getting the birth certificate - Page 3

Does anyone know about getting a birth certificate in PA?

Is there anyone from Tennessee that knows how to get a birth certificate?
~Ali

Any info for Wisconsin?

In my county in Illinois, you just show up with the baby and the father (or not, I suppose, if he is out of the picture) to the county courthouse and fill out the paperwork. I think you have a year, and then things get more complicated. I didn't need anything notarizied, no proof of pregnancy, nothing external. I phone the Vital Stats dept before the birth and asked for the paperwork I'd need to register a home birth. The woman on the phone said, "will you have a midwife or not?" and didn't seem at all fazed when I said no. (There is extra paperwork if a midwife is involved).

Brazil

I UCed in bahia, brasil, and getting the bc was very easy.

In the village registry office, we needed to show
-proof of pg, but a letter from the nurse in the local health clinic was enough.
-parents ID *each parent must have ID with both of their parent's names, standard in brazil, but odd for foreigners. since our passports were sufficient ID, but didn't have our parents' names, we went to the local magistrate and made a declaration to him, he made us an official document
-proof of live birth (we just showed them the baby).
-witness to the birth (we got a friend to come in and say she was there)

That was it. They filled in our details into a massive book, typed the birth cert on a typewriter (manual!) stamped it, and handed it over.

If our meagre Portuguese wouldn't have slowed us down, the whole thing would have taken 1/2 hour.

Incedentally, on the birth certificate, in the "place of birth" space, its written "born on the public field on street xyz in the village of..."
I think since DD was actually born on the village soccer field, it made things take longer, just coz the bureaucrats were interested in the story. But they wrote it on the birth certificate

I UC'd in Colorado, and they wanted two notorized affadavits stating I was pregnant (or proof of prenatal care) and my son's medical records. I also had a report from when I went to L&D for the placenta that proves I gave birth the day I claim.

New York - All we had to do was bring the baby and our drivers' licenses to the city clerk's office and fill out a simple form.

Yeah - I just called the vital records department of Wisconsin,

I asked for "information on registering an unattended birth" - the man asked if there was going to be a licensed midwife or physician attending, I said no - and he was completely non-judgmental. He transfered me to a woman, after telling her what I needed - and she asked for my address, very polite - and she said she'd send it out this afternoon. She wished me well, and all in all it took 2 minutes, and was completely harmless.

I'm actually really surprised at how harmless it was.
She said there was a box to check on the form to request a SSN.

I'm flabbergasted.


PM me if you ever want to have coffee. They're aren't too many of us here.

DuPage County, IL - You call the Health Department (vital records) instead of the county clerk for home births. 630-221-7381.

You can't get the packet until after the baby's born (why, oh why? I guess because they don't like you to plan ahead for unattended?). But she said after filling it out and bringing it in, they'll type it up (takes 45 mins), and you'll need to have both parents there to sign the BC. She said there will also be a third-party form in the packet, but wouldn't tell me anything else ("it's all in the packet," she said). I'll update more after the bugger's born, I guess!

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For NH, I just asked a friend and this is what she shared with me: Call Vital Stats in Concord and they will send paperwork to your town clerk. Then you go in and fill it out, and your town clerk sends it back. My friend said all they required for proof was the baby. A couple of weeks later you'll get your birth cert.

OK, what about California? I can't find california on any of the threads.

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I need to know too.

I have given birth in several states.

For Florida, I just took my first and second babies to the health department the very first day and they filled out the papers there and never required any further proof.

For my third, I had him in Georgia. It was the most difficult one, but then again, we were not living there, but visiting our ILs. So I am guessing that was why. I had to have ID, they checked the baby out at the health department, that day, and then I had to take that proof to the court house and sign an affidavit along with my mom who was present.

For my fourth & fifth, I had them in Texas. I just had to have #1) proof of pgcy, #2) proof of residence, #3) proof of a baby (for one, I just brought the baby with me), #4) ID, and all the stats to write in on the form. For my forth, I actually have an official copy of my original hand written BC.

For my sixth, I had in New Mexico. I had to collect, #1) proof of pgcy and/or prenatal care, #2) proof of residence, #3) proof of a baby-had to be a dr visit form, #4) witness statements, and #5) ID. Then I had to send it all registered to the capital and wait for them to ok it.

For my seventh, I had him in Indiana. I had to take #1) proof of pgcy and/or prenatal care, #2) proof of residence, #3) proof of a baby-had to be a dr visit form, #4) witness statements, #5) my ID, and #6) the daddy with his ID to the clerk to file the papers.

I have found that most places ask for the same thing.
#1) your ID
#2) proof of pgcy (so I always have an "official test" taken somewhere, either HD or some family planing place)
#2/alt) some Dr. form or statement of prenatal care (I usually provide something from an OB with a EDD)
#3) proof of residence (utility bill or lease or such)
#4) proof of live birth (I get hand written statements from three people whether or not they were there. This would include their names, addresses, and siggys, and a basic statement saying that I was personally known to them and that I was pg and that I had a baby, boy/girl-weighing #, on such and such a day and time. This does not say they were there, just that they know me and know that I had this baby. I have never had these questioned.
#5) Daddy's ID and siggy

I just collect this information and take it all with me. I have never had any trouble getting my BCs for any of my children, and like I said, the Georgia one is the only one that I had to go to three different places to collect paperwork for, and I think that was because I did not live local, as well as the fact that I had not studied the requirements (hey, I did not live there and did not intend to give birth there), so I just followed instructions rather than researching it on my own.

I have always had my BCs in my hands by Baby's six month birthday and usually within 3 weeks.

Just wanted to let you all know that I PM'ed Georgia about how to get this all created/posted in a sticky.
I'll let you know what she comes back with.
Cheers,
Chelsie

Something that's helpful for future searches is to spell out the entire name of the state. MDC's current search will not look for words less than four letters, so abbreviations won't come up.

If y'all would like, we can sticky this thread, leaving it open to new posts, and anyone can add to it in the future. Not the best solution as far as ease of organization, but it's probably going to be better than nothing

LMK---Thanks, everyone

California depends on where you live. I live in San Diego and I have a thread already in here about what all I have to go through. Call your city's Vital Statistics office for the information pack. They will mail it out to you. Mine arrived 3 days later. Very quick.

Georgia, I think stickying this thread is a great idea! Maybe eventually, someone could volunteer to modify the first page of the post and organize it by state, so all anyone would have to do is find their state and follow the instructions!

I know, way easier said than donem, lol, but it's an idea!

Now...anyone have any info about getting a BC in West Virginia?

As far as I know, there isn't a way within our vBulletin software to reorganize the posts within a thread---wish there was!