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/CBB.2ACE/5866.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Hello, The Message Board you are posting to is Knox County, Kentucky. Your questions seems to concern the Knox County, IL area. You would best be served to go to the Message Board for Knox Co., IL to ask your questions. Someone from that area will know how to help you best. Every state in the US has different ways of handling and releasing birth and death records. Joyce Taylor Collins La Palma, CA