Hi >From my knowledge there is no reason. The only one I can think of is adoption. You would not be able to obtain someone else unless they are a close relative but yours shouldn't be an issue. It amy be a case of typical public servant typically trying to avoid work? No offence to anyone here who may be a public servant, but I continually come across examples of this. Of course, there are a lot of good public servants. Regards Chris --- norm bourguignon <[email protected]> wrote: > If someone applies for their own birth certicate and > they are told they need a court order to get it and > they haven't been adopted what is the reason? Has > anyone had an experience with this. The date was in > 1928. > Gaylene > A List for the research for the descendants of the > Germans who migrated to South East Queensland, > Australia. > Archives - > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/AUS/AUS-QLD-SE-Germans.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to [email protected] with the > word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject > and the body of the message > Make the switch to the world's best email. Get the new Yahoo!7 Mail now. http://au.yahoo.com/worldsbestmail/viagra/index.html