[null and void]

Many don’t realize you don’t need a birth certificate to get it. So that could have been human error.

In one of life's little ironies, recently I needed to sign a notarized authorization to get a certified copy of my birth certificate.

The notary would not accept my passport as ID...

[Calpernia]

That is odd. I just did some searches on forms of ID and proof of citizen in the Federal government searches and a Passport is valid ID and valid proof of citizenship.