Chris & Vicki wrote: > Hi > > My sister went to get my grandfathers Death certificate. He died in 1974. > She was told that she was unable to access it until he has been dead for 50 > years. His children etc can purchase it in the meantime. The problem is that > all of the earlier generations have passed on and as grandchildren we are > the next generation. > > Is this true? > > Vicki > > Hi Vicki, The short answer is yes and no. As a direct descendant of my Grandfather, I was able to obtain his death certificate for 1961.However, I van not obtain the death certificate for my mothers brother who died in 1995. As he is another branch of the family I need written permission / authority from my cousin, his eldest son/ So long as direct descent can be proved there should not be a problem. Other states may differ in their rules, but this is the case for Qld. Perhaps there was confusion over the question of direct descent. I suggest you try again. Regards Howard Brisbane. , > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-QLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >