Hello, I am very frustrated with the Arkansas Dept. of Health! Three weeks ago I mailed in applications for birth records of three of my DECEASED family members to add to my family research project. Today I received my uncashed check and a form letter telling me that birth records are confidential and I need to submit "proof of the event." Proof of the event? Isn't that what the birth record is? Or do I have to send in additional money to get death certificates so I can prove these people were born? I am lost!! Please advise. Suzanne