Has anyone sent for a copy of a birth certificate in Pennsylvania. I sent for a copy of my mother-in-laws Birth Certificate. She was born in 1909 and there has been a question about how her name was listed on the certificate. So I sent to the State of Pennsylvania for a copy of her certificate stating that I wanted it for Genealogical research and gave them all the information as I knew it. What I got back was a new Birth Certificate with a raised seal which did not give me the information that would have been on the original certificate. Also it stated her name as Baby Girl Harner. What I would like to know is if this is standard practice in this day of ID theft or is this the way her certificate actually listed her name. Sincerely Carol

Carol, I don't know about Pennsylvania, But my father born in Kansas, 1908 was listed as 2nd male child on his birth certificate. His parents and the township he was born in. (I saw the original records, They change the format to fit on the certificate, but the information was the same.) I used census, death records and obituary for documentation. Iris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Lahr" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 8:56 AM Subject: [PA] Question about Birth Certificates Also it stated her name as Baby Girl Harner. What I would like to know is if this is standard practice in this day of ID theft or is this the way her certificate actually listed her name. Sincerely Carol > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PENNSYLVANIA > ********* > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

I too was born in Pennsylvania, in 1939. I recently sent for my birth certificate. When it arrived all that was on it was the county, date and my name, no parents. It also has the raised seal. So guess they don't put much information on them. Charlyne ----- Original Message ----- From: "IRIS L M MILLER" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 10:41 AM Subject: Re: [PA] Question about Birth Certificates > Carol, > I don't know about Pennsylvania, > But my father born in Kansas, 1908 was listed as 2nd male child on his > birth > certificate. His parents and the township he was born in. (I saw the > original records, They change the format to fit on the certificate, but > the > information was the same.) > I used census, death records and obituary for documentation. > > Iris > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carol Lahr" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 8:56 AM > Subject: [PA] Question about Birth Certificates > > > Also it stated her name as Baby Girl Harner. > What I would like to know is if this is standard practice in this day of > ID > theft or is this the way her certificate actually listed her name. > > Sincerely > Carol > >> >> ********* >> Visit the threaded archives of this list: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PENNSYLVANIA >> ********* >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PENNSYLVANIA > ********* > > ------------------------------- > 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

I'm working my way through Scranton births using a film at the LDS Family History Center, and many of the children do not have names in the birth registers. These go up to 1905, so it's certainly possible that baby girl is exactly how she was listed, as gender and color was listed but not always a name. ----- Original Message ----- : Has anyone sent for a copy of a birth certificate in Pennsylvania. I sent : for a copy of my mother-in-laws Birth Certificate. She was born in 1909 and : there has been a question about how her name was listed on the certificate. : So I sent to the State of Pennsylvania for a copy of her certificate stating : that I wanted it for Genealogical research and gave them all the information : as I knew it. What I got back was a new Birth Certificate with a raised : seal which did not give me the information that would have been on the : original certificate. Also it stated her name as Baby Girl Harner. : : What I would like to know is if this is standard practice in this day of ID : theft or is this the way her certificate actually listed her name.

When my Dad was born at home in 1907 in Town of Barton, NY the doctor whodelivered him listed the birth as "son". According to Grandmother, she wentback 2 weeks later and his name was added to the birth record-once theydecided on the name. Incidentally, that practice still does exist for thoseparents who just can't seem to decide on the name-usually because thesonagram says it's a girl and it's a boy:<)) Have a couple of distantcousins who thought they were getting the jump on everything and had to takeback all of the cute things and buy for the other sex!!!Peggie in OR -- No virus found in this outgoing message.Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.5.430 / Virus Database: 268.14.7/537 - Release Date: 11/17/20065:56 PM

My original birth certificate lists me as Baby Boy in Minnesota. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Lahr" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 8:56 AM Subject: [PA] Question about Birth Certificates Has anyone sent for a copy of a birth certificate in Pennsylvania. I sent for a copy of my mother-in-laws Birth Certificate. She was born in 1909 and there has been a question about how her name was listed on the certificate. So I sent to the State of Pennsylvania for a copy of her certificate stating that I wanted it for Genealogical research and gave them all the information as I knew it. What I got back was a new Birth Certificate with a raised seal which did not give me the information that would have been on the original certificate. Also it stated her name as Baby Girl Harner. What I would like to know is if this is standard practice in this day of ID theft or is this the way her certificate actually listed her name. Sincerely Carol ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PENNSYLVANIA ********* ------------------------------- 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