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Subject: Re: Delayed Birth Certificate
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1998 14:10:37 -0800


On 1998-10-13 said:
ni>I need your help!!!
ni>I was born in Bremerton, WA in 1966. I've never seen my birth
ni>certificate and in need of one desperately.
ni>My mother was 17 when she gave birth to me at a friend of her mom's
ni>house in WA.
ni>3 months after I was born, my mom and I moved to Portland Oregon.
ni>This is where I was baptized and went to school as a child.
ni>I was told by Bureau of Vital Statistics
ni>in WA that I could file for a delayed record of birth. Documents
ni>will have to be submitted to substantiate my birth claim. Documents
ni>like witness to my birth, baptismal certificate and etc.
ni>My problem is that the only person that witness my birth (my
ni>grandma's friend) is no longer alive and that my baptismal
ni>certificate is from Oregon. I couldn't even use my mom's birth to
ni>claim citizenship because she was born in Canada.
ni>I'm sure there are probably few people out there walking the streets
ni>that never had their birth recorded. This is a very big problem for
ni>me and don't know what to do. Any help/advise as to how I should
ni>proceed is very very very welcome.
ni>

This is not a real "uncommon" problem, as there are numerous
different cases of need for a "Delayed" birth certificate!!!!! Back
in 1963 (when I was 16) my father made me drive with him from Los
Angeles CA. to Pittsburg PA. in order to check records on himself,
his parents and brother and sister, so that we could start the
family genealogy.

While there, he found out that he had been born "at home" and
the physician had NOT turned in his "birth data" to the county/
state. He was "kind of upset" at the fact that he did not have a
birth certificate available to him, BUT was told that as long as he
could supply at least two (2) items with a date of birth or age on
them, they would give him a "Delayed" birth certificate!!!!! He
pulled out of his wallet his California Drivers License as the first
piece!! He went through ALL his pockets for a second one they would
"accept" before he found a copy of his 1945 U.S. Army discharge
papers!! I could not believe that he had ACTUALLY "kept" his
discharge papers for 15 year IN HIS POCKET, but my Dad had!!!!! Not
only that, my father is now 77 years old AND HE STILL CARRIES A COPY
OF HIS DISCHARGE PAPERS!!!!!

Anyway, if you can supply them with some "official" documents
from a governmental agency that has taken your word for your
birthday, then there is no reason that the State of Washington
should not accept that date also!! What about all the records that
have been burned when buildings went up in smoke!! There has to be
other records "accepted" as substantiation for the dates!!!!!

By the way, I am in the Portland Metro Area also!!!!!
Richard B. (Bruce) Leiby

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