Thanks you so much for the info, will see what I can come up with Patsy Sehoytwo@aol.com wrote: >Patsy, I have been to the Macon County courthouse to look up records before. >I don't believe a member of the public can do look-ups on death records. >It's sort of a little money-making operation run by the state. Until 1996, you >could only obtain death records from the Bureau of Vital Statistics in >Montgomery. As of '96, they put some sort of computerized system on line where a >clerk in any county office can access the state system, but unless you are lucky >and find an accommodating person whose supervisor isn't around, they will >charge you $12 - whether they find the record or not - and give you a death >certificate. On one occasion I lucked out and went into the county clerk's office in >another county (not Macon). The one lady who was there at the time did >several look-ups for me for one fee, which was a good thing, because out of four or >five things I was looking for, she could only find one. I am open to >correction on this, because I've never tried to get a death record in Macon County, >but in the other counties in Alabama, they won't just let you go look at the >books, because it's all computerized. I know Macon does not have computers >available to the public at the clerk's office, but they are very accommodating >about letting you go into the back room to look at probate records, old marriage >records, etc. > >You will probably just have to send the $12 to the Bureau of Vital Statistics >in Montgomery. All they need to find the record is the name, the county in >which the person died, and the date (or as close to it as you can come). > > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > >