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/RFB.2ACE/1758.1 Message Board Post: Willard Library's extensive newspaper index contains two obits of Charles F. Russell, both of which give May 2, 1857 as his birthdate. Born in Richland Twp, Kalamazoo Co. of William and Almira (Olin) Russell. Birth records are the province of the county and state, see www.vitalrec.com. As an alternative, make use of your local LDS Family History Center and order the birth records from that period. The Battle Creek FHC has the birth records on film as part of their permanent collection.