This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xFh.2ACEB/4554.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Regrading the public records: would I be able to obtain say a marriage or birth certificate ( uncertified of course ) for someone like him if he is still alive? I don't know what kind of limitations there are on something like that.