Massachusetts Birth Records

Birth records like Massachusetts Birth Records are some of the most requested for records from the government owing to the fact that these are the official records of the government in regards to the fact of the birth of the person named in the record, and as such, these are the best pieces of evidence that one could present in order to prove the happening of the fact of the birth of the person named in the record. The fact of the birth of the person attaches upon that person certain rights and responsibilities as well as obligations and duties that are attached only upon that person and no one else, thus, the need to prove the fact of the birth of the person where the person would like to exercise those rights that are granted upon him or her by the fact of his or her birth.

One of those rights that are granted to the person would be the right to use the surname of his or her parents, and this is the reason why birth certificates like Massachusetts Birth Certificates are required to be submitted to the proper government agency where one would like to apply for identification cards from said agency. This is so that the agency could be sure that the person is indeed qualified to use the surname that he or she wants to use.

As the official records of the government, Massachusetts Vital Records are given the presumption of regularity such that the contents of the records are presumed to be true and accurate at all times. This means that there is no obligation on the part of the party presenting the records from actually having to prove that the contents of the records are true and accurate, but it must be noted that because the presumption applies only if the records were obtained from the proper sources, there is still the need to prove that fact before the competent tribunal, though it is always easier to prove that the records were obtained from the proper sources than it is to prove that the contents of the records are true and accurate.

One could make the request for copies of the records from a number of sources, but most requests are made at the local or county level as there are fewer records here that would have to be checked. Note, however, that the reason for this would be because of the fact that local level offices only keep copies of records for births that occurred within their jurisdiction, thus, if the birth happened outside their borders, then the best place to make the request for copies of the records would be at the state or national level where there are records from all over the state.

A request for copies of the records in question could also be done online through the use of online databases, but note that while these databases are able to present information that would be substantially the same as that which could be found from the official sources, they are still not official sources, hence, they do not enjoy the presumption of regularity.

State Of Massachusetts Birth Records

A request for copies of the records could be done by following the procedure given below

• – Head over to the vital records section and inform the clerk of your intention to make the request.
• – The clerk would ask you some questions in regards to the records that you are interested in and your eligibility to make the request in question.
• – Using your answers, the clerk would come up with a list of all records that match your given criteria.
• – Select the record or records that you are interested in from the list so that the clerk could produce the same.
• – Peruse the records to 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 to pay your required fee before returning to the clerk to claim your copies of the records in question.

The following links should be of further assistance

• – State of Massachusetts
• – Department of Health
• – State Vital Records Office
• – Ordering
• – Birth Certificates
• – How to order
• – Fees
• – Where to Write for Vital Records