HI Lister Usually on delayed birth certificates you have to have someone else sign saying the info is correct. Like an Aunt or Uncle, etc. You might check to see if these records still are around. At least that is what was required when I had some made out in the 1970s in Murray Co. Good Luck Jan Kisselburg > > My mother, Lethia (b. Alethia c. 1919. d. 1997) Smith, shows up in the 1930 > census for Murray County, Shuck Pen Township, living with L. Raymond and > Nammie (?) Smith listed as their daughter (it looks like she is listed as > 11 > years old). These Smiths are only in their early 20's! It seems L. > Raymond > is the son of landowner Taylor Smith, married to Essie. We have found this > Smith family in the 1920 census in the same location, but not before. We > have also found cemetery listings (Center Valley) for Taylor, Essie and a > son, Roy J. and his wife. > > Here's the thing, my mother was an orphan in the Atlanta area . We > literally have only one piece of paper to link her c. 1924 -1928, a medical > examination record with no institution name. We are assuming it is from > the > Atlanta area because it is signed by physician Benjamin T. Beasley, whom > we > located in the Fulton County/Atlanta 1930 census and city directories from > 1915-1928, but that's it > --- no affiliation to anything. > > We do not know where she was in Atlanta and have no dates prior to this > record or after the 1930 census until she married my Dad in 1942. She > does > not have a birth certificate on file (for which we have confirmation from > the State of Georgia). > > We do have an 'Affidavit For Adding Name To Birth Record Of Child Not Named > At Time Of Birth' dated 1942, filled out in my Mom's handwriting, that > shows > her father's name as Labon Smith and her mother's name as Frankie Berryhill > Smith; with a birth date of October 28, 1919. (The word: Named has been > crossed out and the word: Filed inserted on the Affidavit); it is > notarized. > > We are/have been pursuing Labon and Frankie, but not doing too well. > > We do not know if the Smith family she was living with in 1930 were > relatives or a name coincidence. > > We have, of course, heard a number of stories from our Mom over the years, > but nothing to really substantiate much as far as seeking records. > > So, we're wondering if there are any school, adoption, foster care records > for her during her time in Murray County. > > What can be found on the Taylor J. Smith family --- they had 6 kids (s. > Carroll/Caroll b. c. 1900, s. Roy J. b. 1902, s. L. Raymond/Raymond, b. c. > 1906, s. Q. John/John Q. - can't read the Q name on the census b. c. 1910, > d. Esther Lois b. c. 1912, s. Fred b. c. 1917. > > They were landowners and died in the area! Maybe somebody in the area has > knowledge of Lethia or where she came from. > > Many thanks for reading thru &any help you can provide.