This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Stone, Bybee Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CBB.2ACE/5866.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello, I was wondering, with the marriages and also deeds and wills at this court house, Does this place also contain births that were in Galesburg, Knox county, Illinois, July 24, 1941? If so I was wondering if you would be willing to acquire a Certified Copy of my Mother's Birth Certificate? Willing to pay for the cost etc for Certified Copy, Mailing and your time. If not would you have an address or phone number to talk to a direct person who I could get an answer from for births in Galesburg, Knox county, Illinois? Any person that reads this message board can answer me if they know. My email address should show up for any one who can email me and tell me. My Mother's ashes have finally arrived to my home after 14 years trying to get them from her boyfriend-not going into that too far, any way, to bury her ashes, I need to get a Birth Certificate that is Certified and also I will get her Death Certificate and what ever papers I need to have the right to bury her. She died in CA , May 28, 1992 of Breast Cancer. It is not the distance that is my problem getting to Illinois, it is the knowledge of where records get put. We all most likely know that the court house is where they would be but not everyone knows everything or how records are handled or if fires destroyed these records etc. People New to genealogy are usually as a babe or infant to solid food. We all grow as we learn. I kind of felt one of our fellow family tree hunters was snarled at a bit for requesting help. Most of us know the bite is usually worse than the growl, and I know that most won't be offended by this statement, only the person that was verbally hurtful to a possibly very New Genealogy interested individual requesting help on this message board. It is easier to draw others to you with sweetness than a sour puss. This is not intended for anyone other than the person who was abrupt to the seeker, not the person I am asking my question to. I thank you for your time and any help that you may be able to do, if not thank you for reading this and taking the time to do so P.S. I am also looking for a marriage that possibly happened in Knox county, Illinois. It would be my Mother's Parents. waiting for your reply. Sincerely Brenda