This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Chestang/Chastang Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TS.2ADE/1744 Message Board Post: I need Birth/Baptismal lookup for John B. Chastang. He was a Mulato b.1835 in Mobile, Al. I'm trying to find his father and mothers' names. I have his Civil War penison info but it does not give his parents info. I also have a death cert (from Jackson County, Ms), but it also does not give his parents names. I have a copy of a Baptismal record (in Spanish) of Augustus Chastang from Mar, 1788. I've been told this was his father. I have a large gap of time that I need to fill in the blanks of my ancestory. I have copies of census records, but the names John and Augustus were common with the Chastangs. I live in Calif and need help. Thanks. Anne