This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Birth Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZcB.2ACE/435.1 Message Board Post: My father, born Sept 2, 1915, used a certified copy of the 1920 GA census for Telfair Co. when he enlisted in the Army and when he applied for his Social Security #.. It shows his name, relationship, age, state of birth, and it states he was enumerated in the family of C. W. and Georgia Harrell (His Parents) The copy that is attached was issued in Aug 1976 and was probably used to applied for Social Security Benefits.. It was issued by the US Dept of Commerce/Bureau of Census. It states at the bottom "The Bureau of Census does not issue Birth certificates, but this record is often accepted as one." wmharrell