It shouldn't be difficult to get your child's birth certificate if the child was born in Texas. The 'certificate' that us given to the mother from the hospital is a complimentary type 'rembrance' of the day a person was born. It is not a legal document. Never was intended to be one. (At least, that is what I received when my children were born in TX.) Austin, TX has all the birth certificates. Contact your local representative or senator if you cannot get a certified copy of a TX birth certificate from Austin, the capitol.

Thanx. Kerm Operch551@aol.com wrote: > > It shouldn't be difficult to get your child's birth certificate if the child > was born in Texas. > The 'certificate' that us given to the mother from the hospital is a > complimentary type 'rembrance' of the day a person was born. It is not a legal > document. Never was intended to be one. (At least, that is what I received > when my children were born in TX.) > Austin, TX has all the birth certificates. > Contact your local representative or senator if you cannot get a > certified copy of a TX birth certificate from Austin, the capitol. > > > ==== TX-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== > Free Soundex code converter > http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/soundexconverter > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx

I received the same type of complimentary certificate when my two girls were born in New Mexico and I didn't realize they weren't the real thing until they went to start school and at that time I wrote to the court house in Albuquerque where they were born (we lived in Illinois by now) and for a small fee I was able to get their certified certificates. I am assuming that Texas works on the same type system. Also here in Illinois they have the same system. I don't know why they don't give out the authenic certificates at the time of birth anymore. Good luck...... Carol ----- Original Message ----- From: <Operch551@aol.com> To: <TX-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 7:43 AM Subject: Re: [TX-CEN] Birth certificate? > It shouldn't be difficult to get your child's birth certificate if the > child > was born in Texas. > The 'certificate' that us given to the mother from the hospital is a > complimentary type 'rembrance' of the day a person was born. It is not a > legal > document. Never was intended to be one. (At least, that is what I > received > when my children were born in TX.) > Austin, TX has all the birth certificates. > Contact your local representative or senator if you cannot get a > certified copy of a TX birth certificate from Austin, the capitol. > > > > ==== TX-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== > Free Soundex code converter > http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/soundexconverter > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >