kscherry_2000@yahoo.com wrote: ><SNIP> does anyone have any ideas as to why someone born before Jan 1, 1915 (when birth records were mandated) would request a delayed birth certificate? > >Thanks, > >Kevin Sanchez-Cherry > > > > Kevin, I'll make a wild guess. Maybe he needed proof of his date of birth to receive Social Security. Or perhaps he was looking ahead to age 70 1/2 when he would have to begin taxable distributions from his IRA. Allen

My grandmother and her two sisters requested delayed birth cert. to receive their SS. They provided Bible records to the county Court [McDuffie Co, GA] and they issued a "delayed birth cert" Billie Jones Camden, SC tjones@camden.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allen Blancett" <alblancett@gforcecable.com> To: <SCAIKEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 9:22 PM Subject: Re: [SCAIKEN] Delayed SC Birth Certificate > kscherry_2000@yahoo.com wrote: > > ><SNIP> does anyone have any ideas as to why someone born before Jan 1, 1915 (when birth records were mandated) would request a delayed birth certificate? > > > >Thanks, > > > >Kevin Sanchez-Cherry > > > > > > > > > Kevin, > > I'll make a wild guess. Maybe he needed proof of his date of birth to > receive Social Security. Or perhaps he was looking ahead to age 70 1/2 > when he would have to begin taxable distributions from his IRA. > > Allen > > > ==== SCAIKEN Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to the utility address SCAIKEN-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM If you are trying to unsubscribe from the Digest list, use the same utility address but change the -L- to a -D- > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >