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James Sinclair born abt 1874 in Brooklyn New York

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sandra

sandra Report 15 Oct 2021 18:38

Hi I have James on the 1891 Scotland census with his parents in Orkney, his father had a 5 year contract with HBC, that's why he was born in New York, can anybody please tell me if you can apply for a birth certificate in USA.

Thank You
Sandra

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 15 Oct 2021 18:39

You could try googling

When did the US start issuing birth certs?

If they were UK nationals, the regulations may have been different from those for US citizens

sandra

sandra Report 15 Oct 2021 18:50

Thank You ErikaH, I will try and find out.

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 15 Oct 2021 18:53

They may have registered the birth with the British Embassy.

sandra

sandra Report 15 Oct 2021 19:21

Thank You nameslessone, I wouldn't have thought of that,

Sandra

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 15 Oct 2021 22:30

It doesn't look as if that information is available online, though maybe viewable on microfilm in New York:

https://tinyurl.com/3kf9yp8a

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

Kucinta

Kucinta Report 16 Oct 2021 01:03

I tried looking on Scotland's People.

If you pick 'minors' in the county option on the births index, it gives you options like consular returns, foreign register etc, but nothing came up I'm afraid.

Researching:
Eayres (Northants/London) Walker (Surrey) Loveday (Northants) Moore (Tipperary)

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 16 Oct 2021 13:11

What do you hope to learn from a birth cert - if one exists?

sandra

sandra Report 17 Oct 2021 17:21

Thank you Kucita for looking for looking, I appreciate it. X

Erika
I have all the other certs for this family so I thought it would be nice to have that one as well.

Thank you
Xx