Brian, she must have had a birth certificate, you just haven't found it yet, different name or spelling?  Linda.   --- On Wed, 28/10/09, Bryan Slim <[email protected]> wrote: From: Bryan Slim <[email protected]> Subject: [Black Country] proof of age for pension To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, 28 October, 2009, 11:41 PM Hi, How could someone prove their age if they could not  trace their registration or a birth certificate, and thus their eligibility  for the government old age pension? Despite many searches over the years I have been unable to find  my grandmother's birth registration and yet i know she had a pension. Thanks Bryan Slim Vancouver, Canada ------------------------------------- The only List that specifically covers the whole of the Black Country. Run by Black Country folk who were born and still live in the area. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message