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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:33 PM Original message |
Poll question: Do you have a copy of your original birth certificate? |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. I have the original hospital certificate and county long form (2 copies). Why? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
40. The hospital "certificate" has no legal standing. |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 07:59 PM Response to Reply #40 |
57. I needed my hospital certificate and birth certificate to receive a duplicate SS card |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. You have to have a state certified copy to get a PassPort |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. And in some cases for residency verification for college.... |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. I have a state certified copy of my certificate of live birth. It has stood me in |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. I needed it a couple of years ago for my passport |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:36 PM Original message |
No, just a certified copy |
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Rage for Order (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. Sort of... |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
5. I have the one my mom got from the state when I was about to go to kindergarten. n/t |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. No. |
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Biker13 (609 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
52. Really? |
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SoCalNative (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
7. I have my original |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
8. No. But i have a Kenyan grandma who says I was born in the US. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. Oh, man, that sign really says it all, doesn't it? I would almost |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Here's another fav of mine ... |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #32 |
49. It's so hard to use spell checker on |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
9. I don't. I have a registration of vital stats form... |
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ellenfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
12. none of the above. mine is a hospital birth certificate (no footprint). |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
43. That is "unofficial," not a state certificate. n/t |
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ellenfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #43 |
64. huh? eom |
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Pathwalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
13. I have an ADOPTEE birth certificate, naming my adoptive parents, |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
41. +1 |
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wtbymark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
14. none of the above |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
15. I lost my original birth certificate in a fire. Had to get a replacement. |
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Fla_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
16. I live in Florida.. wadda you think? |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
30. The thing is that my state certified certificate and my son's state certified |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #30 |
45. Trump is wrong. You have the correct document for your state. |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
17. Yes. And the hosp doesn't even exist any more. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 05:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
47. That's a hospital souvenir, not a state issued birth certificate. |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
18. Yup, but I've only seen it twice. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
19. I have that black and white microfiche looking certificate. |
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Phentex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 05:16 PM Response to Reply #19 |
36. I used that for my passport (WAY back) but I got a copy... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #19 |
48. Different states have different forms. Some have long forms, |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. Exactly. |
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Glorfindel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
20. No...I'm sure it exists, but I've never seen it |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
21. Somewhere I have a certified copy from the book that has my birth certificate in it. |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
22. No. I have an official looking piece of paper saying that an application for a bc has been filed |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 05:01 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. Yes! that is what I have. (It's been a while since I've looked at it.) |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
23. Many people think they have the original, but they don't |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
24. Why don't you include NO? |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #24 |
42. My original birth certificate looks ridiculously fake. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
25. My original birth certificate was issued to me when I was out of high school |
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appleannie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
26. I have a certified copy of a certificate of live birth that was issued by my state. I have gotten a |
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Moondog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
27. I worked for Uncle Sam for a number of years. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
29. I have a certified copy of the original and was issued from the board of health of NYC. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
31. My hospital birth cirtificate is good only for a 1 year temporary passport |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
34. NO. Not sure my mom even has it. (She's 84, and I'm sure she knows) |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
35. I have a certified copy, from the State of Florida |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
37. I think it's here somewhere, |
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housewolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
38. I have a certified copy of the origingal & it says "Certificate of Live Birth" |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
39. I bet most the people who think they have an "original" |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
44. I have a copy. The original is retained in the vital records of my birth state. nt |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
46. Other: I have a state certified COPY--just like everyone, whether they know it or not. nt |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
50. We have all of our originals - wife, me, 3 daughters. My wife's and mine have vac. records. |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
51. I've got a Hawaii birth certificate that looks exactly like Obama's. |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
53. I have a wallet-sized certificate from city hall |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
54. The original birth certificate is a Public Record. It belongs to the State, not you |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
56. I don't know ... I sent for it from the Hall of Records |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
58. Mine sez I'm a double secret Socialist Mooselam, born in Kenya, which is in the country of Africa. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #58 |
67. OMG-- |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
59. why would i? what do you need it for? |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 08:33 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. you need it to enlist in the military. |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
60. I have BOTH. One from hospital with footprints & one from the state w/ official seal. |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
61. I have the original and multiple copies. I needed them to enlist in the Army. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
63. I have a copy of the state issued certificate with a seal on it, and... |
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miscsoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
65. I think I lost it. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
66. I do - but the federal government will not accept two of my daughters' origninal s |
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