From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Thu Jun 8 14:40:56 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 k58Keujb013433; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 14:40:56 -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 k58Keugg010823 for ; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 14:40:56 -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 k58I5IFI009197 for ; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 14:05:18 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k58I5IlG009196 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 14:05:18 -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 k58Gp0FI009003 for ; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 12:51:00 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k58JQSEV009418 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 13:26:28 -0600 X-Envelope-From: sherrieinfla@earthlink.net Thu Jun 8 13:26:28 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 k58JQSjb009409 for ; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 13:26:28 -0600 Received: from pop-satin.atl.sa.earthlink.net (pop-satin.atl.sa.earthlink.net [207.69.195.63]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k58JQONu028958 for ; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 13:26:25 -0600 Received: from dialup-4.238.31.20.dial1.orlando1.level3.net ([4.238.31.20] helo=ssell) by pop-satin.atl.sa.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.36 #10) id 1FoQ6S-0002VE-00; Thu, 08 Jun 2006 15:23:36 -0400 Message-ID: <000e01c68b32$2dd446f0$141fee04@ssell> From: "Sherrie Sell" To: , References: <4bd.beaeb7.31b9c47d@aol.com> Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Alvie Davidson - Missouri Death Cert Question Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 15:31:40 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1807 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1807 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 I just received from MO State Archives a death certificate on a gg uncle. The certificate is VERY complete, including name of parents, birth origin, occupation, cause of death etc. I paid the $2 and received the copy within 4 weeks. Sherrieinfla ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 2:20 PM 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 > > > >