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/ANB.2ACI/715.1 Message Board Post: I'm not an expert on this, but, at that date(1851 Lewis Co. Mo.) I would say just a name and date. Not many birth records kept that early. Possibly a notation in the local paper. Give me a name and we'll see what we can find.