To the contrary, the death index that Ancestry has put online is from the Wisconsin State records: "Source Information: Ancestry.com. Wisconsin Death Index, 1820-1907. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original Data: Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services. Wisconsin Vital Record Index, pre-1907. Madison, WI: Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services Vital Records Division, 19xx." http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4984.htm Which don't claim to be complete -- but they're original source records. -deb - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - deb Christensen (deb_msn@msn.com) Graphics Connection Forum http://www.computingcentral.com/topics/graphics/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "vickie" <ves@globaldialog.com> To: <GenWisconsin-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 5:39 AM Subject: [GenWisconsin] Ancestry, Inc. > Hi:- I hope too many of you will not be disappointed in the Ancestry Death Index for Wisconsin. They do not have that many Wisconsin names. They take the names from family histories that were sent to them. I have many Wisconsin obituaries and not one of those names were on the Ancestry list. Family Tree Maker does the same thing. They accept your family histories and put them on CD's and sell that same information. vickie > > > ==== GenWisconsin Mailing List ==== > >