From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Thu Jun 8 12:23:33 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k58INXjb004178; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 12:23:33 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k58INWlZ011141 for ; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 12:23:32 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k58FltFI008880 for ; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 11:47:55 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k58Flt4w008879 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 11:47:55 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k58FjTFI008780 for ; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 11:45:29 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k58IKu45002405 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 12:20:56 -0600 X-Envelope-From: ChristieTrapp@aol.com Thu Jun 8 12:20:56 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k58IKujb002394 for ; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 12:20:56 -0600 Received: from imo-m16.mx.aol.com (imo-m16.mx.aol.com [64.12.138.206]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k58IKtDw009224 for ; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 12:20:55 -0600 Received: from ChristieTrapp@aol.com by imo-m16.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.5.) id e.4bd.beaeb7 (32914) for ; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 14:20:45 -0400 (EDT) From: ChristieTrapp@aol.com Message-ID: <4bd.beaeb7.31b9c47d@aol.com> Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 14:20:45 EDT To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5318 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Alvie Davidson - Missouri Death Cert Question Alvie: You mentioned you got the extracted record rather than the full record. Did you order this directly from the county in question or from the State Archives and pay the $2 fee? How long did it take you to receive it once you mailed it to them? I ask because I sent to the Missouri State Archives for 2 death certs back on April 19 and have not received them, nor have they cashed the check as of the end of May. As to not naming parents, have you thought about the fact that perhaps the parents names weren't listed? I review the microfilms for the records from Michigan (Oakland and Lapeer Counties, specifically), and sometimes the parents names are not listed in the record. The names are either left blank or the word "unknown" is written in the space where the parents names are given. Without this information, it is a roadblock, but sometimes the names can be gotten round the back door by going through the census records. Of course, this won't work if you are back to the 1840s for the parent's deaths. But in most cases this will work. Deaths in Michigan don't get recorded in most all counties until 1867 and some of the early entries leave much to be desired. What's the case in Missouri? I've not done much research in that state so am in the dark at this point about record availability. Christie Trapp