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From: bob gillis <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Starting to get my sources right
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 17:00:10 -0400
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I would write the Secretary of State or whatever official is in charge
of the Vital Statistics office with copies to my representatives and
raise holy hell. That is a stupid and dangerous way of handling these
records.

bob gillis

Linda Lawhon wrote:
>
> In the case of a professional, most of the times, I have great
> confidence in what is supplied. But sometimes due to things they
> might not be aware of, what they send may not be complete. An
> example is the birth certificate of my second son. An error was made
> on the original. Vital Stats caught it right away and we were
> required to fill out paperwork to correct the error -- and have the
> paperwork notarized. I thought they would whip a new birth
> cert. Nope. There is an amendment. When said son entered
> kindergarten, I had to order another copy of birth cert. And here
> came all those papers to do for an amendment. I called them and
> asked if I would have to do this each and every time I requested a
> copy (or my son did) and they said no, "Did you request the amendment
> when you requested a copy of the birth cert?" Somewhat stunned, I
> replied, "No, isn't the amendment kept with the birth
> certificate?" Well, the bottom line is, no it is not. Amendments are
> kept in a separate file and they informed me the original is not
> tagged in any way to show there is an amendment. I was astonished,
> to say the least. I immediately compiled a short note to my son
> about this and attached copies of the note to each copy of his birth
> certificate I have and also placed a copy of the note in his
> file. Hence my comment about giving credit where credit is due. The
> above case is unusual but does demonstrate how the best laid plans...
> gang oft agley.
>


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