Birth Records
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Birth Records are not available in GA, NC and TN to just anyone. Be sure to read each state's requirements before trying to order a birth record. Adoption records are closed in all 3 states to the general public.
Unless
a person is deceased, posting full day-month-year birth information on the
internet or even sharing that information in emails or gedcoms can lead to
possible identity theft. SMARC asks all genealogy researchers and
webspinners to pay close attention to what information they are sharing
about living individuals. Please share only the birth year.
Please also read: Avoiding the Theft of Your Identity.
Before uploading your gedcoms to sites on the internet, be sure they have privacy filtering software embedded in their programs and choose the advanced upload methods that usually provide more control over eliminating identifying information about living persons. Also learn how to key death information in your genealogy software program so that these embedded filtering programs will read your death information correctly and not just assume that the absence of death dates means that person is still living and strip all the information about deceased folks.
Creating web pages about deceased persons showing only birth information is viewed as irresponsible by SMARC. We have seen a few county coordinators with the USGenWeb Project trying to do this in states that have 'closed' birth records. It's giving a grossly wrong impression to visitors viewing those pages. It appears that these people are still alive and that birth records are 'open' in those states.
Generally speaking, anyone born before 1901 is now more than likely deceased. Anyone born 1901-1930 on census schedules is possibly still living.
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NC started Oct 1913 |
TN started Jan 1914 |
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GA State Vital Records Office - what records are available, where they are located, to whom copies are given, fees, and how to order on-line. Birth records are only available to the person named on the certificate, parents shown on the birth record, authorized legal guardians or agents, grandparents, adult children, adult siblings, and spouses.
GA Births 1846-1869 - taken from SSDI records by Dianne Wood |
NC State Vital Records Office - what records are available, where they are located, to whom copies are given, fees, and how to order on-line. County Records are held by the Register of Deeds. Register of Deeds County Links: Tips for Genealogical Research using NC Vital Records Certified copies of vital records are not available to everyone. North Carolina law [NCGS 130A-93(c)] specifies that certified copies of certificates are available only to the following people:
NOTE: Proof of identity and proof of
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TN State Vital Records Office - what records are available,
where they are located, to whom copies are given, fees, and how to
order on-line. Birth records are kept for 100 years, then sent
to the Some birth records were begun in TN in 1908. In 1913, the new law for state-wide records was passed to begin Jan 1914, so no records were kept for 1913. TSLA has partial 'delayed' birth records for persons born 1869-1899. Email TSLA and they will check their index for a specific name. Include name of child, date of birth or approximate date of birth, county of birth (if known) and names of parents (if known). For birth records after 1912 or for "delayed" birth certificates filed for persons born after 1899, contact the TN State Vital Records Office. Certified copies of the original records are available only to the person named on the record and to certain family members or legal representatives.
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Birth Records in the State of Georgia are "closed" to the general public. Therefore, we will not be posting any GA birth records to our web site. For deceased persons' birthdates, see SMARC Death Records. |
Cherokee Co., NC - Delayed Births Bastardy Bonds of Haywood Co. NC - by RIck Frizzell Bastardy Bonds of Henderson Co., NC 1830-1870 - by Kathleen Summers Bastardy Bonds of Jackson Co., NC 1875-1879 Bastardy Bonds of Yancey NC - by Janice Pate |
Birth Records in the State of Tennessee are "closed" to the general public. Therefore, we will not be posting any TN birth records to our web site. For deceased persons' birthdates, see SMARC Death Records. |
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Note: Adoption records for GA, NC and TN are not available to the public. |
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