On Jan 27, 10:46 am, "John Nichols" <be...@worldnet.att.net> wrote: > "Ace" <f...@fake.com> wrote in message > > news:n2Pmj.9254$EZ3.2270@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc.com... > > > > > > > "jim" <bo...@example.com> wrote in message > >news:bogus-116886.23280925012008@news.verizon.net... > >> In article <Raymj.524$xq2....@newssvr21.news.prodigy.net>, > >> "Ace" <f...@fake.com> wrote: > > >>> What is '72'? It is not her age. > > >> The death was reported by a funeral home. > > >> See <https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0202602125> > > >> jim > > > Thank you. So that means she died in Connecticut and it was reported by a > > funeral home? How do I find out what funeral home so I can write for the > > info? I'm particularly interested in her street address and the cause. > > Well, I can think of a couple three ways: > > First, check if Connecticut has death certificates online.  Many times death > certificates also mention which funeral home handled the deceased. > > Write state agency in Connecticut and ask for a copy of the death > certificate.  There's a very useful book by Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer, > called Long-Distance Genealogy that gives excellent advice on how to this, > along with letter templates for the actual correspondence.  As it happens I > I have it right here on my desk as I type this, and there's an appendix the > gives the addresses of the state library and archives for Connecitcut.  They > are: > > State Library: > > 231 Capitol Ave., Hartford CT 06106www.cslnet.ctstateeu.edu/ > > Atchives: > > Connecticut State Library > 231 Capitol Ave., Hartford CT 06106www.cslnet.ctstaeu.edu/archives.htm > > Do you know the county she died in?  Write the county clerk and ask about > getting a death certificate. > > Go to the relevant board on Rootsweb and post a query. > > Go tohttp://www.raogk.org/(Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness) and ask > if someone is willing to do a lookup for you. > > The above should be enough to get you started.  Good luck!- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - 1-27-2008 If you will post the decedent's name and date of birth and date of death here, I can check some public databases to see exactly where (street address and city/state and county) she lived at the time of death. GENEALOGICAL RESEARCHER ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------