Perhaps you could find a baptismal record. In researching my father's older siblings, all born a home, baptism was the only official record confirming birth and parents. hope this helps. pete greene Elizabeth V Cardinal <evc1369@comcast.net> wrote: You will not be able to obtain a birth certificate from any hospital and medical records that far back are not available. You might want to look in Queens County for a birth record. Elizabeth V. Cardinal evc1369@comcast.net http://www.cafepress.com/formernuns ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx