I believe delayed birth certificates were needed to collect social security when it first started. People would have to provide proof of age and parentage to collect. Since they didn't have birth certificates they had to produce certified documentation. Hence "delayed" birth certificates. They will onlt exist for applicants for SS. Dave At 11:23 AM 3/13/01 -0800, you wrote: >Hi List, >Someone on one of the Tn lists I'm on mentioned the delayed birth certificates issued in 1940 that can be viewed at TSLA. I have copies of uncles' delayed birth certicates that were issued in years other than 1940. > > Is there an index for other years for individuals b. 1900-1913 era that can be searched? > >Are we missing the boat in not trying to find individual's birth info on years that records weren't kept for, because we're told no records exist for those years? When that individual might have a delayed birth certicate issued 27 years later? > > I didn't connect the reason for my grandmother filling out delayed birth certificates was that her children were born in the time frame when there wasn't requirement for a birth certificate since I had just started genealogy when my aunt sent me those birth certificate copies. >I'm wondering if birth certifcates exist for some of my other aunts and uncles that I not aware of. > >Any TSLA user have more info on this area? >Jeanne > > > >==== TN-ROOTWALKER Mailing List ==== >Genealogy has a great power to bring people closer together, and can give a sense of family to those who lack it. > >============================== >Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp >Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > > David L. Rushing Rt 2 Box 272A Golconda IL 62938 dlr999@shawneelink.net 618-949-3759