DELAYED BIRTHS

Births were not required to be registered with the State until 1911 so any births before that were hit and miss. In the 1940's people who were born before 1911 were asked to register their births due to Social Security - applicants had to prove their date of birth.  If they did not have a birth certificate, they had to file an affidavit by a witness to their birth and prove it through the courts. Or in order to prove a birth, the person requesting a delayed certificate would submit family bible records, school records, marriage records,  affidavits from
another family member, etc.  There are other reasons besides Social Security to file a delayed birth certificate.
1) Passport applications 2) Correct an erroneousness name on the certificate. 3) Corrections to erroneous dates
They were then issued a
"Delayed Birth Certificate." 

These births are from the late 1800's to 1910.

Provided by Mary Hatton, Suzanne Shephard, and Jerry Taylor