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From: Jeff Simonson <>
Subject: Re: Massachusetts Vital Records
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 19:59:10 -0400


At 06:21 PM 01-09-98 -0700, Jeff Morton wrote:

>> Is there a way to amend a record from as far back as 1905 to correct this
>> error and how exactly were these registers created? The birth was in Lynn.
>> Does an original certificate from Essex county perhaps still exist that I
>> might be able to obtain and how would I go about doing this?
>>

Bob Gillis replied:

>As I understand the system worked then and probably still does, the
>informant, father, doctor or hospital, fills out a return of birth.

<snip>

>As far as I know there is no such thing in MA as an "original
>certificate."

Bob,

Would not the return of birth be the original? If not, then certainly the
town clerk's is the "original".

I'm not trying to split hairs, just trying to understand your comment.

Kind Regards,

Jeff Simonson

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