How can I start from scratch to establish valid ID?  I have no copies
of birth certificate, social security card, drivers licence, passport
or anything else.

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 16 Nov 2005 17:35 PST

Abigail,

Many victims of Hurricane Katrina and other recent disasters are in
the same boat, having to replace all their vital documents.

The federal government has established a website to assist the Katrina
victims with document replacement, but the information will certainly
be useful to you as well:


http://firstgov.gov/Citizen/Topics/PublicSafety/Hurricane_Katrina_Recovery/Vital_Docs.shtml


Have a look, and best of luck.  Let me know if there's anything else you need.

pafalafa-ga

A good start would be obtaining a copy of your birth certificate. If
we had any idea of where you live, we might be able to tell you where
to write to obtain this.

I recently had to get my birth certificate from the opposite side of
the country and was required to submit a notarized request, so I had
to have ID before I could get the BC. I don't know how you might go
around this requirement (okay, I do, but it's waaay illegal) unless
you can prove the loss of your documents first with, say, a police
theft report or fire report, etc.