In a message dated 07/23/2001 11:01:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > If the birth took place in one of the small town just south of Lansing > would the birth have been registered in Mason or Lansing. > Are any of these records on line? Where could inquires be made and the > cost of the lookup found.? > Mason is the actual county seat and all of the original ledgers are located there. The clerk's office is online at: <A HREF="http://198.109.160.143/CL/clindex.htm#MIDDLE">Ingham County Clerk</A> You can email them. Unless you are the actual person or parent, I doubt you will be able to obtain a birth record. Michigan births are closed for 110 years. If you have a LDS family history center near you, you could order a microfilm of the Ingham Co birth register index, but it will only give a name and book number. Good luck. Sally Knudsen Michigan, USA http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~samkfamily/index.html