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Show Residents rely on figures of U.S. Census Bureau has provided copies of these records to about three and one half million people, as legal proof of age, place of birth, citizenship, or kinship. Persons seeking such a record rec-ord for social security purposes should go to the local Social Security Office, or, for other purposes, write to the Personal Per-sonal Census Service Branch, Bureau of the Cenusu, Pittsburg, Pitts-burg, Kansas, for an application applica-tion form. A fee is charged for a search. Last year more than 300 residents res-idents of Utah turned to the Bureau of the Census, U. S. Department of Commerce, for help in proving where and when they were born, the Bureau Bur-eau reported today. They needed need-ed proof of ages to collect social security and other retirement retir-ement benefits. They needed it to obtain passports. They needed it to qualify for jobs carrying certain age or citizenship citi-zenship requirements. They needed it for some forms of insurance. These persons who requested request-ed assistance from the Census Bureau last year were among an estimated 20 million United States residents who are without with-out proof of age or birthplace. The historical records . of the Census Bureau provide the only acceptable source or this information in-formation for many of these people. Since its beginning in 1790, the U.S. Census has recorded re-corded identifying data for almost al-most 350 million persons, many of them listed several times in separate censuses. The Bureau |