One sugestion I have about death certificates, if your ancestor died too early, try looking for one for one of their siblings. They should have the same parents. Melba -----Original Message----- From: Nancy DeVore Williams <william3@hiwaay.net> To: ALJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com <ALJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 10:41 PM Subject: Re: {not a subscriber} Re: [ALJEFFER] How Can I Find The Parents? >Dianne, >Occasionally you'll get lucky and you will have an ancestor (or one of >their siblings) live long enough to have an accessible death cert. >Alabama's were supposed to be started state wide from about 1907 on and >can be ordered from any Alabama health department (anyone remember the >exact year they started?) These frequently have the parents on them, and >it's sometimes surprising the people that DO have death cert. >Another good source of course is estates. The Jeff Co. courthouse has >TONS of estate records and occasionally gaurdianship records, though >searching them can be tedious, but it can also be part of the fun! >Of course it's much more fun for a surname like DeVore (my maiden) than >like Williams (my genealogy nightmare -LOL!). >Good luck. Nanc > >> >> The Early's wrote: >> > >> > The trouble with censuses before 1850, is that they only list the name of >> > the head of household. This has made it impossible (so far) for me to >> > figure out who my great-great-grandfather's parents were. If I can't find >> > a birth record, how can find his parents???? Suggestions, PLEASE! -- Dianne >