Birth Certificates and Certified Photographic Print of the Original Birth Registration Birth Certificates - The information contained on a birth certificate is obtained from the official registration of birth .
Birth certificates are legal certificates and are available to two formats.
This is an actual certified photocopy of the registration of birth completed at the time of birth. It is the document normally signed by a parent of the newborn. Information contained on a birth registration will vary depending on what year the event occurred. It is more common that more data was collected in recent years. All records are considered personal and confidential and may be released only to those persons entitled to the information.