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/5140 Message Board Post: I have 2 questions I'm hoping someone can answer for me... First, how do I go about getting a birth or death certificate if I don't know the exact date? Does the Commonwealth of KY or anyone else do searches? Second, someone told me that if an original birth cert. had a black background and white writing then that person was illegitimate is this true? Thanks, Lesa