Dear Listers: For those of you that have California research, take heart! You can still access birth records online. Visit: http://www.publicrecordfinder.com/vitalrecrds.html and click through to: http://www.vitalsearch-ca.com/gen/ca/_vitals/cabirthm.htm Visiting: http://www.publicrecordfinder.com/vitalrecrds.html will also bring you to links for Texas & Kentucky birth records as well as many other types of public records. It's worth the peek! Go take a look. Got information to share with fellow list members? POST IT HERE. Happy Trails, Lauren