This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: FRENCH, UPDEGRAFT, MARTIN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5k.2ADE/1215.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you. I live in NW Iowa so would it be possible to write to the court house and ask for birth or marriage certificates? I know some of these do not like to bother with these searches. But thank you anyway for steering me in the right direction. Mary Jane<><