Hi Eileen, Unfortunately, there is no rule of thumb that I am aware of. I did some checking in the index, searched by date and name variations and came up empty handed. I know that it was in the 1880s when the state starting to really stress the need to register births, but even then, countless births went unregistered. Sometimes, the youngest child was registered and then the other children were registered at that same time. I have seen many children registered on the same day, although they were born years apart. In this case, it just might be that your great grandparents simply did not register the older children, but then made a decision (perhaps the church became more compliant or there was some sort of local campaign to get births registered?) to register their youngest. It is so interesting to try and comprehend why some things are registered and some are not, but it can be frustrating as well! Good luck in your family research and let me know if I can help futher. Melissa >>> "Eileen and George" <[email protected]> 04/04/06 7:01 PM >>> Melissa, I have a general question about the birth records. My grandmother Rose Ehrenreich was born 07 Oct 1901 in Rib Lake. Her brother, Ignatius was born20 Jun 1900 and another brother, Anthony in 09 May 1903. Yet, their sister, Mary born Sep 10 1907 is listed. Is there a rule o thumb here? Or, is this a situation where the children were baptized, but not registered with the state? Your insight is appreciated. Eileen Lund-Johnson In Minnesota -----Original Message----- From: Melissa McLimans [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 3:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [WIGRANT] Death Records Added to Wisconsin Vital Records Index Last month the Wisconsin Historical Society introduced our new Pre-1907 Wisconsin Vital Records Index, which can be found at www.wisconsinhistory.org/vitalrecords. We began the index with nearly 1 million birth records and are excited to announce the addition of nearly 400,000 Wisconsin death records. The new death index, like its companion, began as a 1970s microfiche publication. The Schoenleber Foundation of Milwaukee generously provided funds to convert them to electronic form, so now genealogists have free public access to a comprehensive pre-1907 index to Wisconsin births and deaths. Marriages, for all Wisconsin counties, are up next. You can discover ancestors by individual name, by browsing by county and year, or by exact date. Births and deaths can both be searched at the same time and then viewed separately, if desired. State law prohibits publication on the Web of original birth or death certificates, so when you discover someone about whom you want more details, you can order a paper copy of the complete certificate from the Society online. Most are delivered within two weeks, and Society members receive a 10-percent discount on each order. Or, you can use the index as a research tool that points you to the birth and death records that you need. Vital records are not the only genealogical source available on the Society Web site. To learn more about what we have online check out our genealogy page at www.wisconsinhistory.org/genealogy. Hope you enjoy the new additions. Melissa McLimans ==== WIGRANT Mailing List ==== Neither HTML nor RTF is acceptable for mailing lists. It causes problems for Rootsweb servers and for certain email programs. Please turn these functions off. ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx ______________________________