Check the cemetery listings for the surrounding towns. I know that Byron has Howe's and Barber's, try Byron-Historian@juno.com. Also Elba borders Oakfield, Batavia Town and Orleans County to the North. Also church records of Elba, you will probably have to write them directly. In the early news paper articles births are usually not an important thing, the child does not owe money to anyone yet, while marriage's and deaths are important to people you owe money to. Also try possibly undertakers one is www.Bataviafuneralhomes.com they have records of several old undertakers. Check with the town Clerk of Elba for any records but I believe about 1930 is when they were required to keep records, so before this the records may be scarce or non existent. The state of New York has a micro fiche index of Birth, Death , and Marriage records, these are filed by year alphabetically. They will give you the index number to order from the state and also what township the record is also filed. It is not advisable to order the record from the state they are notoriously slow. If you order from the township don't use the state index number they won't know what your are talking about. A copy of the index is kept in the Rochester public library and in Albany. ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!