I don't know about your father but both my mother(b. in Texas, 1906) and my step-father (b. in Oklahoma, 1898) had to get delayed-birth certificates. This was allowed, even if the court house did burn(?). Do you know his parents names? Can you find them on the 1900 census? The 1880 indexing (soundex) system was created because of Social Security needs. Many people did get delayed certificates by consulting friends, aunts who could attest, etc. My step-father's sister is on his certificate as having delivered him. Maybe she did -- I don't know. Allene -----Original Message----- From: JANICE KNOWLTON <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, March 01, 2004 3:12 PM Subject: RE: [MISSISSIPPI] Re: Fannie (unknown) Smith >My father was born in 1898 and was unable to get a birth certificate because >the courthouse burned to the ground. This is what I was told anyway. > >Jan > > >>From: "Patsy V. Bostick" <[email protected]> >>Reply-To: [email protected] >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: [MISSISSIPPI] Re: Fannie (unknown) Smith >>Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 13:26:46 -0600 >> >>There are marriage records in the Pike County courthouse after 1882. >>An inquiry may find a marriage license for William Christian Smith and >>Fannie >> >>In 1940 there were two funeral homes in McComb: >>Catching's Funeral Home, 506 Maryland Ave., McComb, MS, 39648 >>Hartman Funeral Home, 1801 Delaware Ave., McComb >> If you can obtain a specific date from the funeral home the Library >>likely >>would check the newspaper on microfilm for an obituary for the date and >>make a copy. >> >>The Library has a web site with links to the catalog including the >>genealogy >>collection. >>http://www.pawls.lib.ms.us/ >> >>Patsy >> >> >> >>==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== >>Visit the Mississippi-L Website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi >>where you can both SUBSCRIBE and UNSUBSCRIBE with a click of the mouse. >> >>============================== >>Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >>Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >> > > > >==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== >To subscribe and Unsubscribe with ease, visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi and scroll down and click the appropriate link for the list you want, then click on Send > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >