Hi gang, Here's an 1931 article from a Jackson County newspaper that I ran across. The last paragraph is especially appropriate, although I don't think genealogists were the ones Mr. Parrott had in mind... >From the Tuckerman Record, Friday, 3 Jul 1931, p. 1, col. 2.: [title] "Births and Deaths Should Be Reported." "J. L. Parrott, Local Registrar for births and deaths [for Bird township], is in receit [sic] of a letter from the Arkansas State Board of Health [calling] attestion to the fact that birth and death certificates are far short of what they should be and urging that all not reported be sent [in] within the next ten days or two weeks. Many births are not reported when no licensed physician is in attendance and it is the duty of some one present to report the birth to the Registrar in order that it may be recorded by the Board of Health. Failure to report births for record may result in much trouble and inconvenin [sic] after life of the child when a certificate might be required for various reasons. Numerous deaths are not recorded when an undertaker is not employed and no one takes the trouble to report the death to the Registrar. If you know of a birth or death which has not been reported, you may be doing some one a great favor in the future if you will report it." Mark Williamson ARJACKSO listkeeper [email protected]