This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SMITH, ROSS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Ya.2ADI/603.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks Hank, I appreciate the info, however it is not my birth cert. I am seeking. Actually, I am trying to find out if there was a 'live birth' prior to the birth of my friend. She noticed on her own birth cert. that she was NOT the eldest child, as she had grown up believing. She asked me to check into it, since I already do much genealogy research. Neither if her parents are still living. She suspects a cousin might actually be a sibling. Would you know of another avenue I might take? Thanks, again. Lynn