# Born at Offutt AFB, 1970, new birth certificate? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 20, 2004, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/born-at-offutt-afb-1970-new-birth-certificate/280866 "2004-12-20T21:52:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/born-at-offutt-afb-1970-new-birth-certificate/280866/1 "2004-12-20T21:52:15Z")
Hi all… 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) ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/born-at-offutt-afb-1970-new-birth-certificate/280866/2 "2004-12-20T22:02:31Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Scene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bob\_Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Scene)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/born-at-offutt-afb-1970-new-birth-certificate/280866/3 "2004-12-21T02:51:29Z")
I just Googled **Nebraska birth certificate** and came up with this: [http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/ced/nevrinfo.htm](http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/ced/nevrinfo.htm) I was born on an AFB in Wyoming and the state had my birth certificate when I needed it. ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/born-at-offutt-afb-1970-new-birth-certificate/280866/4 "2004-12-21T02:57:41Z")
From googling “birth records offutt AFB” I got a dead page, but the cache had this info: > [@](#): > > Birth Registration > > Birth registration information is transmitted to the Bureau of Vital Statistics Office in Lincoln, NE. New parents must visit the Clinical Records Office within five days of the birth to review record accuracy. An application for a social security card for the child will be accomplished at this time. The social security card is mailed directly to the parents’ home in about 6-10 weeks. > > Parents are given a copy of the birth certificate to take to the Military Personnel flight Office to enroll the newborn into the DEERS program. > Please send requests to the following address: > Office of Vital Records > P.O. Box 95065 > Lincoln NE 68509-5065 > > You must provide the following information in your request: > > Full Name of Child Born > Month/Day/Year of Birth > Statement that birth took place at Offutt AFB NE, Sarpy County NE > Full Name of Father > Full Name of Mother to include Maiden Name > Brief statement as to purpose of request > A statement regarding adoption or non-adoption of person born > A payment of $8.00 However, the HHS site for the Office of Vital Records, found [here](http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/ced/nevrinfo.htm#Expedited%20service), 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. Cheers **Jurph** (USAF active duty - Catholic wedding in January) ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/born-at-offutt-afb-1970-new-birth-certificate/280866/5 "2004-12-21T14:27:48Z")
Thanks for the replies all… This is a big help. 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. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/born-at-offutt-afb-1970-new-birth-certificate/280866/6 "2004-12-21T18:21:17Z")
Offutt is in Sarpy County, b **utler1850**.