Judy,
Thanks for that info on the WPA records. I'll check them out.
I see you're right about the records and identity theft. I was thinking more
in terms of all the illegals we have here in California. They pay up to
$200.00 and get the whole package of green card, social security number and such.
I know they do this because I used to work in the office of a vegetable
grower where we used a lot of them. I discovered this in the course of my job.
But what you said makes sense. I did read a novel once where a woman went to
the cemetery and got info and ordered the birth certificate, as you said. I
just thought they had tightened things up since 9/11.
Peggy