What is the oldest ORIGINAL birth/marriage/death certificate you own?

Question

mine is only 1968 and it looks like its from the 1800's lol so how old are yours and how old do they look

Answer 1

I have my grandmother's birth certificate.  It is thin and fragile.  She was born in 1903.  It gives her father's occupation (coal merchant) but not her mother's.  When I look at it and move it slightly, it crackles a little.  In a brown envelope I also have her wedding ring.

Answer 2

I have my great-grandparents' marriage license from 1877. It's framed and in my den. It's not possible to "own" original birth and death certificates, but I do have a certified copy of my mom's. She was born in the 1930s and died in the late 80s.

Answer 3

I have two birth certificates, mine and my mothers.  My birth certificate - which is getting pretty old - 43 years.  The original (or first obtained certified copy) is quite ugly but I also have one the hospital made for my folks with little prints of my feet on them.  Then I have my mothers.  Hers is 65 years old.  It's black and white and not very fancy either, as most aren't.  It was folded up and kept in an old envelope made out of acid paper so it's very browned and creased.  Since it has such sentimental value, I adore it.  I've scanned it in my computer for attachment to my family tree so other members of my family can treasure it as well.  Someday, my mother will leave me my grandparent's marriage license and her marriage license as well.  I do have scanned copies of them at present.  They are also attached to my tree.

Answer 4

I have my great, great grandad`s birth certificate.

Answer 5

mines from 77 and its black with white text... Hawaii apparently like to be different.

Answer 6

This isn't particularly old, but it's worth hearing:

I was accidently registered as Chinese when I was born. My dad only realised his mistake a year and a sodding half later and so on the 2nd of April 1987 I became British.

I might not have very old certificates, but I do have two of them.

Answer 7

Kind of tricky here... our buddies in the UK have an advantage on us, since birth/deaths began to be registered in 1837 (?).  Many states in the US will not have anything like this, since they were not required until after 1900.  

Story about ex's mother- in the early part of the century.. persons in Oklahoma were called "Okies" which was derogatory.  Grandma actually gave birth 1927 at her parent's house in Oklahoma, on visit there. And has certificate.  When grandma went home, to Denison, Tx (a border town), she fibbed and said the baby was born at home, there in Denison.  Thus, there were two certificates.  

Have a good day, Kelly.