--part1_1d444fb5.24384718_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have also come across death certificates when a will has had to go to probate. You might want to check the probate records at the Jackson County Courthouse in Mariana FL. Cathy Strickland Popp --part1_1d444fb5.24384718_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <FLORIDA-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-zc01.mx.aol.com (rly-zc01.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.1]) by air-zc03.mail.aol.com (v59.4) with SMTP; Sat, 03 Apr 1999 13:10:13 -0500 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by rly-zc01.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id NAA17578; Sat, 3 Apr 1999 13:09:57 -0500 (EST) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id KAA20636; Sat, 3 Apr 1999 10:08:45 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 10:08:45 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 13:08:50 -0500 From: "Brian E. Michaels" <michaels_b@popmail.firn.edu> Subject: Re: death records Old-To: Brenda Antal <bantal@magicnet.net> Old-Cc: FLORIDA-L@rootsweb.com Message-id: <37065932.4282258F@popmail.firn.edu> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en] (Win95; I) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <002001be7dfb$31231a80$27c906d0@jantal.ppp> Resent-Message-ID: <"q4rSX.A.-BF.sklB3"@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: FLORIDA-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: FLORIDA-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <FLORIDA-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/2938 X-Loop: FLORIDA-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: FLORIDA-L-request@rootsweb.com Reply-To: michaels_b@popmail.firn.edu Brenda, As in all such indexes, there is a fairly good chance of such an error. There is a probably equal chance in the 1920s, especially in rural areas, that the certificate either was not issued or was not forwarded to the state vital statistics office.. I have on several occasions found a certificate in a county health department when the state office in Jacksonville knew nothing of its existence. I'd recommend that you check both the county health department--asking them specifically to check the original certificate books that they should have but may not want to fool with--and the city, if the death was within their limits. Have you tried any local funeral home(s)? Sometimes they have copies--even in fairly early cases. If you have or can get a newspaper obituary, it MAY identify the funeral home. If they're out of business, someone may have or know the location of their records. [My guess: It is highly unlikely that anybody short of the governor himself could get Jacksonville to go through the original certificates there, even if they all still exist, which I doubt. And I'm not sure the governor himself could get it done well.] Hope this helps. --Brian Michaels **************************************** Brenda Antal wrote: > > With all the talk of vital records: I wonder about the chances of people > being left off the death index while there could in fact be a death > certificate. > > My gggrandfather, Zeb R Jones died in Graceville, Jackson Co, FL on Nov 19, > 1927 or 1928. I would have expected a death certificate. I checked the > death index myself and did not find it. State of FL says there is none. > > Does anyone know if the vital stat office checks the certificates or just > the index? Is there a reliable way to have them search the certificates? > > Thanks for any help, > Brenda > > Jones: GA>AL>FL > Paulk: GA>FL > Crawford: SC?>GA>FL > Griffin: GA>FL --part1_1d444fb5.24384718_boundary--