Many people needed a delayed birth certificate to prove their age to obtain a Social Security card. Sharon Kern Co. -------------------------------------- In a message dated 1/15/2010 8:52:43 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, fenenga@connpoint.net writes: my grandmother was also born in 1876 in San Francisco. she applied for a delayed birth certificate, using the census and another record, SSDI, I believe, to prove her age so she could get the document. other than her interest in genealogy, I have no idea why she wanted the delayed birth certificate, as she only traveled lightly, going to Virginia during WWII to be with her husband while he was in officer's training. you should check the delayed birth records, just in case. unfortunately, my grandmother new almost nothing about her father, he died before she was born and she didn't speak to her aunts and uncles and they had no children. so she never learned about her father and I cannot find their possessions which might answer some questions. Cornelia

Many of the older generations wanted to have their birth certificate to feel born, like leaving a mark on this world. it stood for a good feeling in their hearts and mind, to prove they were here. ----- Original Message ----- From: <dulcich6@aol.com> To: <NORCAL@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 8:26 PM Subject: Re: [NORCAL] birth certificates > Many people needed a delayed birth certificate to prove their age to > obtain a Social Security card. > > Sharon > Kern Co. > -------------------------------------- > > In a message dated 1/15/2010 8:52:43 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, > fenenga@connpoint.net writes: > > my grandmother was also born in 1876 in San Francisco. she applied > for a delayed birth certificate, using the census and another record, > SSDI, I believe, to prove her age so she could get the document. other > than her interest in genealogy, I have no idea why she wanted the > delayed birth certificate, as she only traveled lightly, going to > Virginia during WWII to be with her husband while he was in officer's > training. you should check the delayed birth records, just in case. > unfortunately, my grandmother new almost nothing about her father, he > died before she was born and she didn't speak to her aunts and uncles > and they had no children. so she never learned about her father and I > cannot find their possessions which might answer some questions. > > Cornelia > > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > ----------------------------------------- > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to > NORCAL@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message