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m (Text replacement - "*Birth records were not available until 1905. <span style="color:DarkViolet">Death certificates</span> can give birth information for people '''born before then.''' Death certificates frequently give the '''birth date and place, parents' names, and birth places of parents.''' ↵↵*The <span style="color:DarkViolet">Social Security Death Index</span> includes those who had a Social Security number and/or applied for benefits. The index entries give the person's ''...) |
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<span style="color:DarkViolet">'''When a person dies, several records will be created: death certificates, Social Security records, obituaries, and cemetery records'''. </span> | <span style="color:DarkViolet">'''When a person dies, several records will be created: death certificates, Social Security records, obituaries, and cemetery records'''. </span> | ||
* | *<span style="color:DarkViolet">'''Death certificates'''</span> can give birth information for people '''born before actual birth registration began'''. Death certificates frequently give the '''birth date and place, parents' names, and birth places of parents.''' | ||
*The <span style="color:DarkViolet">Social Security Death Index</span> includes those who had a Social Security number and/or applied for benefits. The index entries give the person's '''full birth date, last known residence, and residence at the time they first enrolled.''' | *The <span style="color:DarkViolet">'''Social Security Death Index'''</span> includes those who had a Social Security number and/or applied for benefits. The index entries give the person's '''full birth date, last known residence, and residence at the time they first enrolled.''' | ||
*The <span style="color:DarkViolet">Social Security Applications and Claims Index</span> provides information filed in the application or claims process, including valuable details such as '''birth date, birth place, and parents’ names.''' | *The <span style="color:DarkViolet">'''Social Security Applications and Claims Index'''</span> provides information filed in the application or claims process, including valuable details such as '''birth date, birth place, and parents’ names.''' | ||
*<span style="color:DarkViolet">Cemetery records</span> can be as simple as the information on the headstone or, in some FindAGrave records, they can report more thorough information about '''birth, parents, spouses, children, and siblings'''. | *<span style="color:DarkViolet">'''Cemetery records'''</span> can be as simple as the information on the headstone or, in some FindAGrave records, they can report more thorough information about '''birth, parents, spouses, children, and siblings'''. | ||
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