At 12:55 PM 5/23/2007, you wrote: >I have a copy of the information located in birth index for my >grandmothers sister, Dorothy Lucille ANSELMENT. Their are astericks >on it and some of the information was written in. It is noted that >the information was amended on 3/14/1944 pursuant to an affidavit. >How do I find out who filed the affadavit and the reason? I'm assuming that it is Ancestry.com's birth index you are looking at -- that came from the Minnesota State Health Department, and so you would need to look at the original certificate that was the source of the index. I believe their copies of the original certs are held in the State Archives at the Minnesota History Center. Since she is not in your direct line, you may not be able to see the actual certificate (100-year privacy law and all that). You will have to fill in an access application to request permission to view it. But depending on how old she was at the time, consider that she might have requested the changes herself -- e.g., replacing 'baby girl' with her name, for example, for Social Security purposes, if she was going to become employed. Mary >_________________________________________________________________ >Like the way Microsoft Office Outlook works? You'll love Windows >Live Hotmail. >http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_outlook_0507 > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Mary Bakeman [email protected] Park Genealogical Books http://www.parkbooks.com

Mary: I thought that birth records were only closed if the birth was illegitimate (depending on when the person was born). Right? Kate On May 24 2007, Mary Bakeman wrote: >At 12:55 PM 5/23/2007, you wrote: >>I have a copy of the information located in birth index for my >>grandmothers sister, Dorothy Lucille ANSELMENT. Their are astericks >>on it and some of the information was written in. It is noted that >>the information was amended on 3/14/1944 pursuant to an affidavit. >>How do I find out who filed the affadavit and the reason? > >I'm assuming that it is Ancestry.com's birth index you are looking at >