I am disappointed because I received a NO RECORD CERTIFICATE, but it stated that if you would like to add the record, you could with proof. It was for my Grandfather and I sent them a copy of his death certificate, his social security application and a notarized letter signed by his father stating where and when he was born (he needed it to get a passport). They said they would only accept proof from someone who was present at the birth. I wanted to have it added so that future generations could locate it. I can understand that they wouldn't want to just add anything, but come on -- he was born in 1900, he filled out his own SSA in 1936, the notarized letter was done in 1937 and the death certificate in 1977. Every piece of evidence I sent them corroborated. Their answer was that they didn't feel it was necessary to report a birth that old. I guess they don't care about history -- family or otherwise. Meredith Researching: Mitchell, Brower, Sage, Hopkins, McIntyre, Williams, Lewis, Nolan , Bailey, Mascitello, Zigmund