Name spelled wrong on birth certificate

[HappyGilmore]

My parents just decided to join us on our 2/13/03 cruise my Mom has been on DCL with us before but this will be my Dads 1st cruise. While checking last night to see if he had a birth certificate with a raised seal(which it does), I was told that his first name and middle name are spelled incorrectly and it has remained that way for over 60 years- he was born in IL in the early 40's. I know that a birth record can be order quickly from www.vitalcheck.com but we need to correct the name before ordering another (obviously) I called the county in IL where he was born they told me we would have to contact the state vital statistics office in Springfield IL. When I called the number , I got a recording which told me to select option 4 -once I did that I got a fast busy signal several times ---could not get through to a person. Dealing with a state agency when you are out of state is loads of fun!!
Do you think we have to go through a lawyer/court to have it corrected?? Has anyone been through this before? Any help would be appreciated.

 

[tbuot]

I have a similiar situation. I ordered mine through Vitalcheck and my first name is misspelled by one letter. I called DCL and they told me that this happens all the time. They told me not to worry about it but, to bring other ID that has my name spelled like I have been spelling it for the last 39 years. So, in short I hope they were giving me correct info. I will have the birth cert., my drivers license and one other form of ID like my SS card.

Hope that helped.