WHY> B.C. CREATED; SLAVES FOR LIFE, MAYBE!

It took a world war to finally give birth certificates the push they needed to become universal. During World War II, defense-related plants began to hire in unprecedented numbers—but by law, they could only hire American citizens. This created a crisis for the estimated 43 million native-born Americans—nearly one third of the country—who couldn’t prove when—and where—they were born. At the time, the article estimated, 200,000 people were born every year without getting a birth certificate. MANY HAD THEIR NAMES AND BIRTH RECORDED IN THEIR FAMILY BIBLE; THE ONES THAT DID NOT BELIEVE, HAD IT RECORDED ON THEIR FAMILY'S LIVING RELATIVES THAT MADE A MENTAL NOTE OF THE OCCASION AND WITH TWO FAMILY MEMBERS SO TO SPEAK CAN MAKE A RECORD AS IN THE CASE OF MY UNCLE BORN IN HAWAII AT THE TURN OF 1900 TO IMMIGRANTS FROM A FOREIGN LAND!