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From: "Joan Best" <>
Subject: Re: Delayed Birth Certificate
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 07:38:46 -1000
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As an attorney, I can tell you that the amount of proof one must go through
to get a delayed birth certificate is most rigorous and, I think, could be
viewed as a primary source. I have been in court trying to get one for a
client. Also my grandmother needed one for the reasons you cite. It took
sworn testimony by persons present at her birth to obtain one. This is at
least as rigorous as getting one at the time, when it is a home birth, in
fact, more so.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lori" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 5:32 AM
Subject: Re: Delayed Birth Certificate


> Hi Kevin. My grandmother and her sister have delayed birth certificates.
When
> they were born, birth certificate were not kept. When it came time to
apply for
> SS benefits, they had no document with which to prove their ages.
Somehow,
> using other documents, a delayed birth cert. was created and this document
was
> then used. It would not be considered a primary document because it was
not
> created at the time of the event. The ones I have seen (for the state of
NE)
> have very little information, but they are printed on the same type of
paper.
>
> Someone else may have more info.
>
> Lori
>
> "Sholder, Kevin L" wrote:
>
> > All,
> >
> > I am looking for information on exactly what a "Delayed Birth
Certificate"
> > is and what it means to me as a genealogist. The one I am looking at
> > appears to be an official document from the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania,
> > County of Lycoming, however it has no date or signature as to validate
it.
> > It appears to need a signature of a Notary Public along with their seal.
> > Any help in understanding what this will be of create assistance.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Kevin L. Sholder
> >
> >
> > Don't wait to make your Son a great man. Make him a great boy.
> > --Unknown
> >
> > http://www.siscom.net/~rdrunner/index.htm
> > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rdrunner/index.htm
> >
> >
> >
> > LOCATIONS THAT I AM RESEARCHING - Pennsylvania (Berks, Centre, Clinton,
> > Lycoming, Sullivan, Northumberland Counties); Germany (Wüerttemberg).
> >
> > SURNAMES THAT I AM RESEARCHING - Aderhold; Alexander; Bower; Campbell;
> > Carpenter; Cohick; DeRemer; Hafer; Heim; Horn; Kiess; Kinley; Lovell;
> > Mahaffey; Marquardt; Marshall; Metzger; Paulhamus (Polhemius);
Pepperman;
> > Rentz; Robinson; Roller; Sholder (Scholderer); Smith; Springman;
Stabler;
> > Stoltz; Ulmer; Updegraff (Op den Graeff); Waltz (Walz); Wurster (Wurster
Von
> > Igelsberg) and their related family lines.
>

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