Ancestry is offering a 10-day free search of their Caroline County, VA Births database. Here's the notice which appeared in today's Ancestry Daily News. Hope this helps. Joann Ellis Humphries Researching in Caroline County, VA: THOMAS, SALE, LONG, MARTIN, HAYNES, CRUTCHER, WRIGHT, GOODE AND DOBSON ============================================================ CAROLINE COUNTY, VIRGINIA BIRTHS, 1859-68 (except 1863) Formed in 1728 from portions of three other counties, Caroline County is located in eastern Virginia between Richmond and the District of Columbia. This database is a collection of birth records for children born in the county between 1859 and 1868 (except for the year 1863). Taken from microfilm copies of the original documents, this database offers researchers information regarding the child's name, sex, race, birth date, and names of parents. The page numbers refer to the original documents from which these entries were taken. Source Information: Fridley, Beth, comp. "Caroline County, Virginia Births, 1859-68 (except 1863)." [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000-. Original data: Microfilm copy of "Bureau of Vital Statistics--Birth Register for Caroline County, 1859-1868," located in the Library of Virginia at Richmond. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4862.htm ____________________________________________________________________