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/jNB.2ACI/747.1 Message Board Post: Missouri did not keep birth certificates for that period. It is possible that he applied for a "Delayed" birth certificate at a later date, usually as part of Social Security. You might visit the MO Dept. of Health Site at http://www.health.state.mo.us/BirthAndDeathRecords/BirthAndDeathRecords.html and send in for his birth certificate. Maybe you will get lucky. My grandfather b. 1891 created a "delayed" birth certificate for SS use.