There were no birth records maintained by the State of Alabama until 1908, most of the time it will be Bible Records to prove the birth of a person or the age at the time of census and that is only as good as the person giving the information to the census taker. as with a death cert. it is only as good as the informant, sometimes they give the exact years, months and days of age on the death cert if they died after 1908 it might help to order a death cert. ----- Original Message ----- From: Barbara Bailey (by way of smothers@mindspring.com) <babs@the-i.net> To: <ALDALLAS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 28, 1999 12:50 PM Subject: [ALDALLAS-L] Census Lookup: James Richard Palmer : Need to obtain proof of birth. Can anyone out there with access to this : particular census record do a Look Up for me. Would be willing to pay : for the copy and your time.. (it should be well under $15.00 as that is : what the State of Alabama wants to charge out of state residents per : lookup.) He should be in the 1870 or 1880 census for Dallas Co. AL. : Name: James Richard Palmer : Date of Birth: March 25, 1870 : Place of birth: Selma (Dallas Co.) Alabama : Parents: Unknown : Thanks....Barbara : : :