"Claytonia" is located in Clay Twp., Butler Co., so maybe you should use 'Clay Township' as the place of birth. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles A. Callari, Jr." <ccallari@rochester.rr.com> To: <PABUTLER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 12:34 AM Subject: [PABUTLER-L] Trouble Finding Birth Certificate > In a previous communication, I had the following questions: > > "A couple of weeks ago, I sent a request to the PA office of Vital > Statistics > for the birth certificate of my father. I know he was born on 2/26/1917 and > I thought it was in Butler, Butler County. > > My question: if on the form I listed him as being born in Butler, do they > (The PA Vital Statistics folks) look just at that county when searching, or > do they do a global search for anyone with that name/date born in the whole > state of PA? > > Additional question: Do birth records for the 1917 time period exist at the > county level? > > Thanks for any help/advice you can give me with this minor problem. > > Charles Callari" > > ______________________________ > Several people responded with some helpful suggestions, and a couple of > additional questions which I will attempt to answer: > > 1. The PA Dept of Health did respond to my request with a form letter > indicating "No-Record Certification" which means they have no original > record of this birth as being registered. > > Comment: It's entirely possible his surname was misspelled, which means I > should re-submit the request with an alternate spelling. > > 2. As far as what church they attended: I'm assuming it was St. Michael > the Archangel Roman Catholic Church in Butler. Several years ago I made a > field trip to Butler and visited the church, where I was able to obtain his > baptismal record. He was baptized approximately 2 months after birth. They > were extremely helpful there, and led me to several other of his siblings' > records. > > The only other hint I might have is on my grandfather's "Declaration of > Intention" to become a US Citizen, which he filed in the late 1930's. > There, he said that three of his children (including my father) were born in > "Claytonia", which of course, is in the state of PA, and should have been > picked up by the PA Vital records folks (I think). > > Again, thanks for your suggestions and help - I really do appreciate it. > > Charles Callari > > > ==== PABUTLER Mailing List ==== > To contact Ed Book, List Maintainer, e-mail to: > pabutler@earthlink.net > > >