At 12:09 PM 5/24/2007, you wrote: >Mary: > >I thought that birth records were only closed if the birth was illegitimate >(depending on when the person was born). Right? Depends on how the record was kept -- if they were all mixed together, you can't actually see any records for 100 years. When my dad died (he was in his 80s, died in the same county he was born in, and I was his executor), I couldn't look at his birth record. They knew me, too! Mary Mary >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 > > > >------------------------------- >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