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!