I have noticed in my search here in American that in many cases, the father had to go in to town and register a birth. I found a son on a birth index for my 3rd ggp in 1853 but by the time the census came around in 1860, he wasn't listed with the family. I would imagine that he died as a small child. There was no required death index in this state of Kentucky until 1911. This family lived on an 80 acre farm as did most of their neighbors and most of these farms had their own little family graveyards somewhere on the property. I did find one on the next farm over that was the home of another set of 3rd ggp. It was on a small hill covered with tree's and the stones were very old. A cousin who is related and own's the farm is taking care of it out of respect even though he is not related and didn't know who the people were until I wandered in and we met. Sometimes one never knows where they will find answer's to some of their brick walls. I toppled several of my brick walls that day. Janet Virginia, USA