If your mother was born in one of the counties, birth certificates began in 1898, The city stated in 1875. The Maryland State Archives has most of the birth certificates for this time frame, some are missing, there is also an index of births in Baltimore City for that time frame. In a message dated 4/23/2007 6:21:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, nnite@cox.net writes: I know from personal experience . My mother's birth certificate was burned in that fire. I think they must have lost some records. She need a passport and could not get her birth certificate, but was told to check her church baptism records and that would be acceptable. Mother was aborn in 1897. Nancy Pat in Atlanta wrote: >No public records were destroyed. As for private, google the Baltimore fire >and you will see what businesses were destroyed. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Bud Flanagan" <Liam@cox.net> >To: <md-baltimorecity@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 3:41 PM >Subject: [MD-BALTIMORECITY] ONE BIG QUESTION > > > > >>WHAT PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RECORDS >> >>WERE DESTROYED IN THE GREAT Baltimore FIRE OF 1905. >> >>Bud Flanagan, in Arizona >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>MD-BALTIMORECITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >>-- >>No virus found in this incoming message. >>Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>Version: 7.5.463 / Virus Database: 269.5.7/771 - Release Date: 4/21/2007 >>11:56 AM >> >> >> >> > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MD-BALTIMORECITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MD-BALTIMORECITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.