The office where my birth certificate was filed burned (this was before computers, of course). <br>When I needed an official copy, I think I had to tell them the date and where I was born. I suppose they had to check the hospitals records to make sure it had happened. If I had been born at home, as my father and all my sister's kids were, I don't know what they would have done. <br>
<br>Laurie, I do remember the footprint certificate of my birth. I think my father still has that one. The government needed a different type, something more official or one signed more recently or something more standard.<br>
<br>-karen medina<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Laurie Solomon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ls1000@live.com">ls1000@live.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div><font face="Calibri">With respect to this insignificant non-issue, the more
interesting and important question - it seems to me - would be what sorts of
evidence it would take to convince those who doubt the legitimacy of the birth
certificate of its legitimacy. What would they accept as legitimate
evidence refuting their suspicions? I suspect that this is for them
basically an article of faith and nothing would suffice to call their
beliefs into question.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri">I know that the form of my own official birth
certificate has changed over the years. The original one was twice the
size of the current one, it was issued by the hospital and contained a footprint
on it and signatures in ink. The original copies issued by the State of
Delaware was smaller and typewritten forms containing information contained in
the original official document of record; and later, the copy that was sent
out by the State was a negative Photostat of the original
official state record of my birth. Current copies issued by the State are
positive photocopies of what now comprises the official state computer generated
document which has no foot prints nor signatures of the doctor as was on
the original hospital issued document. The only thing that has been a
consistent property of all the documents throughout the years has been that they
were all notarized with an embossed notary impression. </font></div><br>
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