The governor said an amended version of the bill removes legal barriers for adults adopted from a foreign country seeking a ...

There's never been a record of Sadie Nelson's birth. Nelson, 67, was born on Aug. 8, 1957, in Sunflower County, Mississippi, to sharecropper parents. A midwife helped her mother deliver her, but died ...

When Teresa and Jeff Williams decided to have an unassisted home birth, they had no idea they would be unable to get a birth certificate for their son nearly two years later. Despite sending a litany ...

One group of Australians will soon have access for the first time to a digital birth certificate on their mobile phone.

For weeks now, parents seeking birth certificates to have their children registered for national examinations have swamped Sheria House. Among them is Tabitha Wambua, a Kaloleni resident who has been ...