Ancestor Gateway Forum - Family History New Topic  |  Search Thread Topic: birth certificates Topic Originator: kate Post Date April 2, 2005 @ 2:18 PM  birth certificates kate April 2, 2005 @ 2:18 PM Reply  |  Email  |  Print  |  Top Birth certificates can give you the maiden name of the mother of the child and this can be an aid to finding the marriage of the child's parents. Look at FreeBMD (link on frontpage of  ancestorgateway site). Have you an interesting comment to make on birth certificates or a query that another researcher might be able to answer?