This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BENNING, KITE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/928 Message Board Post: I am searching for a birth record for James BENNING - listed as being born in Portsmouth 15 Jan 1894. Is Portsmouth in Shelby County? How would a person find a birth record -- James was born to George BENNING and Martha KITE, unless she is a step-mom, George was from OH and was married 3 times according to the later census. They moved to SD.