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From: Billy Canright <>
Subject: Re: marriage certificate - A for race
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 15:31:36 -0500


Tonya,
I think any health dept. could tell you. You could try the one in Liberty Co.
and if that doesn't help you then I would contact the other one. I usually try
the county I'm in for some questions depending on what the question is. If you
try yours you don't have to worry about long distance charges. Where I live
everywhere is long distance to us even 2 miles down the road!! Some of the death
certificates I have got say, Anglo, Hispanic, Asian, etc. Hope you find out what
you are inquiring about.
Good Luck

Renee, TX

Mike&TonyaHarris wrote:

> 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
> news:
> s.net...
> > 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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