birth documents

It is amazing in this day and age to think of living without a birth certificate handy. You may not realize it, but there are a whole host of things you can't do unless you have a birth certificate. Laws and regulations vary by state, but in general, you can't get a driver's license, a state ID card or a passport without an official copy of your birth certificate. If you don't have one, there is an easy way to get a replacement.

The Internet has taken the middle man out of the vital records ordering process. Now, you don't have to spend hours on hold talking to overworked office clerks half way around the world. If you are like so many people, you don't live in the town or even the state in which you were born, so picking up a fresh copy of your birth certificate in person would be impossible.

The biggest choice you are left to make is figuring out which top website you want to order your birth certificate from. Since many states have a fixed price they charge for all vital records requests, you are left to pick a site based on the fees they charge, their shipping rates and the customer service they offer. You could spend hours or even weeks weeding through all of the sites out there, or you could just go with the vital records website that offers you the best of all of the above criteria.