In a message dated 9/29/99 12:19:58 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ALMONROE-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << Subject: [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. >> If you are lucky you can locate a family Bible. The Bible belonging to Asa WILKINSON of Old Texas and Dennards Bluff is still in the family. That is one of the reasons I'm coming to Monroe Co. in Oct., I want to hold a Bible my g-g-g-grandfather wrote in and read from. Abner DENNARD recieved land in S18, T5N, R5E. At the BLM site you can enter T5N and R5E and get a list (177 names) of everybody who got land in the Township where Dennards Bluff is located. Or you can email me and I'll send all 177 names. Grant in Chico, CA