In a message dated 8/11/00 3:58:21 AM Eastern Daylight Time, rap64@yahoo.com writes: << Didn't find them yet, but I am wondering if births of new Italian immigrants were usually reported to the County near the time of birth, reported later on, or not reported/recorded at all. >> Rick, I don't have an exact answer to your questions, however keep in mind it was not manditory for births & deaths to be recorded until the mid 1930's. Until that time, it was up to a family member, neighbors, friends, etc to take the info to the court house & have it put on record. Being a new immigrant, they may not have been told this & simply didn't register the birth. Maybe it was common knowledge for all others, I don't know. But being a new person in a strange new place, they may simply not have known what to do. Just a thought---Ruth Bush Highland