In <38.4ce0573.262fa779@aol.com>, on 04/19/00 at 07:21 PM, Falcor2000@aol.com said: >In a message dated 4/19/00 6:29:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time, >kcecyr@mcmsys.com writes: ><< Official state birth and death records started in 1910 in MO. They >are at > the Bureau of Vital Statictics in Jefferson City, MO. Unless your >relative > got a "delayed" birth certificate, as my mother did who was born in >1909, I > don't believe there are any birth certificates before 1910. Any addition > information on this from researchers? Cecy Rice >> >I have a genealogical request form from the Missouri State Archives. It >states: >The State of Missouri began keeping birth and death records statewide in >1910. Prior to 1910 a few birth and death records were kept from 1883 - >1893. Dates vary from county to county. NOTE: Exception on dates - St. > Louis City began keeping records as early as 1847 (incomplete). Thanks for the input. I'm pursuing the SS-5 / delayed birth cert. next -- Jan Erik _____________________________________________________ Jan Erik Neun Jackson NJ USA http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~jeneun/index.htm _____________________________________________________ The Operating System/2 Version is 4.00 This machine's uptime is 0d 0h 9m 38s 539ms.