If you are 18 years of age or older, you can obtain a certified copy of your own birth certificate. A parent can obtain the birth certificate of their child, if the parent's name appears on the child's birth certificate.
You can go in person to the DuPage County Clerk's Office at 421 N. County Farm Road, Wheaton, IL 60187, Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM and fill out an application.
Or you can download the application from the clerk's website, fill it out and mail it along with a photocopy of a current and valid acceptable form of identification, such as a drivers license, and a check or money order made payable to the DuPage County Clerk:
Gary A. King
DuPage County Clerk
PO. Box 1028
Wheaton, IL 60187
The fee is $10 for the first copy and $2 for each additional copy of the same certificate, requested at the same time.
Usually the records are in the city and county where you were born. So, you need to call them to find out what is needed for you to obtain your birth certificate. Usually this is a letter and a check and they will mail the document to you.
Go to the County where you was born, to the Hall of records. Ask for a new birth certificate. Call them first and they will tell you what you need to bring with you, in order to get your birth records.
I was born at home . The Doctor arrived afterwards. He later died and filed no record . How do I obtain a passport without a birth certificate ?
If you're asking about obtaining a birth certificate; go to the appropriate county office in the county in which you were born and apply for a copy. You MUST have proper identification to show that YOU actually are the person seeking your own certificate. The certificate SHOULD show where you were born - your mother's name - and the name of the your father.
Go to the local court room and ask them.
Contact the county court house in which the person was born. They will then give you more information on obtaining the birth certificate. Do not send money through the mail.
Birth Certificates are normally handled by the county of birth. You should be able to find the appropriate place to send to on the county web site.
You should be able to contact the county courthouse and/or the hospital where you were born. Generally, hospitals keep a copy of your birth certificate.
Is there anyway that I can obtain a birth certificate, when I was born Abroad?
I need to get a replacement of my birth certificate and I was born abroad.
Florence DuPage was born on September 20, 1910, in Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, USA.
Richard DuPage was born on August 10, 1908, in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.