In a message dated 08/18/2001 10:39:30 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Does anyone have any info about Mary Jane or Nancy Jane MAJOR b May 18.1845 > in Warsaw, Benton Co, Mo , parents James Samuel Major & Mary Ann Nelson?? I > > would like any info on Mary Jane/Nancy Jane and Mary Ann Nelson's ancestors. > > Mary Jane married Otho Gandy Mathews abt 1862. > > Would a birth certificate be available for 1845? > > Jim Skaggs Except for a county provision 1883-1893 that had minimal compliance, there are no civic birth registrations before 1910. Perhaps they were just travelling through the area? They are not listed in either the 1840 or 1850 Benton County census. Homer Ficken, Benton Co GenWeb