From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Tue May 30 15:38:56 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 k4ULcujb018493; Tue, 30 May 2006 15:38:56 -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 k4ULcs1P030751 for ; Tue, 30 May 2006 15:38:54 -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 k4UJ3nFI026693 for ; Tue, 30 May 2006 15:03:49 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k4UJ3nPr026692 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Tue, 30 May 2006 15:03:49 -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 k4UIjMFI026595 for ; Tue, 30 May 2006 14:45:23 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k4ULKIpT008635 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Tue, 30 May 2006 15:20:18 -0600 X-Envelope-From: Dddarwin@aol.com Tue May 30 15:20:18 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 k4ULKIjb008624 for ; Tue, 30 May 2006 15:20:18 -0600 Received: from imo-m26.mx.aol.com (imo-m26.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.7]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k4ULKFHD010290 for ; Tue, 30 May 2006 15:20:15 -0600 Received: from Dddarwin@aol.com by imo-m26.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.5.) id e.423.2d3a352 (40521) for ; Tue, 30 May 2006 17:20:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Dddarwin@aol.com Message-ID: <423.2d3a352.31ae1102@aol.com> Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 17:20:02 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 2340 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] RE: Can't Find My Paternal GreatGrandParents ANSWER TO BELOW: Russell, Submit the request for the death certificate and put as much information on the request as you have available. You wouldn't be the first one that didn't fill out all the information that they asked for (guess who? - grin). Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose but the worst they can say is they can't find it. I have filled out some with minimal information and received the death certificate and other times I have filled in everything asked for and received a sorry. The worst, and best case, was my Aunt Mary Flynn (Such an uncommon name - grin). I had the month of the date of death in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois plus the date born. Did not have her parents names, and only remarked that it was possible she was born in Minnesota. Received a call from a very nice lady in the Cook county records department. Seems they had multiple Mary Flynn's that sort of fit the one I was looking for. I thanked her for her time and told her the only other thing I could think of was her husband's name. She said, oh here it is I'll have it in the mail for you tomorrow. Luckily I always put my phone number and email on everything when I ask for something. Gretchen ORIGINAL QUESTION: From: "rrussell" Subject: Can't Find My Paternal GreatGrandParents I thought if I bought a death certificate of my Grandmother's that her parents might be listed but in filling out the request, one of the questions was who her parents were. The only thing I have found pertaining to my Grandmother is a picture of her headstone which only shows her lifespan and who she married. Does anyone have any suggestions? My father remembers visiting his Grandparents but does not remember their names. I have nearly exhausted the family history route. Thank You for any suggestions.