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/lRB.2ACE/492.1 Message Board Post: Patricia, Before you should even worry about wha is on the certificate, you should give the town of Hempstead a call. I do not think they will even release a BC from the 50's unless it is to the person it belongs. Tony