These are Santa Barbara City Birth Certificates issued by the attending physician, father (See Chard), or midwife. Many Hispanic or “Spanish” children were not named at birth. The mother’s name has been added as a further means of identification in the Keywords. When the mother’s name was not given, the father’s first name has been entered in the Keywords.
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Source Citation: Santa Barbara City Birth Certificates, Santa Barbara County Recorder’s Office, Hall of Records; digitized and indexed by the Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society.
