Unless someone had it written in a bible or you can obtain a baptism or christening record, the closest you can probably get might be to locate him with his parents in the 1860 census. State of Michigan didn't start keeping birth records till 1867. Some, please correct me if I'm wrong. There might be a mention in a local newspaper, if someone has put that on microfilm. If you can locate a death record-that should, show his birthdate. Happy hunting. Kathy --- [email protected] wrote: > I should know the answer to this, but I don't. Can > someone please tell me how to get a birth > certificate from 1856? I'm looking for Alfred > Shepan, born September, 1856, in Chesaning. > > Thanks so much. > > Sue Schroeder > ***************************** > The theme of this list is Michigan genealogy and > research. Please respect others by keeping your > postings to this theme. > MI-Genealogy Mail List Information > http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb/maillist.html > ***************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting