Hi Kathy, You were indeed very fortunate! Back in Oct. I wrote to the State for William E. Patterson's death certificate. I gave them his parent's names, occupation, b. abt. 1845, approx. date of death 1895/96 and that he lived all his life in New Haven. In Nov. I received a certificate for William Peters, same occupation, residence: Cheshire, b. 1833, d. 1898. I sent it back to them with a note explaining that only the first name & occupation matched my request. Yesterday, Mar. 13, I received William Peters cert. back again with a form letter and a yellow marker specifying that this was the only record that matched my request. And, also, that I did not include a fee!! Do you think that they would have sent me this cert. twice if I hadn't sent a fee? So, needless to say, when New Haven sent me Mary Emma (Chipman) Clark, DOD 15 Sep. 1894 instead of Emma Jean (Bassett) Clark, DOD 15 Oct. 1901; I didn't even bother to send it back. However, I will no longer write for certificates. I would rather pay someone who resides there to get them for me. This is the 4th one I have paid for that I didn't get. By the way, if anyone on the list has a William Peters or Mary Emma Clark fitting the above descriptions, let me know and I will send you these worthless (to me) certificates. June ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy" <eschek@myeastern.com> To: <CTNEWHAV-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 10:31 PM Subject: [CTNEWHAV] Vital Records Response > Hi > > A few weeks back folks were telling about their experiences requesting records.I'd like to say that my experience was very positive. Initially, I sent in for 3 records from New Haven but sent a personal check. Within 2 weeks I got a form back saying that a bank check was required. I resent my request and about 2 weeks after that, I had my copies! > > > ==== CTNEWHAV Mailing List ==== > Please avoid flaming (attacking) any single person or the group. This infraction will earn you immediate removal from the list. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

June, Bummer. My records were much more recent (1950's or so) so that might make a difference. Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "June Woodham" <JWOOD7311@peoplepc.com> To: <CTNEWHAV-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 12:21 AM Subject: Re: [CTNEWHAV] Vital Records Response > Hi Kathy, > You were indeed very fortunate! Back in Oct. I wrote to the State for > William E. Patterson's death certificate. I gave them his parent's names, > occupation, b. abt. 1845, approx. date of death 1895/96 and that he lived > all his life in New Haven. In Nov. I received a certificate for William > Peters, same occupation, residence: Cheshire, b. 1833, d. 1898. I sent it > back to them with a note explaining that only the first name & occupation > matched my request. Yesterday, Mar. 13, I received William Peters cert. > back again with a form letter and a yellow marker specifying that this was > the only record that matched my request. And, also, that I did not include > a fee!! Do you think that they would have sent me this cert. twice if I > hadn't sent a fee? > So, needless to say, when New Haven sent me Mary Emma (Chipman) Clark, > DOD 15 Sep. 1894 instead of Emma Jean (Bassett) Clark, DOD 15 Oct. 1901; I > didn't even bother to send it back. However, I will no longer write for > certificates. I would rather pay someone who resides there to get them for > me. This is the 4th one I have paid for that I didn't get. > By the way, if anyone on the list has a William Peters or Mary Emma Clark > fitting the above descriptions, let me know and I will send you these > worthless (to me) certificates. > > June > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kathy" <eschek@myeastern.com> > To: <CTNEWHAV-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 10:31 PM > Subject: [CTNEWHAV] Vital Records Response > > > > Hi > > > > A few weeks back folks were telling about their experiences requesting > records.I'd like to say that my experience was very positive. Initially, I > sent in for 3 records from New Haven but sent a personal check. Within 2 > weeks I got a form back saying that a bank check was required. I resent my > request and about 2 weeks after that, I had my copies! > > > > > > ==== CTNEWHAV Mailing List ==== > > Please avoid flaming (attacking) any single person or the group. This > infraction will earn you immediate removal from the list. > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ==== CTNEWHAV Mailing List ==== > Please do not send messages with attachments, HTML, MIME, or any other > enhanced text to the list. RootsWeb does not allow messages with those > settings through their servers and will only return them to you. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >