> patsy, how is vancover, I was there two years ago. patsy I will look up the records for you I am from Tuskegee as a matter of fact I was born there I also have a neice work there as a paralegal for a lawyer. E-mailme the information and I will see what I can do to obtain those records thanks Jessie > From: Patsy McCoy <pmccoy@pacifier.com> > Date: 2004/04/08 Thu PM 05:44:58 EDT > To: ALMACON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ALMacon] Lookup > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > 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 > >