Charles, Back in those days people were not required to prove who they were every five minutes. .....not even to get in school. It was assummed that one's parents knew who was who.... and that was that. LOL....... So simple and nobody ever heard of identity theft. Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: "C. Frank" <frank3@localnet.com> To: <NYWESTCH@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 9:51 AM Subject: [NYWESTCH] Birth Certificate > Along the subect line. I recently learned that my mother never had a birth > certificate. She was born at home in 1912 and delivered by her > grandmother, who was a practicing Midwife. Her name was Wihemina > Nordenadler Dahl and lived in Sleepy Hollow and may have delivered some of > your ancestors as well. Anyhow, the event never did get recorded, so when > my mother retired and went to file for Social Security, they gave her a > very hard time. What I can't figure out, is how she got by with out it all > those years. > Charles > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message