On Thu, 18 Jan 1996, Henry B. Crawford wrote:

> >Back on the trail of the elusive amulet collector Walter Leo Hildburgh.  Can
> >anyone tell me how to contact (preferably through email, though ordinary
> >mail would do as well) the department which registers births/deaths in the
> >States.  W.L. Hildburgh was born in New York in 1876, died London 1955.
> >Also looking for any info on his father Henry, for whom I have no dates at
> >all, was hoping to get these through the birth register.
> >Many thanks
> >
> >Marie-Claire Bakker
> >Linacre College, Oxford.
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>
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> Such records are kept by the county of birth or death, which ever the case
> might be.  If you know the county, you're on the right track.

       Au contraire. Birth records are kept by states. Contact the New
York Secretary of State. The birth record should also give the full name,
age, occupation and place of birth of both father and mother.

        Hank Burchard * [log in to unmask] * Washington DC