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/lEC.2ACE/386.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Do you have their death/burial records (which might indicate birth place/date)? I found these records for Micka burials in an Iowa cemetery, and the dates seem like a good fit with the 1877 marriage date: Iowa Cemetery Records Tombstone Records of Carroll County Page: 80 Name: Herman H. Micka Birth Date: 1854 Death Date: 1906 Cemetery: St. Joseph Town: Carroll Page: 80 Name: Mary M. Micka Birth Date: 1857 Death Date: 1928 Cemetery: St. Joseph Town: Carroll