This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kdF.2ACIB/392.1 Message Board Post: It sounds like someone gave you the wrong information. Here's the website for requesting birth and death certificates from the District of Columbia. http://dchealth.dc.gov/services/vital_records/index.shtm Good luck, Pam