If you're her most directly related surviving relative, and can prove it using run-of-the-mill paperwork, then you should be able to make some sort of special request for access to her records. It might be prudent to lean on the close family angle rather than announce yourself as a gene hunter. I would also check out the burial plot anyway - they could merely be assuming that it's unmarked. It probably is, but you never know! Good luck. Lawrence -----Original Message----- From: essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of WENTINKE@aol.com Sent: 08 August 2008 09:49 Snip> I contacted the hospital, who informed me that as the information that she was a patient there they could tell me some information, but as it was less than 100 years ago this information would be limited. <snip>... I will have to wait until 2022 to ask for her medical records. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.5.12/1589 - Release Date: 03/08/2008 13:00