From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sun Dec 14 12:21:27 2003 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.16.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id hBEJLRgK025198; Sun, 14 Dec 2003 12:21:27 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hBEJLReh024956 for ; Sun, 14 Dec 2003 12:21:27 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id hBEHAYeI014398 for ; Sun, 14 Dec 2003 12:10:34 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id hBEHAYX4014396 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sun, 14 Dec 2003 12:10:34 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [207.40.200.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id hBEGuXeI014298 for ; Sun, 14 Dec 2003 11:56:33 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id hBEJ7J9d009660 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sun, 14 Dec 2003 12:07:20 -0700 X-Envelope-From: djs_039@yahoo.com Sun Dec 14 12:07:18 2003 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.16.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id hBEJ7IgK009637 for ; Sun, 14 Dec 2003 12:07:18 -0700 Received: from web12203.mail.yahoo.com (web12203.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.173.87]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id hBEJ7Ieh019499 for ; Sun, 14 Dec 2003 12:07:19 -0700 Message-ID: <20031214190741.23012.qmail@web12203.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [206.215.214.85] by web12203.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 14 Dec 2003 11:07:41 PST Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 11:07:41 -0800 (PST) From: DJ To: roots-l@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.38 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Birth Certificates My great great grandmother was a mid wife. I have her "manual" from the 1800's. It basically reads as a "fictional horror", only it is the instructions that were to be followed. She lived in southwest Virginia. Several of my relatives and neighbors had to go to their Congressman to get Social Security due to the fact that most all in that area at the turn of the Century were delivered by a midwife. By the time they realized they needed a birth certificate everybody was dead that could attest to their birth. The Congressman basically had them get two people to swear as to how long they had known them and about how old they were when they met. I remember as a little girl going with my grandparents to testify for a neighbor. It was all they could do in that area. Diane