Thanks for this info on Mississippi -- My grandfather lived there with his first wife and five children, all of whom died from an epidemic of some sort. I'll have to work harder on that now I suppose. Carlean in Florida -----Original Message----- From: ArkMary@aol.com <ArkMary@aol.com> To: AGS-L@rootsweb.com <AGS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 5:16 PM Subject: [AGS] Re: AGS-D Digest V00 #222 > >In a message dated 5/23/0 4:00:58 PM, you wrote: > ><<I recently sent my form in to the Vital Records, State of Mississippi. >Apparently the people there are not interested in genealogy. >I sent them the $10.00 money order, but since I did not have the exact year >or month which my John Wool died they refused to help me. >I guess what I am asking is, what is the life expectancy for a person born in >1878? I will . have to make a wild guess as the year he died and hope that >some kind soul will help me there. What is making this so important is the >fact, John's entire family vanished after 1910 in Desha Co. I just found >John in the 1920 Mississippi census living in Bolivar County, Mound >City,Miss. >Does anyone have any ideas How I could get help from these people in >Mississippi?Thank you very much for reading this and for any help you might >be able to give me. Thanks Mary Ann >>> > >Mary Ann, > >Don't know where you live, but Mississippi is notorious for not helping -- I >tried to get a copy of my parents' marriage certificate (I have seen the >original - I knew the county and year they were married) and was informed >they did not have a record of the marriage. This I knew to be in error. >About the only way I know to obtain information from them is to go to the >county/state archives in person (or hire a professional). I have tried to >obtaIn copies of death certificates and was informed no such record existed. >So I no longer make donations to the State of Mississippi. > >Good hunting. >Mary in Texas > > >==== AGS Mailing List ==== >For an overview of the holdings of the Arkansas History Commission & State Archives visit their homepage at: >http://www.state.ar.us/ahc >