In a message dated 1/12/02 9:52:01 PM US Eastern Standard Time, mdunlap@effingham.net writes: > Have you tried to contact the funeral home for a copy of his death > certificate? I don't know. I have always gone to the court house. DNS

Diane, Funeral homes today are required to have that death certificate, and for a death as recent as the 1950's they surely would still have it on file. It would be worth a try! Marian