In article , "Michael A. Terrell" wrote:

Doug Miller wrote:

No, it doesn't. My father doesn't have one, AFAIK, and neither do/did any of
his brothers -- all born at home in rural Pennsylvania between 1913 and 1931.
Neither did his father, born at home in rural Pennsylvania in 1890. Are/were
they not natural born citizens?


Are you claiming that their birth wasn't recorded by the county they
were born in?

That's quite possible, maybe even likely: my grandparents belonged to a
religious sect that kept pretty much to themselves, avoiding contact with
secular authority as much as possible.