From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Thu Jan 19 12:46:57 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k0JJkvRc028836; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:46:57 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k0JJkrjL029680 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:46:53 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k0JHJZFI006989 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:19:35 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k0JHJZxs006988 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:19:35 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k0JH1mFI006917 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:01:48 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k0JJSvjB021026 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:28:57 -0700 X-Envelope-From: karen@bw-10.mtpinos.com Thu Jan 19 12:28:56 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k0JJSuRc021017 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:28:56 -0700 Received: from bw-10.mtpinos.com (bw-10.mtpinos.com [63.173.235.138]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k0JJRmHv017767 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:28:53 -0700 Received: from bw-10.mtpinos.com (bw-10.mtpinos.com [127.0.0.1]) by bw-10.mtpinos.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k0JJRiW7021584 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:27:44 -0800 Received: (from karen@localhost) by bw-10.mtpinos.com (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id k0JJRi6X021582 for ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:27:44 -0800 Message-Id: <200601191927.k0JJRi6X021582@bw-10.mtpinos.com> To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:27:44 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <200601191732.k0JHW5Y1011771@lists5.rootsweb.com> from "ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com" at Jan 19, 2006 10:32:05 AM Organization: Not very From: Karen Isaacson Leverich X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Re: Birth Certificates Responding to a couple of comments in Digest #27 First: > > where can I get a copy of Birth cert of Nelson N. Earl Born Dec 27, > > 1847 near Pewaukee Wi Waukesha ct Wi > Birth registration in WI did not become manditory until around 1907. Second: > > Where could I get a copy of a birth cert for Ida Caroline Prescott born > > May 22, 1853 in Utopia Oh Clermont Ct Ohio? > > You can't; it doesn't exist. > Ohio didn't start recording birth certificates until 1867. True, but... People born in this time window might have lived long enough to be eligible for Social Security. In order to collect, they had to somehow (sometimes?) prove when they were born. You can SOMETIMES find delayed birth certificates. Especially if you're confronting an apparently unscalable brickwall, it's worth a try. I broke through one of my brickwalls with an early 1860s birth certificate from Iowa. (Note: delayed birth certificates are just that: delayed. Usually applied for by the person in question as an adult.) How to find 'em? I'm not 100% sure: I wrote the state vital records people, same as I would have for a more traditional (recent) birth certificate. And of course, they don't always exist. Karen karen@mtpinos.com