12/1/2006
By David A. Fryxell
Finding your American ancestors birth records doesn't have to be as hard as, well, giving birth. We'll kelp you deliver a bundle of ancestral answers.
Whatever your heritage, your ancestors had at least three things in common: They were born, they produced descendants and they died. Surprisingly, it's that first and most basic life event — birth — that can be the most challenging for genealogists to document.