Thank you Elizabeth Dave Hamm wrote: > Hi Elizabeth, > > I believe that birth and death records began in Ashe County in 1913. > I have found a "delayed" birth certificate from 1888 (based on bible records, > issued in the 1940's) among their birth records.The earliest references > to birth dates I have found were on the death records, dating back to the > 1840's. So, the courthouse is limited in that respect. > > I have obtained ther birth records in Ashe County from bible records, > cemetery records, church records, other researchers, and from the > various family history publications in Ashe County. > > - Dave > > RE: > On 16-Oct-98, Elizabeth Andersen wrote: > >I am new to this list. Right now I'm researching the name THRONEBURG or > >THORNBURGH. My great grandfather Marcus M. Throneburg (this is the way > >he spelled his name on his Civil War records but was listed as > >Thornburgh) was born in Jeffersen,Ashe Co.,NC IN 1838.Can anyone tell me > >if they issued birth certificates for that time period. I would like to > >have some proof of his birth. > >Elizabeth Andersen > > ====================================================================== > Dave Hamm Novi, Michigan > > email: [email protected] > URL: http://www.oeonline.com/~odon/HamCountry/HAMCountry.html > ====================================================================== > > ==== NCASHE Mailing List ==== > Digging for our Roots! > > To post to the list: [email protected]