Good point, Rich. Note that Bath is in Steuben County, not Schuyler. Write to the county clerk there. Ric Rich Hill wrote: > Michael, > > I respect your civil war knowledge and appreciate the very informative > postings that you submit. > > I wonder, if your ancestor was a civil war vet, if you have thought to check > for a death certificate in Schuyler Co.? Many of the vets went to the > retirement home in Bath, NY. > > In answer to your question about a certificate being lacking fo 1905, my > confidence of a vital record being avilable starts at about the WW I period. > My dad was born at home in 1906 and he never had a birth certificate. We > had to go to church confirmation records and census documents to get a > social secuirty number for him. The official law started in 1880 but I have > found that many people did not comply in the early years. > > Best regards. > Dick Hillenbrand > Syracuse, NY > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Michael Burnett <mwburne@worldnet.att.net> > To: <GEN-NYS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, August 26, 1999 5:33 AM > Subject: Death Certificate from 1900 - 1905 not there > > > My ggg Grandfather, Joel DAVIS died in Horseheads, Chemung Co. NY > > between 1900 and 1905, I know this because he > > was listed in the 1900 federal census at age 85 and > > in the 1905 NYS census he is not in the household > > and his surviving wife, Matilda POWELL DAVIS wife was head. > > > > There is no information in the vital records death certificate > > index at Albany for his death, at least not that I could find, and > > I looked for every year surrounding the period of his death > > and there were no Joel DAVIS' which would have been him. > > I know that some of the index fishe are missing for some > > surnames for certain years, but I don't believe that this was > > a problem in my case. > > > > I am writing to the vital records office in Elmira in the hope that > > they may have a death certificate for my Joel DAVIS that was > > not indexed. > > > > My questionis, has anyone else has this happen? I know that > > initial compliance with the death certificate law was quite > > spotty from, say 1880 - 1885, or so, but compliance with > > the death certificate requirement should have > > been near 100% by 1900 and that is why I am perplexed at why > > there seems to be no death dertificate for my ggg Grandfather. > > > > Any help/info/suggestions would be appreciated. > > > > Mike Burnett > > mwburne@aol.com > > Cave Creek, AZ > > > > > > ==== GEN-NYS Mailing List ==== > > Have you forgotten how to UNSUBSCRIBE? > > Visit the GEN-NYS-L Frequently Asked Questions (And Answers!) web page: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nozell/GEN-NYS-L/FAQ/GEN-NYS-L.html > > > > > > ==== GEN-NYS Mailing List ==== > Have you considered joining the Rootsweb Genealogical Data > Cooperative? > http://www.rootsweb.com/