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From: "Mike&TonyaHarris" <>
Subject: Re: marriage certificate - A for race
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 09:01:25 -0500


Renee,
You sure have been a lot of help to me. :-) I'm figuring it probably
means anglo, but I am still going to do a check on it. Does the health
department need to be in Harris County? Or can it be the one here where I
live, Liberty County?
tonya harris
Billy Canright <> wrote in message
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> Tonya, I'm in Texas and on some of the certificates that I have got show
> caucasian on them. As far as I know it means white. Because on some types
of
> certificates it doesn't have the (white choice) on them. They list other
race
> like Anglo, Hispanics,etc.. If you aren't sure just call the nearest
health
> dept. and they should be able to tell you for sure.
> Renee, TX
>
> Mike&TonyaHarris wrote:
>
> > My father and I was looking at his and my mother's marriage certificate
> > today and noticed something a little odd. The certificate lists their
names
> > (individually, of course), then the age, then for race, it lists an A.
We
> > are caucasian, can anyone clarify this for us? They were married in
1968 in
> > Houston, Texas.
> > tonya harris
>
>

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