This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BOWERS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HZB.2ACI/736.1 Message Board Post: Birth records did not begin that early in the state of Ohio. There might be a church baptismal record. It looks like you have found her in the 1900 census. Check the Medina board for prior census dates to reconfirm. Good luck. bonnie