Hi Rebekah, Go to http://www.vitalrec.com and click to you get to the Alameda Co., CA, page. Print out the form they provide for you. If you don't know the answers to all the questions, say "unknown". And keep in mind anyone can get a death certififate for anyone who died in Calif. It will be stamped in open block letters, NFORMATIONAL - NOT A VALID DOCUMENT TO ESTABLISH IDENTIY. You will be able to read everything that's on the document. The state of California turned over the death certificates to the individual counties about a year or so ago. When that first happened I sent for one through Alameda County and got it back in a couple of weeks. Good luck, Bev ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rebekah" <rebekahcanada@mchsi.com> To: <caalamed@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 5:16 PM Subject: Re: [CAALAMED] Death cert question > 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)