deliver your baby it is helpful to
be prepared to name the baby and to know the preferred spelling for
the name selected. You may give the child any first, middle or last
name desired.
In
1968, the U.S. Dept. of Health Education & Welfare passed a law that
the birth time must be on the birth certificate (but apparently this
law isn't always followed). Before 1968, sometimes the state
agencies have a record of the birth time, even if it's not on the
birth certificate itself, so please inquire about that possibility.
Sometimes the county seat of the birthplace may have a record if the
state agency doesn't. Usually, the certificate is only available to
you, not to someone asking for you, unless that someone is your
legal representative.
Individuals
occasionally may need certified copies of birth, death, marriage or
divorce documents for such diverse purposes as applying for
passports, fulfilling school entrance requirements, filing license
applications, or seeking insurance or government benefits.
Generally, these records are available only to the individual or to
a member of his or her immediate family.
The
birth rate was 13.9 per 1,000 persons in 2002, a decline of 1
percent from the rate of 14.1 per 1,000 in 2001 and down 17 percent
from the recent peak in 1990 (16.7 per 1,000), according to a new
CDC report, “Births: Preliminary Data for 2002.” The current low
birth rate primarily reflects the smaller proportion of women of
childbearing age in the U.S. population, as baby boomers age and
Americans are living longer.
Birth
certificates have been a great help to many genealogy and family
history researchers, as well as adoptee searches for birth parents,
providing valuable information and clues to an ancestor's or
relative's birth. Over the last few years, many people and
organizations have been publishing archives of birth records and
birth indexes on the Internet. Some with thousands of records,
others with millions. |
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When you have
completed the Application Form for a U.S. Birth
Certificate, fax it to along with a clear copy of your
U.S. Driver's License or other government issued
identification card to us at (312) 663-0835. |
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Travisa
trained staff gives U.S. citizens the ability to acquire their vital
records from the privacy of their own home or office without waiting
in long lines and having to go through stressful procedures to
obtain their birth certificate records.
Formal
registration of birth certificates by the State of Colorado was not
common practice until after the turn of the century; however, quite
often those who survived into the 1920s or later came back to their
county of birth and had a "delayed" birth certificate issued. These
were probably used for passports, social security or other matters
where birth certificates would be required.
The
U.S. birth rate fell to the lowest level since national data have
been available, reports the latest Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) birth statistics released today by HHS Secretary
Tommy G. Thompson. Secretary Thompson also noted that the rate of
teen births fell to a new record low, continuing a decline that
began in 1991.
Birth
records are a valuable source of information. They generally include
the person's name, birth date and birth county, as well as the names
of the father and mother. In some cases, the mother's maiden name is
given. Also, in some cases, the birthplace of the parents is
recorded as well. These are helpful hints that can be used to move
your search back a generation |
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