Mother in law will not tell us where she was born. How do I find out?

Question

trying to stop our wedding/honeymoon...as you need her birthplace to get a passport. Weding/honeymoon in barbados, which you need a passport to get it.

Her name is Jean Ellen Rhine (nee Duggleby)

Born in Indiana 1958

NEED THE TOWN .....HELP!!!

Answer 1

Did her mother pass away 3 years ago?

Romona Jean Duggleby

October 3, 1920 - December 15, 2005

Romona Jean Duggleby, 85, 101 Constitution Drive, Francesville, died December 15, 2005 at Pulaski Memorial Hospital. She was born October 3, 1920 in Wheatfield, and was the daughter of Florence and Minnie Jane (Poling) Paxton. In 1952 she married Waldby Duggleby. He died in 1997.

There will be no visitation or funeral services.

Querry-Ulbricht Funeral Home in Francesville, were in charge of arrangements.

Answer 2

Do you know her birth date?  You need not post it, but you will need it to weed out similar birth certificates.  How much time do you have?  Do you know her parents names?  The 1960 census is not yet made public, it's too recent, but I believe the 1930 census is out.  Some people don't move around much, if you can find her ancestors in Indiana, that may be a good county to try for her birth certificate.

If you are in a hurry, Terry B had a quick solution.

Answer 3

Are her parents still alive?  If so, ask them.  I'm sure they will be glad to tell you.  Don't tell them though that she won't tell you.  Just kind of bring it up in a nonchalant sort of way.  If they are dead, get their death certificate.  If they died in the same town they were born in, that is a pretty good indicator that they probably had their kids there too.

Answer 4

A certified copy of my original birth certificate (from the State I was born in, not the generic County copy) has my mother's and my father's places of birth listed.

Where were she and the father-in-law married?

There's a good chance they were married in her hometown.

Her marriage certificate from the State, not the fancy one from the minister, contains her place of birth.

If the father-in-law is still alive?

Your fiance should ask him, when she's not present.

Surely, the husband knows where his wife was born.

Are either of her parents or any of her siblings alive?

Your fiance should ask them.

If she went to or graduated from high school, she may have done so in her hometown? The next time your in her house, casually, but discretely, search for a yearbook.

Family Bibles (especially your fiance's grandmother's), as well as baby books, are a good source.

Good luck!

P.S.

I find it difficult to believe that your fiance doesn't know where his mother was born.

Are you sure you want to marry into this family?

Answer 5

Do a search at http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/default....

Answer 6

Try ordering her birth certificate for $10 at this site:

https://secure.ancestry.com/VitalChek/se...

WARNING!!!  You may find out something she does not want you or her daughter to know.  Proceed with caution and careful consideration.