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From: "Dennis & Bonnie French" <>
Subject: Re: Ohio Birth Certificate
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 16:24:09 -0500
References: <JJKcnWMpu6yZxvyjXTWcrg@gbronline.com> <3E621A48.6090704@dayton99.com>


My thanks to everyone for your responses.
Bonnie


"Jim Dell" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Dennis & Bonnie French wrote:
> > I had sent to Adams County Ohio trying to get the birth certificate for
my
> > great great aunt Mary Evelyn Beatrice Longman. She was born in
Winchester
> > Ohio November 22, 1874. I got a letter back informing me that the court
> > house had burned in 1910 and the records that they still have do not
cover
> > that year.
> > I had also written to the Ohio Genealogy Society and gotten the same
answer,
> > so now what do I do? This woman has been the key to many members of our
> > family connecting, as she was a famous sculptress in the 1900's.
> > I am not sure exactly what year the family moved to Ohio, but know they
were
> > still living in Cook County IL as they appear there in the 1870 census.
> > Any help with this would be appreciated.
> > Bonnie
> >
> >
>
> Bonnie,
> Birth certificates in Ohio didn't become required until 1909. Before
> that the best you are going to do is a large book in which births were
> recorded by the County and/or City. It looks like that book for Adams
> county was destroyed by the fire.
>
> Jim
>


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