Thought I had sent this to the list, but apparently just sent it to David, so here it is again: I can't hold out much hope for finding a recorded birth date, since they didn't start keeping those records until about 1869. My grandfather, born in 1869, is not in the birth records, but I found his birth date in a "Birthday Book" his wife kept. This grandmother was a "keeper," so I also inherited a family bible which gave her parents birth dates, etc., from the 1800's. (She didn't label her pictures, though. I had an interesting time figuring them out.) The Hancock OGS has published three Marriage record books that might give you a clue. That could possibly lead you to the cemetery inscription records, also published by the OGS. Relatives are often found on neighboring plots. There are also a couple of good History of Hancock County books that also give very good clues - if you are lucky enough to find your ancestors in them. Also, I have traced family members by noting the family in, for instance, the 1880 census, and then checking to see who's missing in the next census. Census indexes are on line at Family Tree Maker and Ancestry.com. And Heritage Quest has CDs with the IMAGES of the census pages And again, if the person you seek died in Hancock County, the local OGS has an index to obituaries and also the microfilm of the paper they appeared in. You might check with the local OGS and see if they have a researcher who can check some of these places out for you. Findlay-Hancock Public Library has all of this stuff in its genealogy room - including microfilms of all the (Ohio) censuses, birth, death, obituary records. I try to go "home" to Hancock County every year and spend a lot of time in that library. They also have LDS records there. Check out the Hancock OGS website at: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohhccogs/> Actually, I noted as I got this address that they have volunteers to check out the obits for you. Good luck! - Leah, now in Texas mary stickney wrote: > I am looking for a birth record of a John Yerington said to have been born in > 1820 in Findly , Hancock, Ohio. > > I do not know his parents names, or the names of any siblings.