What I have found is that there is no name that cannot be misspelled by someone, at least as a typo. Sometimes letter get reversed so you could get something like Hednerson or Hendesron, for example. Depending on how the person wrote the H, it could even look like Fl. The letter d written in a stretched out way can look like 'cl'. N can look like u. Another thing that happens that I read about is for the middle initial to be attached to the surname instead of being separated by a space. It is interesting to go through large indexes like the SSDI or others experimenting with each letter of the alphabet attached to the beginning of the last name. AHenderson, BHenderson, etc. I tried this years ago and was surprised how many can be found like that although they may have improved the indexes since then and it certainly may not be the case here and I haven't tried it with the Chicago indexes. Michele [email protected] wrote: > > Thanks everyone for your input. > > > > I know she died here in Chicago in 1962. I know she was buried 05 May 1962. I have emailed Cook County through aforementioned site. Have to wait 7-10 days. If they don't respond favorably, I'll write a letter with a SASE. > > > > The cemetery gave me the funeral director's name. Unfortunately, it changed hands in 1991 and no previous record were kept. The previous owner has since passed on himself. I'm told by several funeral homes that they are not required by law to retain records. boo woo. > > > > My great-grandmother, CORA HENDERSON, was 108 when she died, She was born in 1854 in Arkansas. Her name does not seem to be one that would be mis-spelled. I'm sure she died of old age. That's obvious. I just want copy of her death record for my genealogy files to prove she did exist as there's no chance a record of her birth was made. > > > > Thanks again. Each and everyone of you are so appreciated. > > > > E. Stewart > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Good points, Michele, especially about the middle initial being attached to the surname.   I always remember a distant relative's entry on the FamilySearch SSDI.  The name should have been STEVE CHWASCINSKI, but, at some point fingers got shifted on the keyboard, and the name appears STEVE CHWASCUBSKI.  Being as Steve was from Illinois, if he was a baseball fan, he might not have minded the CHWAS-CUBS-KI entry.   :)   Ruth --- On Tue, 7/20/10, Michele <[email protected]> wrote: From: Michele <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] Missing Death Record To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 12:57 PM What I have found is that there is no name that cannot be misspelled by someone, at least as a typo.  Sometimes letter get reversed so you could get something like Hednerson or Hendesron, for example.  Depending on how the person wrote the H, it could even look like Fl.  The letter d written in a stretched out way can look like 'cl'.  N can look like u.  Another thing that happens that I read about is for the middle initial to be attached to the surname instead of being separated by a space.  It is interesting to go through large indexes like the SSDI or others experimenting with each letter of the alphabet attached to the beginning of the last name.  AHenderson, BHenderson, etc.  I tried this years ago and was surprised how many can be found like that although they may have improved the indexes since then and it certainly may not be the case here and I haven't tried it with the Chicago indexes. Michele [email protected] wrote: > > Thanks everyone for your input. > > > > I know she died here in Chicago in 1962. I know she was buried 05 May 1962.   I have emailed Cook County through aforementioned site.  Have to wait 7-10 days.  If they don't respond favorably, I'll write a letter with a SASE. > > > > The cemetery gave me the funeral director's name.  Unfortunately, it changed hands in 1991 and no previous record were kept.  The previous owner has since passed on himself.  I'm told by several funeral homes that they are not required by law to retain records.  boo woo. > > > > My great-grandmother, CORA HENDERSON,  was 108 when she died,  She was born in 1854 in Arkansas.  Her name does not seem to be one that would be mis-spelled. I'm sure she died of old age.  That's obvious.  I just want copy of her death record for my genealogy files to prove she did exist as there's no chance a record of her birth was made. > > > > Thanks again.  Each and everyone of you are so appreciated. > > > > E. Stewart >  > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message