At 11:29 PM -0700 6/21/99, Norby Family wrote: > >I would be happy to provide the county number to a person that is actually >going to volunteer to visit the courthouse and transcribe the death >certificate - (I have a couple of death certificates I would like to have >looked up that I don't want to buy.) I don't see anyone volunteering for >that in Alameda county. Why is that do you think? Colleen: There are a lot of people living in Alameda County and I can't speak for all of them. I can, however, speak for myself. I do lookups in the CADI because it's quick, easy, AND--mostly--it's a source that people around the country do not have access to. (btw, I'm on a brief hiatus, so please folks, don't write to me for a CADI lookup this month). I don't trot down to the courthouse to transcribe death certificates because it's not even close to being convenient, it's a cumbersome process that is costly and time-consuming, AND--mostly--because anybody can write to court house and order the certificate themselves from the comfort of their own home (wherever it may be). My time for volunteering is limited and I prefer to spend it on helping people who don't have access to the resources. YMMV --Laurel ============= Warning! Dates in calendar are closer than they appear.