I also have a pre-1877 birth. My GGF George Dexter Butler was born 17 Aug. 1850 in Morris. The only other known fact about his birth is his father's name may have been Charles who was born in New York. Do you have any recommendations of where I might look for some kind of birth record? ----- Original Message ----- From: <lsharp@nmu.net> To: <ILGRUNDY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: January 02, 2003 7:32 AM Subject: [ILGRUNDY] Re: Nancy BOOTH(E) > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wg.2ADE/1455.1 > > Message Board Post: > > No birth or death records were kept in Grundy County before 1877, and those were hit and miss until 1916 when it was required that all births and deaths must be recorded. No mention was made about Nancy Booth dying in the local newspaper. > > Lea > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >