In 1961, I’m sure they would have copies etc.
Back in my day they didn’t.
Mine and my mother’s BCs were lost in a courthouse fire.
No proof except what her mother’s statement said and no proof for me other
then my mother’s statement. Then we both were given a ‘document’
that said we were who we were, when we were born and to whom we were born.
Yes. When courthouses, county recorders, etc. switched to microfilm they photocopied original documents. When you go to get your “birth certificate”, you pay to get a certified copy of the original. Plus government stores the originals somewhere, and in a logical order, so they can be retrieved.
Where are the Doctors, nurses or staff who were there for odumbos birth?
From what I was told there were a "Lot" of courthouse fires after our first Civil War. The citizens did not want to be traced or found. Some never were.