The birth records we get when we are born include a whole range of information about us. This includes where we were born, how much we weighed and our parents names and often our parents jobs at the times we were born. The piece of paper we receive is quite small and prone to being lost, the internet has given us the opportunity to retrieve that information easily and quickly.
The birth record was created when the child was born and was signed by the doctor who checked the information. The health department keeps a copy for their records and you are issued with one anywhere between the date of birth and 6 months after (which is why on some birth certificates you see a date of registration that is different than the date of birth). The copy the health department keeps is vital, as it means such public records searches in the future as the one you are looking to do, can be done. The birth records are needed continuously through life for marriage, death and many things such as opening a bank account may request a copy.
There are several reasons why you may need your certificate. Maybe you are moving country and in order to sign in for healthy benefits and bank accounts you need your birth certificate otherwise you are not allowed to stay. Perhaps you are interested in your family history and want a birth certificate from someone else and this has been denied by your local health department like it always does. Are you adopted? This is a big reason for searching for your original birth certificate with the chance of finding out your real parents names.
Thanks to the internet, public record searches are extremely easy and quick. Before online databases were made you would have to go to the county offices and go through hours of paperwork and you still might not find the record, you may need to go to a different place in a different county that may takes weeks and cost a lot of money. The web has simplified all this process and more often than not you can get hold of the birth records you require for no money at all, yes, for free!
When you decide to search for your birth records, or someone else’s in the family or anyone’s, don;t forget to do a little bit of research. The amount of research required isn’t much, just make sure you don’t hand any money over to cowboys, give them a call or send a letter or email. Don’t jump straight in and get scammed resulting in negative thoughts about the internet even though it was half your own fault for not researching!
In summary, I hope when you find the county birth records you want, that whatever you do with them works out for you.
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