Birth Record
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Recent records are not online, in most locations, for reasons of personal privacy. I'm over 70, and my birth record won't be online for at least another 30 years.
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@Joe13030 Different countries and U.S. states each have different laws regarding the time-lapse for record release. Was your son's step-sister born in a different location?
I don't think I've seen any birth records more recent than 50 years ago. I found a reference to mine by accident doing a "full text search" of my last name. But not the full record, only a hand-written index in a ledger book with my full name and birth year, no other info. Less info than what you would find googling.
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@Áine.ní.Donnghaile 🤞 Wishing you good health that you will live to see your birth record.
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I found my Roman Catholic baptism index online a couple of years ago. The state of my birth recently extended the privacy limit, and my mother's birth is not yet online. She was born in 1919.
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While doing that full-text-search, I found Catholic baptism records from St. Louis, Missouri dated 1986 (my now-ex sister-in-law was godmother). Seems that church policy is different than state law.
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@Nyx773 @Joe13030 As stated above by other contributors, you may not find a birth certificate on line for 110 years (some are 70 years it depends on the privacy laws in effect) after the birth of the person involved. It sounds like you may need to be looking for a state's vital records department. I am not sure if you are just wanting the record to be found online, if you lost the birth records, or just some other reason that matters to you. If you need to find the original documents, and if your son was born in Missouri, I would suggest starting your search for a physical birth record by using the FamilySearch Wiki Pages for Missouri Vital Statistics. You can do this for every state and most other countries. Wiki is a great resource for getting things started.
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If you are looking for a birth record for a child who was born 30 years ago, try a courthouse or the actual place where his birth was registered. You didn't mention the place or country where your child was born. I know that in the United States, the availability of birth records can vary from state to state.
Have you ever searched for a birth record on FamilySearch? If you are new to FamilySearch and need a little help, here is a video that shows you how to search for birth records.
https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/find-birth-records-on-familysearch
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don't see the video?
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https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/find-birth-records-on-familysearch
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