This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ReB.2ACE/2754.3.1 Message Board Post: Tenn. did not have mandatory state-wide birth records until 1914 and they will not be archived until they are 100 years old, so the first ones will be available in 2014. I do have access to the "delayed" birth certificates. These are people who needed a birth certificate (usually to apply for social security) and who didn't have one. Most of them seem to be for people born in the 1880 - 1900 time period. I wouldn't mind checking there for Louis Williamson. They are very interesting documents, usually with statements from family or friends who witnessed the birth. Please email me your request at kkcem@blomand.net Thanks, Kristi