Hello all, I have been trying for 2 years now, to order the death cert of Robert A. STEARMAN died March 4, 1938. First I sent it to the wrong address supplied on the internet (how can the internet be wrong...; ) It took a while, but came back. Then I sent it to another address supplied by people who knew and they have not cashed my check yet. That was almost 13 months ago. It has not come back, but I've given up. I decided to buy it on line, however, they require (or they won't let you continue on to buy it) the parent's names and the city the person died in. He died in Alameda County, but I don't know what city. And if I knew the parent's names, I wouldn't be ordering the cert! So, where do I go from here? Is there a place I can check the city he might have died in? I even have the state file #, but they don't ask you for that on line. Thank you for any help you might be able to offer. jamie

Jamie, I looked at the CA Death Index and see that your Robert A. STEARMAN was age 88 at the time of his death in 1938. Looking at US Censuses for a Robert STEARMAN born anywhere c1850 (+/- 2 years) and residing anywhere, I find only one match per census year, and the middle initial A appears in at least two of these matches. This particular individual I'm finding was born in IL to Robert C. STEARMAN and wife Frances. He appears to have married GRACE and migrated from IL to KS to ID before coming to CA (Los Angeles) before the 1930 census. Do you need any of this census information? Jamie Hunter <jamiejhunter@hotmail.com> wrote: Hello all, I have been trying for 2 years now, to order the death cert of Robert A. STEARMAN died March 4, 1938. First I sent it to the wrong address supplied on the internet (how can the internet be wrong...; ) It took a while, but came back. Then I sent it to another address supplied by people who knew and they have not cashed my check yet. That was almost 13 months ago. It has not come back, but I've given up. I decided to buy it on line, however, they require (or they won't let you continue on to buy it) the parent's names and the city the person died in. He died in Alameda County, but I don't know what city. And if I knew the parent's names, I wouldn't be ordering the cert! So, where do I go from here? Is there a place I can check the city he might have died in? I even have the state file #, but they don't ask you for that on line. Thank you for any help you might be able to offer. jamie ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAALAMED-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Mary Thiele Fobian Genealogical & Historical Research Pacific Grove, California

Hello, I use "?" and "Unknown" to get past questions I don't know the answer to. It seems to be working. Jamie Hunter wrote: > Hello all, > > I have been trying for 2 years now, to order the death cert of Robert A. > STEARMAN died March 4, 1938. > > First I sent it to the wrong address supplied on the internet (how can the > internet be wrong...; ) > It took a while, but came back. > Then I sent it to another address supplied by people who knew and they have > not cashed my check yet. That was almost 13 months ago. It has not come > back, but I've given up. > > I decided to buy it on line, however, they require (or they won't let you > continue on to buy it) the parent's names and the city the person died in. > He died in Alameda County, but I don't know what city. And if I knew the > parent's names, I wouldn't be ordering the cert! > > So, where do I go from here? Is there a place I can check the city he might > have died in? I even have the state file #, but they don't ask you for > that on line. > > Thank you for any help you might be able to offer. > jamie -- Regards, Rebekah rebekahcanada@mchsi.com rebekah-canada@uiowa.edu "And they wonder why the maples Can't be happy in their shade." Trees (Neil Peart from Rush)