This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Calhoun Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FkB.2ACE/1108 Message Board Post: My dad was born in Kaufman Co. in 1916 and he said that he had to create a new birth certificate to get into the military because the courthouse had burned down. Anyone know anything about this?