I am forwarding this information, because many family members moved away to these areas. I hope that this may help get information on those distant family members. ------------------------------------------------------------------ * Searchable Death Indexes for the United States Death certificates are a valuable resource for genealogical and family history research. The following list of searchable online death indexes for the United States will be useful to American genealogists. · California Death Certificates http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ · Illinois Death Certificates, 1916-1950 www2.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/genealogy/forms/idphdeathsrch.h tml ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ · Kentucky Death Records http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ky/death/search.cgi http://ukcc.uky.edu/~vitalrec/ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ · Maine Death Records http://vitals.rootsweb.com/me/death/search.cgi ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ · Michigan Genealogical Death Indexing System, through 1897 http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/pha/osr/gendisx/search2.htm ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ · Minnesota Death Certificates http://people.mnhs.org/dci/Search.cfm ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ · Missouri Birth & Death Records Database http://www.sos.state.mo.us/archives/resources/birthdeath/ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ · Ohio Death Certificates, 1913-1937 http://www.ohiohistory.org/dindex/ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ · Oregon Historical Records Index http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/banners/genlist.htm ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ · Texas Death Records http://vitals.rootsweb.com/tx/death/search.cgi source: Legacy News 05-06-2003; http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Newsletter/LN05-06-2003.asp ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!