Amanda Butterfield Genealogy

This week I have been working on the George Madison Canter/Elizabeth Hannah Gilliland family in Jackson County, Ohio. According to the 1900 census, Elizabeth gave birth to 12 children, but only 8 were living at the time of the census. I have determined that Lydia Eunice, born 1872, was one of the deceased children. I have yet to determine the other three deceased children. Ancestral File lists the couple with 17 children, and I have also been sorting out which children belong and which do not. Through census, I have verified 11. I am currently working on finding birth records for all of these children, however, I have run into two problems: the first is that from 1877 to 1884 the family moved to Stafford County, Kansas, and I have limited access to birth records there. The second is that Ohio did not register births until 1867. Although the first two children were born in 1867 and 1868, thier births have not been registered in the Ohio birth records. I hope to overcome these two dilemas. If you have suggestions, please leave a comment.