Hi I am new to this list; I live in New Zealand and don't know much about research in the USA. I am trying to confirm whether Joseph Walter WRIGHT is one of my ancestors. My Joseph WRIGHT was born in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1881 and was living in South America when his father died in 1917. I have just found a will here in NZ for a Joseph Walter WRIGHT who died in San Francisco, CA in 1950. How do I go about getting a death certificate or some other document to confirm who this person is? Many thank in advance Catherine Auckland, New Zealand.

The California Death Index contains the following: Wright, Joseph W. DOB 1 Jan. 1880 DOD 5 July 1950 Place of Death: San Mateo County (next door to San Francisco) Birthplace: Somewhere other than the U.S. You can order the death certificate from California Dept. of Health Services; here is the web site: http://www.dhs.ca.gov/chs/ovr/ordercert.htm Or you can get it faster from Vitalchek, but it will cost more: http://www.vitalchek.com Regardless of where you order the death certificate from, you will want to order an "informational copy," which contains the same information as the regular certified copy, but the application requirements are less stringent. Mark Lomax Pasadena, California Catherine Musgrave wrote: > Hi > I am new to this list; I live in New Zealand and don't know much about > research in the USA. I am trying to confirm whether Joseph Walter > WRIGHT is one of my ancestors. My Joseph WRIGHT was born in Dunedin, > New Zealand in 1881 and was living in South America when his father died > in 1917. I have just found a will here in NZ for a Joseph Walter WRIGHT > who died in San Francisco, CA in 1950. > How do I go about getting a death certificate or some other document to > confirm who this person is? > > Many thank in advance > Catherine > Auckland, New Zealand. > > > ==== CASANFRA Mailing List ==== > Bulletin Boards at sfgenealogy.com: > http://www.sfgenealogy.com/boards/ > > >

Are death certificate extractions still permitted? This would get the information to the lady in NZ much quicker and at little or no cost. I remember a very nice volunteer who was able to do this in San Mateo for people some years ago. I think her name was Chris. I have been off the list for a while so things may have changed. Pat Catherine Musgrave <[email protected]> wrote: Hi I am new to this list; I live in New Zealand and don't know much about research in the USA. I am trying to confirm whether Joseph Walter WRIGHT is one of my ancestors. My Joseph WRIGHT was born in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1881 and was living in South America when his father died in 1917. I have just found a will here in NZ for a Joseph Walter WRIGHT who died in San Francisco, CA in 1950. How do I go about getting a death certificate or some other document to confirm who this person is? Many thank in advance Catherine Auckland, New Zealand. ==== CASANFRA Mailing List ==== Bulletin Boards at sfgenealogy.com: http://www.sfgenealogy.com/boards/ --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less.

Catherine I found his funeral notice in San Francisco Examiner: July 6, 1950, pg 19 col 8: WRIGHT-At rest, July 5, 1950 Joseph W., brother of Violet Jeffries of England/ A former owner of Sierra Glass Company of San Francisco. Funeral services Friday 7, 1950 at 1 p.m. from the mortuary of Julius E. Godeau, Inc., 41 Van Ness Ave., near Market St. Also found a draft Reg. form for a Joseph Walter Wright, who was born in New Zealand (Eng) in 1881, job was Glass Salesman. Name of relative was Charles Fogler(sp), living ay 167 Lexington Ave., San Francisco. You might want to subscirbe to this list and ask for more help. CA-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L lists2 Topic: A mailing list for anyone desiring a check of this state's census records for their ancestors. Requests should be as specific as possible and include county name, specific family of interest, and year whenever possible. In addition, those who own or have access to census records and are willing to do lookups are asked to subscribe and assist in responding to queries. For questions about this list, contact the list administrator at [email protected] Subscribing. Clicking on one of the shortcut links below should work, but if your browser doesn't understand them, try these manual instructions: to join CA-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L, send mail to [email protected] with the single word subscribe in the message subject and body. To join CA-CENSUS-LOOKUP-D, do the same thing with [email protected] Subscribe to CA-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L Subscribe to CA-CENSUS-LOOKUP-D (digest) Unsubscribing. To leave CA-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L, send mail to [email protected] with the single word unsubscribe in the message subject and body. To leave CA-CENSUS-LOOKUP-D, do the same thing with [email protected] Unsubscribe from CA-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L Unsubscribe from CA-CENSUS-LOOKUP-D (digest) Archives. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them, going from one message to another. Some list archives are not available; if there is a link here to an archive but the link doesn't work, it probably just means that no messages have been posted to that list yet. Search the CA-CENSUS-LOOKUP archives Browse the CA-CENSUS-LOOKUP archives Hope this helps George Catherine Musgrave <[email protected]> wrote: Hi I am new to this list; I live in New Zealand and don't know much about research in the USA. I am trying to confirm whether Joseph Walter WRIGHT is one of my ancestors. My Joseph WRIGHT was born in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1881 and was living in South America when his father died in 1917. I have just found a will here in NZ for a Joseph Walter WRIGHT who died in San Francisco, CA in 1950. How do I go about getting a death certificate or some other document to confirm who this person is? Many thank in advance Catherine Auckland, New Zealand. ==== CASANFRA Mailing List ==== Bulletin Boards at sfgenealogy.com: http://www.sfgenealogy.com/boards/ --------------------------------- Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs.Try it free.