Can't answer on dates for birth records (I'm guessing nothing that early), but how about baptismal records? Do you know what church the family was associated with? Sometimes the baptismal records list the mother's maiden name. joyce moran wrote: > > My gggrandfather, John Henry SCHAMP, was born in the Millersburg, OH > area in 1855. Do birth records exist for that early date that would > show his parents? I do know that his father was Robert G. Schamp, but I > need proof of his mother's name, believed to be Elinor MAY. >