Bill wrote in an earlier email..... In the 1800s births and deaths were not recorded except by churches and newspapers. Roman Catholics kept pretty good records, but not many others. It's unlikely a birth would appear in a newspaper, unless there was something remarkable about the birth, or it was a small-town newspaper. Births were usually recorded in family Bibles in those days, but few of those have survived. It's very surprising you even know the exact date of his birth. *********** Another place to look is in land transfers. Many times the parents would include the name of their offspring. Pat