Illinois Birth Records

Birth records are some of the most important records in the life of the person because these records are the best proof that the person could provide in order to prove the fact of the birth of the person named in the record. One can say that the best way to prove the fact of the birth of a person would be by presenting that person, but it must be noted that this would only prove the fact of the existence of the person and not the fact of the birth of the person which, from the legal viewpoint, would be two different things. Birth records like Illinois Birth Records prove the fact of the birth and the fact of the existence of the person named in the record.

A person who is born alive would have some rights attached to his or her person by the simple fact of his existence, and this would usually be civil and human rights, but political and property rights are attached upon the person only upon the fact of the birth of the person, and this is the reason why one must present copies of Illinois Birth Certificates or other certificates when one registers to vote, a political right. On the other hand, the right to life, liberty, due process, and the like is attached upon the person regardless of whether or not he could prove that he or she was born because these rights are inherent upon that person.

Like all other Illinois Vital Records, birth records are given the presumption of regularity so long as they were obtained from the proper sources. This means that the contents of the records are presumed to be true and accurate at all times, but note that the presumption is not absolute and may be overturned through the use of competent evidence that would be presented by the party who would claim that the records are false. Note as well that the presumption applies only if the records were obtained from the proper sources, thus, while there is no need to prove that the contents of the records are true and accurate, there is still the need to prove that the records were obtained from the proper sources.

The proper sources of the records in question could be found from a number of sources at the local or county level and at the national or state level. While most requests are made at the local level, it must be noted that the local level offices would only have copies of records for births that occurred within their county, and while this would mean that there are fewer records here and that that would usually mean a faster search, a request at this level would still be incomplete. At the state level, the method for making the request would be to make the request through the mail, and while this would translate to a slower search, do note that state level offices have copies of records from all over the state.

It is also possible to make the request for copies of the records online through the use of online databases. While it is true that these databases are not official sources, the information that they could provide would be substantially the same as that which could be found from the official sources, and they could also provide the information faster and more efficiently.

State Of Illinois Birth Records

Using the procedure given below, it is possible to make the request for copies of the records in question

• – Head over to the Department of Health Division of Public Records.
• – Inform the clerk of your intention to make the request for the records.
• – The clerk would determine your eligibility to make the request as well as the specifics about the records that you are interested in.
• – The clerk would then come up with a list of all records that match the criteria that you had given.
• – From this list, select the record or records that you are interested in.
• – The clerk would then produce the records for your perusal.
• – Make sure that these are the records that you want before asking that copies of the same be made for you.
• – Head over to the cashier and pay the required fee before returning to the clerk to claim your copies of the records.

Other information and procedures may be accessed through the following links

• – State of Illinois
• – Department of Health
• – Birth Records
• – How to Obtain
• – Types
• – Where to Write for Vital Records