I am working to verify the dates of available vital records for Franklin County? I have...... Births 1853- Marriage 1785- Death 1853- If the above are true, are all records available at the courthouse? Also, can anyone lend insight into when any switches were made from registers to certificates? I want to make sure I am getting the best information available. I have heard stories of researchers elsewhere being given copies of the registers only, when a certificate was also be available with more information. As an f.y.i., Ancestry.com has a database available for FREE until 7/10/00. I found a few names in it, so it must be pretty large. I hope this is appropriate; I am not a marketing rep. or the like. http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4725.htm Thanks for any insight regarding the vital records, Chris Straight Fairchild, WI