I need a record of the birth of someone in Columbus Ohio in 1934,
which identifies his parents.  (I do not know who they were.)  How can
I get it?

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Request for Question Clarification by robertskelton-ga on 18 Aug 2003 21:10 PDT

Do you know the subject's full birth name?

Hi there,

The procedures for ordering Ohio birth certificates can be found here:

Ohio Department of Health
http://www.odh.state.oh.us/VitStats/certified.htm

A birth certificate costs $15, and can be ordered by mail or by
visiting their office in person. If you can't wait 7-10 business days,
try VitalChek:
http://www.vitalchek.com/


Search strategy: personal bookmark


Best wishes,
robertskelton-ga

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Request for Answer Clarification by lafter-ga on 18 Aug 2003 23:45 PDT

The Ohio Dept of Health will only provide the copy if I can give them
the mother's maiden name.  I don't have the parents' names: that is my
problem.  Do you have any other suggestions?   (I have already tried
to scan the Columbus newspapers for the date in question, for birth
announcements, but the librarian doing that for me found nothing.)

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Clarification of Answer by robertskelton-ga on 19 Aug 2003 00:48 PDT

Have you tried their $3 search service?

Locating a Certificate (Searching Procedures)
http://www.odh.state.oh.us/VitStats/searchpro.htm

Researcher simply referred me to the readily available state web site,
which requires the very information I am seeking before it will
respond.  His second suggestion has the same problem.  This his
answers were useless (and wrong).

8-19-2003

If the reason that you are looking for the parents' names is
legitimate, then you may want to consider using sources other than the
birth certificate to try to get the information, namely other family
members, probate records (if the person born in 1934 is now deceased),
marriage records, census records, etc.

SINCERELY,

KEITH (I'm NOT a GOOGLE Researcher)