U.S. Birth Certificates Glossary

1. A

   1. Abstract birth certificate
   2. Acknowledgment of Paternity (AOP)
   3. Adoption Decree
   4. Adoption records
   5. Affidavit of birth
   6. Amended Birth Certificate
   7. Apostille birth certificate

2. B

   1. Biometric passport
   2. Birth certificate clerk
   3. Birth certificate for election identification
   4. Birth Certificate Number
   5. Birth Records
   6. Birth registration card
   7. Birth verification letter
   8. Birtherism
   9. Birthright citizenship definition

3. C

   1. California Birth Index
   2. California Family Code
   3. Certificate of Citizenship
   4. Certificate of Failure to Find
   5. Certificate of Live Birth
   6. Certificate of Naturalization
   7. Certificate of no Public Record (CNPR)
   8. Certified Copy (Of a Document)
   9. Certified Copy of Birth Certificate
   10. Civil Registration
   11. Closed Adoption
   12. Commemorative Birth Certificate
   13. Common Law Marriage
   14. Confidential Birth
   15. Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA)
   16. County Clerk
   17. CPIAP: Children's Passport Issuance Alert Program
   18. Criminal Records

4. D

   1. Date of Birth
   2. De facto parents
   3. Death certificate
   4. Death records
   5. Delayed Birth Certificate
   6. Department of Health
   7. Derived Citizenship
   8. Divorce certificate
   9. Divorce decree
   10. Divorce Records
   11. DMV
   12. Driver's license
   13. Driving records
   14. DS-4194 Form

5. E

   1. Elopement
   2. Enhanced Driver's License (EDL)
   3. Expatriate
   4. Expedite Birth Certificate

6. F

   1. Fetal Death
   2. Form DS 1350
   3. Form FS 240
   4. Form FS 545

7. G

   1. Genealogy Records
   2. Government issued ID

8. H

   1. Heirloom Birth Certificate

9. I

   1. INA 320
   2. Informational Birth Certificate
   3. Issuing Authority

10. K

    1. Keepsake Birth Certificate
    2. Known Traveler Number (KTN)

11. L

    1. Legal Guardian
    2. Letter of Exemplification
    3. Long form Birth Certificate

12. M

    1. Marriage certificate
    2. Marriage license
    3. Marriage records
    4. Miscarriage Certificate

13. N

    1. NAPHSIS
    2. National Center for Health Statistics
    3. Natural-born Citizen
    4. Non-Binary Gender
    5. Non-Citizen
    6. Non-Genealogical Vital Records

14. O

    1. Original Birth Certificate

15. P

    1. Parentage
    2. Passport Book
    3. Passport book number
    4. Passport Card
    5. Place of Birth
    6. Proof of Age Documents
    7. Proof of Citizenship
    8. Proof of joint ownership
    9. Proof of kinship
    10. Putative Father

16. R

    1. Register of deeds
    2. Return of a Birth
    3. Rush Service

17. S

    1. Sealed Birth Records
    2. Short form Birth Certificate
    3. Social Security card
    4. Social Security Number
    5. State ID Card
    6. Stillborn birth records
    7. Sworn Statement

18. T

    1. Texas Birth Index

19. U

    1. US Passport

20. V

    1. Vital Records
    2. Vital Records Office
    3. Vital statistics