Fees for some vital records have been revised in Livingston County. The Board of Commissioners met Monday night and approved ...

The Lorain County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society will welcome Eric Johnson as the guest presenter for its meeting ...

One-fifth of Black Americans born in 1939 and 1940 were never issued birth certificates, according to one estimate.

Whether you are registering for school, finding a job, getting married, or applying for a passport or driver’s license, ...

Polk County Recorder Julie Haggerty is retiring after nearly two decades in office. Haggerty, who was sworn into office in ...

A proposed voting bill, the SAVE Act, could require proof of citizenship like a birth certificate. Here's how to get one.

The Ohio Supreme Court’s decision not to decide whether transgender Ohioans can change the gender marker on their birth certificates is expected to disproportionately affect transgender people in ...

The Beltrami County Historical Society will host a free public program on genealogical research at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 19, in the Beltrami County Administration Building board room.

Leavitt said "there is zero validity" to claims that the SAVE America Act would hinder married women from voting in elections.

The South Dakota Supreme Court has denied a request from Sigrid Nielsen, a transgender woman seeking to change the sex on her birth certificate. Nielsen filed a petition in September 2024 asking a ...

Orange County Assistant Register of Deeds Amy McLamb (left) defeated Penny Rich, a former Chapel Hill Town Council member and ...

Dan Raby, the senior digital producer for CBS News Atlanta, has been covering everything happening around Georgia for more than a decade. Fulton County officials have filed an amended motion for what ...