> Desmonds Death Indexes only go to 1940. > Your best help would be to get her death date > off of a tombstone if you know where she was > buried. A Death Index book is about to be > published that will go to 1948 but it will be > awhile before anything later is done. The 1941-1948 volume has been published; our library just got a copy of it. See Desmond's site at: http://www.arkansasresearch.com > > Does anyone have a copy of Desmond's Arkansas Death Index book, who > > could do a look up for Clara or Clarinda Cottrell?  Her husband was > > William Cottrell.  According to family sources, she died in 1950. > > Clara's last known location was Boone Co. AR about 1910.  An exact date is not required to order a death certificate; they will search a several year range for you. Especially Arkansas is so cheap (only $4 for a death certificate/search), I would just try ordering one. Send the info you have, and see if they can find something for you. For Arkansas vital records info see: http://health.state.ar.us/htm/vr_faq.htm Regards, dave