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/4EB.2ACE/1047.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello Martha, I am glad the information in the previous post was helpful. NEHGS is currently compiling online indicies of Mass. Vital Records through 1910. They currently have items indexed for Franklin County through about 1899. These indices have been very helpful in my research. Have you tried the Rowe or Charlemont town clerks or historical societies? Sometimes you can receive certificate information directly from the town clerk's office, but often the offices are only staffed on a part-time basis (a couple of days a week). If you can't obtain any vital records information online, you can request Massachusetts vital record information directly from the Commonwealth. They have a service that tracks down and reproduces the information for a fee. Have you looked at the online records for the 1910 census? This information has been very helpful in my research. Even if you are unsure of the person's address, the town listings are small enough to view in full with some effort. They are typically broken out by town section or village. I don't know if you have an address to work with, but Rowe and Charlemont are both rural, and Charlemont is the hub for far Western Franklin County. As a result, the rural route mail system has been used for a long time, so a 'Charlemont' address could be Heath, Hawley, Rowe, Savoy or Zoar (a hamlet at the Rowe/Charlemont line). East Hawley mail delivery might be aligned with Buckland or Ashfield, whereas Hawley or West Hawley is likely Charlemont. Rowe is a VT border town, if you even suspect that they might have lived in a rural location, I would check the census listings for following towns: Charlemont, Heath, Monroe, and Whitingham and Halifax, VT. I could not find my grandmother's census listing for the longest time. I had a random thought to check the Windham County VT census, and, sure enough, there it was. The census taker for Heath. MA ascribed their house to be in Halifax,VT (the state line was about 500 feet away from the residence). Best of luck with your search!