Run for office of President?
Usually the city or county registrar can get you a certified copy.
How have the person’s bonafides been established in the past? I would suggest back-tracking that trail.
They have a record of the birth but just can’t find the original certificate?
Has this person ever gotten a passport? For most identification purposes, that works, and proves that at least at some point, you had a birth certificate.
1. Do you know what state you were born in?
2. Do you know what county or city you were born in.
3. Do you know what hospital you were born in.
If they can’t find his records...I might start asking the question...is there some reason that the birthdate or place of birth might be wrongly assumed? Typically, they (the state agencies) don’t lose birth certificates. This person couldn’t have gotten to the social security number business without producing that birth certificate. Course, this was probably done when he was a kid.
First, contact the hospital where the birth took place, and see where they filed the certificate. Sometimes hospitals that are part of a chain, will file birth certificates in the county where their headquarters is located. That is how my sister managed to track down her son’s birth certificate.
Also, you can try this website:
https://www.familysearch.org/search
although, primarily for genealogy purposes, it has a lot of more recent records.
Most states have an established process for creating a replacement as I understand.
It’s most often used when a birth occurs outside of a “normal” hospital environment such as at home or on the way to the hospital, etc. Used to happen a lot more when births were midwifed in the home.
Sometimes required for when records are lost in fires, floods, etc.
You may want to check with the local county clerk to see if they can assist with the process or point in the correct direction.
First, put in a birth announcement in a Hawaiian newspaper. After it prints, cut out a copy and bring it to a local Hawaiian records office as proof of birth. They’ll issue you a new BC.
Try the local newspapers that carry birth notices.
What State?
Generally your state assemblyman and or senator can run interference with state agencies and expedite remediation.
See if searching for it with the last name of his mother (maiden name) instead of the last name of his father.
Some states will not put the father’s last name on unless they are married. Maybe they even have to show a marriage certificate which they don’t have with them so the baby is misnamed. Maybe his mother was still using her maiden name and the person who filled out the form was confused.
Who knows, it may work.
Also, there is an online service many states use that might help.
Also, if he thinks he was born in one place because that’s where they were living when he was born, try looking in the place where his maternal grandparents lived, or if his parents moved shortly before his birth, where they used to live.
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First, if the putative parents are still alive, the person in question should have a serious discussion with them, and perhaps obtain DNA verification. This could be a case of an off the books informal adoption, a child kidnapping, or something less serious. Time for the parents to put all the cards on the table - who, what, when, where...
75 or 100 years ago, lack of a birth certificate for home births was not that uncommon, and before the immigrant flood, was fairly easy to cure. Now, not so much for either. 1980s, this isn’t really passing the smell test. By the 1980s, folks were even beginning to video births.
One place to look for some helpful evidence would be, depending on the faith group, baptismal records. More helpful in the case of Catholics, not very helpful at all for Baptists, for obvious reasons.
At some point, a lawyer might be needed, but initial leg work could save money. And again, start with family members. Time for open and candid communications.
California? They lost mine. I no longer have one.
I think you should ask illegal aliens how they do it.
Simple. Just go to the safety deposit box where you have stored the original or a copy thereof and...oh...wait. Nevermind.
Do like 0bama and make up a fake one.
Greatest Fraud Ever, nobama...is that you?
Move to 1600 Penn Ave DC!