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From: "Triste" <>
Subject: Re: An 1885 Birth
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 1997 18:01:03 -0200


Even today, Florida law gives parents a year to register home births.

Triste

> Births can be filed months later. My aunt was born at Rebel Creek Nevada
in
> Oct 1919. The birth wasn't filed and certified till Dec. When grandpa
could
> make it into the nearest town, also he signed the birth certificate. He
was
> the only man to ever help my grandmother give birth to their five
children.
> Family stories say that when my mom was born the older children (all
4)had
> to sit facing the wall and wait till mom was born.
>
> Regards,
> Susan
> Boise, ID

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