Hi Katie, I'll look into it next trip to the library, 7 to 14 days, not sure yet. It is hit or miss on reports of native American vital events. F. S. Goff owned property in Twp 4 in June 1893. Death certs were not required until 1905-6, and there are few before that time, there might be something to be found. Steve At 10:15 PM 10/18/2001 -0400, you wrote: >As I now have a death year for my great-grandmother NORTH STAR, I am >wondering if someone can look for an obituary or death certificate in 1897 >Mariposa County. > >North Star was a fullblood Miwok Indian woman who was the wife of Frank Stahl >GOFF, longtime resident of Mariposa County. She may also have been known as >"Minnie" GOFF. The information I have from her son Ed GOFF's 1928 Indian >Enrollment states that North Star died in 1897 at age 50. She is buried in a >private family cemetery so I doubt there is any cemetery record for her. > >When did the county begin requiring death certificates? Is it likely that an >Indian woman would have had a death certificate in 1897? > >Joan Burnett Nichols >San Jose, California > > >==== CAMARIPO Mailing List ==== >The California GenWeb Project: >http://www.cagenweb.com/