This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Zc.2ADI/1926.1.1 Message Board Post: I tried to go thru the state first because that is what I had been told. My grandfather died in 1925 and there was no record of it in Atlanta. They told me to go to the local health dept. That is where I was finally able to locate both his (dod 16 Aug 1925) and my ggrandfather's (dod 18 May 1933). Seems like Laurens did not share their death certificates freelly. Just don't be surprised if sometimes you can't get them from Atlanta and have to go to the county of death. Linda