I know what you mean. My father's birth was not reported to the state until he was sixteen and needed a birth certificate to get into the Army. From what I understand, no one bothered reporting births until they had to. Dad's youngest brother didn't report his birth until he was in his 20s and he was born in 1935! Of course, that WAS out in the boonies and I'm talking about an extremely poor sharecropper family during the depression. Gina "David W. Morgan" wrote: > > On Fri, 19 May 2000, Gina Heffernan wrote: > > > Maybe we should be posting a note that says something like "These records should > > only be used as a guide for ordering records from the State Health Department. > > They should not be used 'as is' to verify records." No one should ever take > > transcriptions as facts. Since I have been transcribing census records, I > > understand why the information I find in transcriptions is often wrong. It's > > hard to copy something you cannot read. > > > > Gina > > The archives does have a notice that we do not guarantee accuracy of what > is in the archives. It wouldn't hurt to add it to the county TOCs. > > I believe Ray got a letter from the state that they do not correct the > original records. I assume those are the mistakes Ray is talking about, > not mistakes we have made. > > Many people were born in the 20s & 30s without being named in the first > day. So their birth certificates do not list a name for them. At least > the original record does not. An amended certicate ordered from the state > might be correct. I have my doubts, though. My father has two Texas birth > certificates, and they are both wrong. > > David > > [email protected] David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ok/okfiles.htm > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm -- Gina Gale - researching ARMSTRONG BRAZZIL DISNEY FORREY HEFFERNAN HOLDER MCKINNON MELLEN MILLS O'NEAL PUCKETT RICKERT SENN SHEPHERD SPARKS WILLS and related lines. My genealogy site: http://members.xoom.com/ggah/ My GenLists: http://www.angelfire.com/journal/genlists/index.html My personal site: http://members.xoom.com/lovedarlin/ My dog site: http://members.xoom.com/mannananm/ Never underestimate the power of a dog's love.