This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: NEAL Classification: Birth Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xg.2ADI/2549.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: To get a copy of Chris Neal's birth record/certificate you'll need to contact: http://www.co.sangamon.il.us/Offices/ctyclerk.htm Sangamon County Clerk 200 S. 9th St. Rm. 101 Springfield, IL 62701 Telephone: (217) 753-6700 "Births and deaths before January 1, 1916 and marriages before January 1, 1962 are recorded only in the office of the county clerk where the event occurred. Most county clerks have indexes to the records that are prior to 1916 that are available for the purpose of genealogical research". Check out the Clerk's web site for their fee schedule. If you don't know which county he was born in then maybe you should follow up with the State Archives and see what they say: Illinois State Archives Reference Unit Margaret Cross Norton Building Capitol Complex Springfield, IL 62756 Take care! Kathleen