Oh, and at the age of 58 I am now in possession - for the very first time - of my certified birth certificate. Had a passport since I was 6 months old - not sure what M&D had to do at that time in orderr to procure said passport, so the BC was never on my mind.
It took about 10 minutes to fill out the form and address the envelope. Hardest part was enclosing the self addressed stamped envelope for the BC’s. Mailed request Weds. BC arrived in the mail today.