This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/mNC.2ACE/1903 Message Board Post: We requested a birth record for my great uncle from Winnipeg. We were told we could not have a copy without permission from his living next of kin. Actually all I really want is his mother's maiden name from it. Is there anyway to get the info without the actual certificate? Can a local researcher look at it? This family was not good about recording births death and marriages so it is possible a record doesn't even exist. It is from the late 1890s. Any suggestions?

You may want to look at the 1901 Census of Manitoba for the information. It lists the date of birth, so you will know you have the right person. You also get any other siblings that way (G). ===== Lynton (Bill) Stewart A former Canadian Citizen, who's Citizenship was taken away without any notice due to the fact that I was born prior to 1947. Searching for Burrows, Charlson, Cook, McGuire, Ohler, Peers, Provorse, Wevik, Wright and several others in the USA. Searching for Moore, McLennan, Peers, Stewart, Thompson in NS, Canada. Black, Foulds, Johnston and Stewart in MB, Canada; Provorse, Wright in ON, and Stewart in SK, Canada