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/2JB.2ACE/518 Message Board Post: Does anyone have suggestions as to where I can look for a record of a birth in Cape Girardeau on December 26, 1882? The first birth records I can find are 1883. I cannot find microfilm of newspapers for that time period. Does anyone know if there is any kind of census---state or any type--available between 1882 and the 1900 Federal Census for Cape Girardeau? I would appreciate any help offered!