The state of Ohio did not require birth records to be kept until approx. 1868/1869. With the marriage date of 1870 you may perhaps find a birth date in a family bible record somewhere. Janet Conn PeggyLynnRowe@aol.com wrote: > > I can't remember is I have yet posted this question (too many posts lately > while hunting for info!) Forgive me if this is a duplicate. I still haven't > found the answer quite yet! I've had some great advise though and will follow > though. > > I just recieved the marriage cert of my ggrandfather (finally). I was hoping > to find out his place, date of birth & parents names but none was there - > except the county of birth as Monroe. All info is listed below. Is it > possible to find a birth record (or additional info on him) with this limited > information? > > > > > >My ggrandfather was married in Marshall County. His marriage cert reads: > > > > > >Marriage book: No. A2 page # 197 > > > > > >Date licence issued: 1870 > > >Date of Marriage: 6-26-1870 > > > > > >Husband: > > >FRANCIS V. COX > > >age: 21 > > >birthplace of male: MONROE CO., OH > > > > > >Wife: GENOAH SMITH > > >age: 19 > > >birthplace of female: MARSHALL CO., WV > > >residence of female: MARSHALL CO., WV > > > > > >Place of marraige: MARSHALL CO., WV > > >Performing the marriage: WILLIAM ALLEN > > > > > Thank you, AGAIN ! > Peggy > > ==== OHMONROE Mailing List ==== > Homepage for this list is http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohmonroe/