There are few birth records from that time. Most people did not report births. Marriage records are at City Hall, Philadelphia (Marriage License Bureau), and on-line at the LDS cite.  Gene Stackhouse ----- Original Message ---- From: Michael McAllister <mcallisterfamily@btinternet.com> To: PAPHILAD@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, May 12, 2010 4:40:46 PM Subject: [PAPhl] SIMPSON name 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