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/Eh.2ADI/243.1 Message Board Post: You can obtain a genealogy copy of a birth certificate by writing the Galena Court House % County Clerks Office Jean Dimke Bench Street Galena, IL 61036 The cost I think is $12. If I were you I would write and ask if they have the certificate and then when you get a reply send the money. Babs