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Subject: Re: [TMG] Some Advice - Copies of Vital Records
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 13:57:11 EST


In a message dated 12/30/01 7:54:18 AM Central Standard Time,
writes:


> Are copies necessary, yes, but the times and the required documents are
> dictated by others in support of something you require. At the time they
> are necessary to verify that you are really you or that a relationship
> exists.
>
> For your pocket book's sake, don't confuse the two.
>
>
> Donald Schulteis
>

Donald,
I have gotten copies my ancestors BDM certificates for years at the state
archives for $.25. Granted if I want my mom's I will have to pay $10. but I
asked her, and she made a copy. Same for my aunts and uncles. MOST people
have a copy of their birth and marriage certificates and if you ask they will
let you photocopy them at a photoshop. (Where the cost is usually $.10-.25)
A bargain for "PROOF" to me. Are they absolutely necessary, maybe not, but
the do carry a wealth of information on them, and the make great conversation
pieces.
All hobbies cost money. I fail to see why you would pay several thousand
dollars for a computer, another hundred for TMG, even more for a digital
camera and a scanner, and then refuse to pay for Great Grandpa's death
certificate. Just my opinion. <G>
Teresa Ghee Elliott

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