You know his birthdate but not the birthplace? Send for his death certificate, which should list his birthplace, parents' names, etc. Get the 1900 and 1910 census for that place and find the family. That will list his siblings, parents and much more information including birthplace of his grandparents. Once you have his birthplace, write for his birth certificate. That's recent enough that it should be on file. Also find his obituary in the newspaper. Many of us would be thrilled to have an ancestor with that much specific information! Should be easy to fill in the blanks. Jan Hall

On 28 Mar 2002 07:13:10 -0700, Halltall@aol.com wrote: >You know his birthdate but not the birthplace? I think he was born in Rochester, (actually, Brighton,) NY. But I'm not sure. >Send for his death certificate, which should list his birthplace, parents' >names, etc. > That's what I'm hoping the SS-5 will tell me. >Get the 1900 and 1910 census for that place and find the family. That will >list his siblings, parents and much more information including birthplace of >his grandparents. > Any idea how I get a copy of the census? Here's where a prblem I'm having comes in: would the Federal census tell me that, or do I need a state or even local one? >Once you have his birthplace, write for his birth certificate. That's recent >enough that it should be on file. >Also find his obituary in the newspaper. > >Many of us would be thrilled to have an ancestor with that much specific >information! Should be easy to fill in the blanks. > Thanks for all the help! -- TARogue (t o m (at) t a r o g u e . n e t) "So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind." Ecclesiastes 2:17