Very interesting, Aurorales. I remember being asked at the hospital if I wanted my kids’ announcements in the paper. Is your mom saying she had to actually go to the newspaper herself and place the announcement, or did somebody at the hospital ask permission to place the announcement in the paper?
BTW, I’ve been meaning to make sure you knew one of the latest additions to my blog:
http://butterdezillion.wordpress.com/2010/02/25/corroboration-re-cert-numbers-assigned/
My father would have done all the paper work after my birth.
BC info and such.
My mother was basically telling me that no one asked at the hospital about putting the birth announcement in the paper or they would have given them the info.
And neither my father or mother took any action to contact the local papers to give the info.
So my mother was saying because she didn’t give nor was asked for the birth info, no announcement made it in the papers.
And if one was put in any of the papers anyway they (mom or dad - news junkies) would have noticed it and clipped it out.