In a message dated 6/26/2008 2:25:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: I spent months investigating all of the possibilities until I finally discovered that the bride at the church immediately after mine had the same father's name (and numerically sequential certificates). They had accidentally copied one onto the other! I have something similar happen with the place of birth listed on a census - what I thought was a "breakthrough". After looking in vain for months there for a birth record (a SMITH no less) I came to realize that the person enumerated above my rellie was listed from this town. Gave up on that fast, and eventually found him. Kathryne **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007)