The birth indexes may be rented for use at your local family history center, or if you live near enough, the Philadelphia City Archives might be of help. I've found births in those early years using indexes at both the FHC  and PCA. Not all are registered though, and the films can be very hard to read, so be prepared to spend some time reading these, particularly as you're not certain of the age. As for marriages, if the marriage was after 1860, you can do the same thing: use the marriage index at the same repositories. Then look up the marriage register pages, also on film. --- On Wed, 5/12/10, Michael McAllister <mcallisterfamily@btinternet.com> wrote: From: Michael McAllister <mcallisterfamily@btinternet.com> Subject: [PAPhl] SIMPSON name To: PAPHILAD@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 4:40 PM Hi List, just joined, my name is Michael McAllister.   I am trying to track down a family of SIMPSONs, who were on the 1870 census of Philadelphia City, tenth Division, page number 119. Line 21 is the family I am seeking, The youngest son, Henry appears to have been born in Philadelphia presumably in the October of 1869 as he was eight months old when the census was taken in June 1870. Is there any way I could possibly get hold of a copy of the birth, also is it possible to check for a marriage within the City, of Henry SIMPSON and Rachael please.  I cannot find one prior to their coming over to the States.  This would leave me three options, a)., they didn't marry at all, b)., they married on board on the trip over and c)., they married in Philadelphia? Any help in pointing me in the right direction would be most appreciative. Many thanks, Michael ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD ********* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAPHILAD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message