JanLM061@aol.com wrote: >I am looking for information on Sidney Levi CHANDLER b. 5 December 1868 in IL >and family. He married Mary Evalyn Smith b. 9 May 1870 on 5 November 1890. >They had the following children: >Harry Abner b. 1891 >Asa Lewis b. 1893 >Olive Lyle Margaret b. 1897 > >Any help with verification of these dates would be greatly appreciated. > >Jeannette CHANDLER Murray >Z'hills, FL > > > > Jeannette, Sidney is listed in the 1900 census in Lincoln, Sioux Co., Iowa. That census gives reported dates of birth, and these are Sidney, Dec. 1868; Mary, May, 1870; Harry, Oct., 1891; Lewis, May, 1893; Lyle, May, 1897. They had been married 9 years. All the children were born in Iowa. If they were born in Sioux County they ought to be in the records which are available on microfilm from the Family History Library > Birth records, 1880-1928; index 1880-1917 > Authors Sioux County (Iowa). Clerk of the District Court > <http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=authordetails&authorno=439848&name=Sioux+County+%28Iowa%29%2E+Clerk+of+the+District+Court%2C+null> > (Main Author) > > Notes Microfilm copy of original records located at the Sioux County > Courthouse, Orange City, Iowa. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Includes index. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Registers list number, date, child, sex, no. of child of mother, > color, date and place of birth, born in wedlock, father's place of > birth, age, mother's place of birth, age, mother, residence, father, > occupation. Records list child, sex, date and place of birth, mother, > father. Certificates list place, year, child, whether stillborn, > father, residence, color, age, birthplace, occupation, no. of children > born to mother, mother, residence, color, age, birthplace, occupation, > no. of children living, physician. > As you can see, if you are fortunate to find your people here, these records include much more detail than simply the birthdate. You didn't ask about parents, but Sidney seems to be the Sidney in the 1880 census in the household of A(bner) L. Chandler. Abner was in Wheeler, Sac, Iowa at that time. In 1900 it is reported that he was born in PA (as were both his parents) in April 1845. In 1870 Abner L. Chandler was in Libertyville, Lake Co., IL with wife Henrietta and son Sidney. Perhaps you will find birth records for Sidney and marriage records for Abner and Henrietta there, although Henrietta was also born in PA so it may be they were married in PA not IL. From what I saw at the FHL catalog though, it may be that there will be no records for Sidney's birth there. Apparently you have this from some source though. Both Rootsweb's WorldConnect and the LDS ancestral file have ancestors for Abner, but they do not have primary sources noted, only references to other webpages, etc. At one point these trees jump from Woodstock, Windham, CT to PA. That's possible, but I'm skeptical. Perhaps you know all about this.