06-27-2024, 09:52 PM
(06-27-2024, 07:16 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: This is true. I needed a certified copy of my birth certificate and it took me less than 10 minutes and cost me $10. Now, let's say you were born in Illinois and now live in WV. It's a lot tougher to retrieve since you really can't make the drive (out of convenience of course). Then you must rely on the red tape government process.
A certified copy of your birth certificate in Ohio costs $21.50. I was born in NY it is $30 there. Michigan is $34
That is a lot of money if you don't have much. Plus you have to provide things like parents names...for most of us that is easy but I know someone whose mother doesn't remember what name she put on the certificate for the father. I do a lot of genealogy, you would be surprised at how many people have trouble obtaining their birth certificates
This is why I asked what documentation is needed it isn't as straight forward as you think
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