Hi CK, You might have better luck looking for a birth announcement in a local newspaper. Barbara in Indianapolis, IN Bill Allen <misterbill@pdq.net> wrote: Hi, They told me the same thing when I was looking for the birth record of James Morton TALLEY who was born in Cincinnati, OH on , I believe, 10 Feb 1866. They suggested church records. But I don't know the religion of his parents. Did the newspapers then have birth announcements? Bill Allen ck wrote: > Seeking record of a birth known to have taken place in 1868, probably on 8 > August 1868, certainly no later than that, possibly sooner, but not prior to > that year. > > The Hamilton County Registrar's office has advised me that they hold no > birth records prior to 1875, as has the Ohio Historical Society > > Is there any other way to go? > > Child: Mary OSMOND > Father: Edmund OSMOND > Mother: Elizabeth EDWIN OSMOND > > C. Knowlton ==== OHHAMILT Mailing List ==== ~*~*~*~ The Resources in the USGenWeb's Parade of States Awaits! ~*~*~*~ -- Table of all States: http://www.usgenweb.org/statelinks-table.html ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx