In a message dated 2/18/2005 11:42:06 AM Central Standard Time, barbgeni@cox.net writes: A lot of home births were slow to inform officials. I had a great aunt who registered only one of her 6 kids born in Iowa (b. 1893-1901) and that was because that child died at birth. She registered another late when he evidently wanted to enter the military. At least that was the age at which he was registered. The rest all registered their own births as adults. Since the family immigrated to Saskatchewan in 1903 before the birth of the last child, that could not have been easy. One, a trucker, registered his birth in middle age, giving as proofs his trucker's licence, his marriage certificate and the "very old" family bible. So never forget to check the delayed birth entries. Annie in Minnesota