They just depended on the family bible and some county records but those in most cases are long gone. ----- Original Message ----- From: Cecile Ellison <cecile.ellison@hickham.com> To: <ALMONROE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 9:42 AM Subject: RE: [ALMONROE-L] Finding birth/death dates > I tried to get a birth certificate for my grandfather who was born in 1889 > in Monroe County. I was told there were none for pre-1900. How did they > keep records of births if that is the case. > > -----Original Message----- > From: dabf [mailto:dabf@zebra.net] > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 11:40 AM > To: ALMONROE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ALMONROE-L] Finding birth/death dates > > > Some Census data may list the birthdates; headstones, Bibles, marriage > certificates, etc. Also, sometimes a birth cert. for someone post 1900 > may include this. Also, some cemetary/funeral home records may help. > Military records, pension records, etc. may also be useful. > > Sometime's you are luck and find them and sometimes.... > -- > > Yr. Obt. Svt., > > D. A. Bass-Frazier > > > Visit: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oldfedrd/ > Muster Rolls of 36th Ala. Regiment and other Confederate records; > Alabama Genealogy > > > ==== ALMONROE Mailing List ==== > ****Monroe County Mailing List**** > Submit your Monroe county information today! > > > ==== ALMONROE Mailing List ==== > ****Visit the ALGenWeb Monroe County site at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~almonroe often for updates! > >