Dave, Is the Chilton cemetery book available electronically? Thanks, Mike Jackson, cell phone 415-609-9100, fax 419-818-8213, mailto:mljackso@bechtel.com > -----Original Message----- > From: dddennis@concentric.net [SMTP:dddennis@concentric.net] > Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 12:13 PM > To: ALCHILTO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: AL Death Certificate Lookup > > Hi Barry. There are no death certs. in 1910 but there are some county > records as Irma Roy said. > There is a transcribed book of the records she mentioned availible locally > which I'll be glad to check for you. They are from a variety of sources > and the info included also varies. It may be a while before I get to the > library and you may need to remind me as I'm very busy at work right now. > For everyone, the LDS has very recently aquired the death indexes > and the > records themselves on microfilm, but they can be difficult to read. The > records are not all there there until into the 1920's and they may and may > not be there in that time frame. > If I ever start another transcription project for Chilton after the > 1880 > census it will likely be putting an index online for Chilton Co. death > records. > > The book, "Cemeteries of Chilton" shows a Sarah L. Chambers, b. 1862-5-31, > d. 1910-2-1 > buried at Mount Carmel Baptist. I may have a few more details availible if > you write me with what you need I'll look into it. I hate to spend my > time > typing in info you already have. > > At 12:53 PM 10/16/00 -0400, you wrote: > >Does anyone frequent the AL State Archives and not mind looking up a > death > certificate for me? Being from out of state, it appears my only other > option is to request a certified copy for $22 which I really don't need; > either a photocopy or simply the information is sufficient. Since I don't > know if the record even exists, I am hesitant to send the money only to > get > a reply of, "sorry, we can't find the record"; that has happened too many > times for me to count. I don't know how AL works, but I know in SC you > can > go to the state archives and look up the record yourself and print a > photocopy. If anyone is willing to do this (I will gladly pay for the > copying and shipping), the person I am looking for is: > >Sarah Lafayette Chambers, died 2/01/1910 in Maplesville. I am assuming > AL > death certificates do indicate parents' names. > > > >Thanks for your help. > > > >Barry Fox > >Greenville, SC > > > > > > > David Dennis, dddennis@concentric.net, UsGebWeb webpage for Lincoln Co., > Ga + Chilton Co., Al, and Rootsweb mailing list owner for them and the > SWORDS-L lists, among other things.