Connecticut keeps the birth certificates at the town level, not the county or state. This system works very well.
When I had to get my birth certificate, I went to the office in the city of my birth in Connecticut. I walked out in five minutes.
My wife had to contact the socialist province of Ontario. They were back-logged. It took them SEVEN MONTHS!
Keep government small. Keep it close.
7 months, I got mine in 3 weeks, and I’m in WA State