In this Wednesday, May 4, 2016 photo taken in in Wendell, N.C. Angela Bridgman, a transgender woman, holds her birth certificate. Bridgman, 44, moved her small medical billing and transcription ...

For example, a request for a 1920s birth certificate where the birth date is unknown may require genealogical research and additional questions from DOH staff through an in-person appointment.

My wife was the one who told me that the birth certificate for Baby Girl Boylan had finally arrived in the mail in late summer. It had been a long time coming — 66 years, in fact — because ...