Wow, Thanks for this web site. I had never looked there before. I was especially interested in the Butler County Birth Records 1893 - 1905. There are over 1200 entries (including duplicates [e.g. Court Orders]). I copied it all to an Excel spreadsheet by first copying the header lines and then filling in the data below by highlighting portions and doing "Copy and Paste". I got all of the data in about 6 steps; it seemed to be too much for my computer to handle in one copy. The next step was to sort the data. I am interested in COOPER. So I selected all of the data and sorted it by CHILD'S SURNAME, and RESIDENCE. That way I could go straight to my Winfield and my Jefferson COOPERs. All of them interested me. I used Excel's highlighter to put a yellow highlight line on my relatives. The way it is set up for me now I can easily go back and find COOPERs that moved out of those too townships or associated family names that start with 'C'. As a result of this, I have some new names to add to the tree. I would be willing to make a similar Excel file for anyone interested. Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat" <sweeze@zoominternet.net> To: <PABUTLER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 5:48 PM Subject: [PABUTLER-L] Trouble finding Birth Certificate. > Charles, > > You don't mention if they have responded to your request and what that > response was. You would have to ask them exactly how they search. > > In 1917 birth records were kept by the state and are not in County > courthouses. THere were some births that were not recorded and you may > find someone like that in the Delayed Birth Records section > at www.rootsweb.com/~pabutle2 > > Also, do you have any idea what church they attended? > > Pat > > ______________________________