This is pretty normal. States started doing keeping vital statistics at different times, but 1890s-1920 is the most common period. It's a bit different for births and deaths in many state. Oldest of vital records usually are marriage records. Terry At 06:15 PM 5/15/99 EDT, you wrote: >Is there such a thing? I wrote to KY for a death certificate for Thomas R. >Loveless who died sometime in the 1860's and they wrote back that there was >no records kept until 1907 or something. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Terence L. Day, SE 635 Steptoe St., Pullman, Washington 99163 509/334-1619 E-mail: <[email protected]> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IF OUR PAST ISN'T WHAT WE THINK IT WAS, ARE WE WHO WE THINK WE ARE? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~