In a message dated 1/18/02 9:46:11 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > What? I just sent for my great grandfather's BC in > North Haven. He's been dead since the early 60s and > was born in 1896. I shouldn't expect to receive it? > Geez, Cuyahoga County in Ohio has an online database > of marriage records and I brought up my parents > marriage from 1960 right on the internet! > You should have a much better chance of success for two reasons - first, you are looking for a death cert. rather than a birth and second, North Haven should be much more helpful than New Haven. New Haven is the worst - they are only open one morning per week, so everyone is there doing research during those three hours. On top of that, they only have one small table which is usually covered with #$%#$. Bill Coley Orange, CT