Massachusetts. Municipal Clerks. Vital statistics--returns of birth outside of the Commonwealth (R-4) (town clerk scheduled item).

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Massachusetts. Municipal Clerks. Vital statistics--returns of birth outside of the Commonwealth (R-4) (town clerk scheduled item).

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Each town clerk shall receive or obtain and record facts relative to births in his town (MGLA c 46, s 1). Additionally, a parent of a child born outside the Commonwealth may present to the clerk of the town where domiciled at time of birth, an original certificate or other written evidence of birth. The clerk may file such documents (s 1B) and prepare a Return of birth outside of the Commonwealth (currently Registry of Vital Records and Statistics form R-4, per s 16), with copy to registry (s 17).

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Massachusetts. Registry of Vital Records and Statistics

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Pursuant to St 1842, c 95, the State Secretary issued an annual report of births, deaths, and marriages registered with his office by municipal clerks. It has also based on reports by courts medical examiners, and from 1882, reports of divorces by court clerks of courts. From 1917 the Annual report on the vital statistics of Massachusetts was issued specifically by the Division of Vital Statistics (known also as the Vital Statistics Division). St 1964, c 508, providing that the state secretary m...