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Ancestry/Genealogy

Gormy Cuss

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3. Many states standardized birth registrations in the late 19th century. IIRC this form was used in

Reply to HeiressofBickworth (Reply #2)

Tue May 21, 2013, 11:23 PM

May 2013

in states that were trying to standardize later. You've probably run into Delayed Record of Birth forms, another way of trying to standardize birth registration. My gmother's brothers all had Delayed Records issued in the 1940s when they joined the war effort because they were born in remote logging camps and there were no local town/county clerks looking to register them. My gmother never had a birth certificate until she applied for Social Security.

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It was part of the effort to standardize birth registrations. Gormy Cuss May 2013 #1

Thank you! HeiressofBickworth May 2013 #2

Many states standardized birth registrations in the late 19th century. IIRC this form was used in Gormy Cuss May 2013 #3

Interesting information. HeiressofBickworth May 2013 #4

Oh, didn't mean to suggest that yours was a delayed record. That was just another example Gormy Cuss May 2013 #5