How would one go about getting a new birth certificate for the above described location?
I was born in 1970 to a father who was stationed at Offutt AFB in Omaha Nebraska, and though I’m carrying around a taped/folded/spindled/and damn near mutilated 34yo copy of the original, I figured it was about time to get a new one. But, I’ve no clue how to do it! If it was local, like my sister’s is (a city in MA), I’d just wander to town hall, and get a new one, but alas, NH to NE is a bit of a haul, and I don’t know where this would have been registered!
Anyone have the Straight Dope on how I might attempt to find this information?
-Butler
(PS, a baptismal certificate was relatively easy, though long in coming, and arrived barely in time for my Catholic wedding. If I had known then, the hassle of the delay, a JP would have been a better choice)
My son was born on Amarillo AFB in 1967. His birth was registered in the local civilian county. Call the Bureau of Vital Statistics in the county the AFB was located. A copy is usually $5 or$10.
From googling “birth records offutt AFB” I got a dead page, but the cache had this info:
However, the HHS site for the Office of Vital Records, found here, can FedEx you a copy the same day you fax them your ID. It’s pricey, but then you’re getting married, so you already know from pricey.
Jurph, I’m already married, that tale was started in 1999, when we had a 6 month engagement, and it took damn near the entire time to get an COPY of my Baptismal Certificate from the Military Chaplain’s office. Please note, that for me, the ORIGINAL, which my Mother had saved for 29 years wasn’t good enough. If it hadn’t come in, the priest said he would not marry us with out it. :wally
(As it turns out, when you get married in a catholic church, the priest puts the info on the back of the copy he recieved from the original baptising organization, and returns it to them. This prevents you from being remarried in a catholic church, unless you spouse has passed on, and you DO need to present a death certificate in this case.)
Your link (Jurph) is for active duty folks to “register” a birth with the USAF for admin purposes. Those days are long past for my parents I started with that same search, but couldn’t find the info I was looking for, and didn’t know if the process was different due to the fact that I was born in the “Base hospital” rather than a “local” one.
My current interest in the birth certificate is more for general use (travel, passport, new job INS paperwork, etc…), the old one has seen better days. 34 years is too long for paperwork in active use.
Bob Scene - That’s EXACTLY the page I was looking for, I didn’t get the google right, I was trying Jurph’s search.
I started with that same search, but couldn’t find the info I was looking for, and didn’t know if the process was different due to the fact that I was born in the “Base hospital” rather than a “local” one.