"Negro" in the historical context.

[BluPhire]

Originally Posted by ForeverRoses

I am always surprised to hear of places where race IS in the birth certificates. In Indiana, I know they haven't been on birth certficates from the 1970s onward (I'm not sure of before that, since I haven't seen a certificate from prior to 1971).

Then again, Indiana also did away with the "mother's maiden name" part sometime between 1973 and 2002- now it just reads father's full name, mother's full name.

I had to come in on this thread as well. Last I checked my race wasn't on my birth certificate either. Maybe I need to check it again.

Edit. Maybe because I have the short form. Never had a need to find the long form...if any.