When our daughter was approaching 5 we needed a birth certificate for school enrollment.  When it arrived we found that the date on it was 9th December.  We knew she was born on the 10th. In those days the registration in New Zealand was done from the records in the hospital where the birth took place. We had called the local hospital sister at home about 2am on the 10th to open the very small rural maternity hospital as there were no other babies there at the time. As she was to be paid from the start of her shift, 10pm on the 9th, she signed all documents as of the 9th!!   Mike  Kawerau 3127 NZ casofilia@xtra.co.nz

enrolment unless American On 05/02/2017, Mike Wells <casofilia@xtra.co.nz> wrote: > When our daughter was approaching 5 we needed a birth certificate for school > enrollment.  When it arrived we found that the date on it was 9th December. >  We knew she was born on the 10th. > > In those days the registration in New Zealand was done from the records in > the hospital where the birth took place. > > We had called the local hospital sister at home about 2am on the 10th to > open the very small rural maternity hospital as there were no other babies > there at the time. > > As she was to be paid from the start of her shift, 10pm on the 9th, she > signed all documents as of the 9th!! > > Mike > Kawerau 3127 > NZ > > casofilia@xtra.co.nz > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi, Mike, My step-dad always thought his birthday was Dec. 10th. I looked up his birth record and ordered a copy of the entry. The doctor was called out late on the 10th, but my step-dad wasn't born until early in the morning of Dec. 11th. (around 2:30am). I suspect that the family always thought he was born on the night of the 10th. It is a relatively trivial thing, since he always told EVERYONE the same story, but if any authority had checked, they might be suspicious of his inaccuracy. And my wife had an uncle who didn't know what state he was born in. He had to ask me because I had the records. So, Mike, are you sure of when and where YOU were born? Lou (list admin.) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Wells" <casofilia@xtra.co.nz> To: "eng-lincsgen" <eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 5, 2017 2:00:13 PM Subject: [LIN] Birth When our daughter was approaching 5 we needed a birth certificate for school enrollment.  When it arrived we found that the date on it was 9th December.  We knew she was born on the 10th. In those days the registration in New Zealand was done from the records in the hospital where the birth took place. We had called the local hospital sister at home about 2am on the 10th to open the very small rural maternity hospital as there were no other babies there at the time. As she was to be paid from the start of her shift, 10pm on the 9th, she signed all documents as of the 9th!!   Mike  Kawerau 3127 NZ casofilia@xtra.co.nz ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message