Postcard Registering Birth of Child 1914 Virginia

I thought this was a pretty interesting postcard. It is from the Bureau of Vital Statistics State Board of Health.

It's the Legal Record of Birth of a white male born at Flat Rock, Shenandoah Co. Virginia on 7 June 1914. He was the child of Joseph Wine and Ellen See

E-Bay Auction: James E. Petticrew Birth Certificate Alma Nebraska 1886

James E. Petticrew Birth Certificate Alma Nebraska 1886

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This is an affidavit was made by Anna Mary Willet who was James Earl Petticrew's older sister......He was born March 21, 1886 but no records were kept so this was to prove his birth........it says. "I am his older sister.We were raised together and in the course of years, I often heard our parents mention about his birth having taken place as stated herewith...They both live in Denver at the time this was done in 1942

Baptism Certificate HERB in Pennsylvania 1878

 

Baptism Certificate for a son of Samuel and Mary Herb of Pennsylvania, born 31 March 1878

Baptism Leinbach & Seibert 1846 Lebanon Pennsylvania

Geberts und tauf schein or Birth & Baptismal certificate. The Tauf Schein: a printed form Fraktur, hand-colored, with individual family names, places, and dates entered

This one “Printed and for sale by G.S. Peters, Harrisburg,Pa” (Pennsylvania)

Certificate of Birth and Baptism

To these two parents: as Thomas H. Leinbach, and his wife, Elizabeth, a daughter of
Michael & Catherine Seibert, was born a daughter on the 21st day of December, in the year of our Lord 1846.

This child was born in Jackson Town, Lebanon County Pennsylvania, in the aforesaid county, in the state of Pennsylvania, in North America; was baptized by the Rev. Thomas H. Leinbach, and received the name of Clara Ann.

Witness present at the act of baptism,sponsors Joseph & Magdalina Richard.

This Tauf Schein has a nice eight line Victorian death, or mourning style poem above the angels:

“Infinite joy or endless woe, attends our every breath; and yet how unconcern’d we go, upon the brink of death!.……our wasting lives grow shorter still, as days and months increase, and every beating pulse we tell, leaves but the numbers
less.”

1876 Baptism Certificate STINZEL, MASON - Pennsylvania

German Baptism certificate. It is 16" by 14"and in German. The dates are June 22 1876
and June 26 1876.

The names on it are Frederic Stinzel Lucinda Coroline Mason. Lucinda has a piece of paper glued over with this name on it. Lilly Elizabeth and William H Center. I believe it is from Bethlehem Pennsylvania