Hi Susan, do you have any info on a Merto Eugene Adams, b. abt.1862 in the Town of Scipio, Cayuga Co., NY? Ishe related? NY did not issue birth certificates for the most part til the 1880's though thre are a few Cayuga Co. records from abt. 1839-41. TIA, Sharon Garrett Genealogists never die they just lose their census.