I had to smile a bit today when reading an article in the Boston Globe about the “problem” of incomplete birth certificates. It seems the city of Boston has many birth records from years ago where the baby’s name is simply recorded as “baby girl” or “baby boy.” The reporter wrote, “A generation ago — …
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Incomplete Birth Certificates Create a Bureaucratic Morass in Many Places
I had to smile a bit today when reading an article in the Boston Globe about the “problem” of incomplete birth certificates. It seems the city of Boston has many birth records from years ago where the baby’s name is simply recorded as “baby girl” or “baby boy.” The reporter wrote, “A generation ago — …
Are We Really Better Off than Our Ancestors?
My grandfather owned a horse and a farm wagon, roughly the 1890s equivalent of the pickup truck of today. He traveled around the farming village where he lived at 3 or 4 miles per hour. When he needed to travel a longer distance, such as to the nearby city, he rode a train that reached …