need help finding original birth certificate?

Question

I was born is Tennessee ( a long time ago ) then adopted. I would like to find out if I ever had a birth certificate. ( I was born at home in the hills) Thank you

Answer 1

if you were legally adopted there was probably a birth certificate filed for you even if you were born at home. you also shouldn't have any problem getting your original birth certificate either.

according to TN state law:

If an adoption was finalized before March 16, 1951, adopted adults age 21 or older, birth parents, adoptive parents, stepparents or legal parents, and birth siblings age 21 or older can receive a copy of the adoption records, which includes the original birth certificate.
If an adoption was finalized after March 16, 1951, adopted adults age 21 or older, birth parents, adoptive parents, step or legal parents, birth siblings age 21 or older can receive a copy of the adoption records, which includes the original birth certificate. They shall not contact or attempt to contact in any manner any of the persons eligible to file a contact veto.

Department of Children's Services
Post Adoption Unit
436 6th Avenue, NW
8th Floor, Cordell Hull Building
Nashville, Tennessee 37243-1290
[phone]
http://www.state.tn.us/youth/adoption/accessto.htm

Answer 2

You need to get a copy of your adoption papers (assuming your parents kept a copy or that the court hasn't sealed them). In the court documents it will tell the salient details of your birth and you need to look for a line that tells whether there is an order to change the name on your birth certificate or to expunge/seal your original birth certificate. If that's the case, then yes, you had one...but can't get it now. If it's not there then you may have one that's still available...or you never had one at all.

If you know the county where you were born, then you can contact the county clerk's office to see if they'll release one to you. One other possibility (especially in Vermont, but also true in other states) is that it used to be common practice to bind all birth certificates annually and file them in the state archives or the state's official library. They're in chronological order by county. Quite a few people with whom I've worked have been able to find their original birth certificate that way. Basically, the state bound the copy before the adoption was finalized so they didn't pull it before the printer was done and they just left them.

Answer 3

Depending on how long ago it was Because you had a home birth you might not have a BC. If it was an adoption handled through the courts then a BC would have been written and placed in your records. You could contact the County you were born in and they could check the birth records.

Answer 4

if you know what town you were born in and the names of your biological parents...try going to the town hall there and see if there is a record of birth..or the hospital you were born if you know the name of it