Miller's Choice wrote: > My father was born in 1903 > and did not have a birth certificate. Birth certificates did not record the child's name until some time in 1903 or 1904. They just recorded was the parents and the number of the child, such as their first, second, or so forth. Even after the requirements changed, some officials still used up all the old forms they had on hand, with no place for the name, before using the new forms. -- T.M. Sommers -- tmsommers2@gmail.com -- ab2sb