This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RMB.2ACE/485.1 Message Board Post: My mother is still living so I am concerned about how much info I should post. Although too little may prevent an easier solution. She was born in 1944 at home in Memphis. She had a birth certificate but it was destroyed. Is there another location to lookup birth records from this time period? I think she said she tried to get a copy of her birth certificate before and they said there was a fire that destroyed all of the records. My aunt was born in the same place but was able to get a copy of her's in 1982.