This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WEB.2ACI/434.1 Message Board Post: unless they are catholic there will be no Birth rec. Death cert for the state didn't start till 1914 and even then they were not mandatory . A lot of people sort of fell throught the cracks. Best bet is Church records. The church 's in chennyville are old and may still have the records .You could check the Sextons rec and church membership rolls