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Your Original Birth Certificate
Original Birth Certificate
An original birth certificate is the record created when you are born. If you are an adoptee, your original birth certificate was sealed at the time of your adoption.
An original birth certificate typically contains:
- The birth name of the adoptee
- The date of birth of the adoptee
- The place of birth of the adoptee (including hospital name)
- The names of the birth mother and birth father at the time of the birth
- The birth mother’s maiden name
- Where the birth mother and birth father were born
- The birth mother’s address at the time of the birth
When an adoption is about to occur, information on the birth father is Read More
Good News About Finding Birth Parents In New Jersey…
Finding Birth Parents In New Jersey May Soon Be Easier
We learned recently that the New Jersey Senate approved 
giving adoptees access to their original birth certificates. Currently, an adoptee can only possess the amended birth certificate which displays their adoptive parent’s names. An original birth certificate will display the names of the birth parents, along with other identifying information.
There’s a caveat, of course: Birth parents will be able to contact the state to have their names deleted. If they elect to do this, they would fill out a birth family history form containing medical and social history. The birth parent would also have Read More
