In a message dated 5/17/02 5:04:34 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > My search in the Statewide Death > Index reveals ancestors, but doing a global search on all databases does not > return any of them who are on the Statewide Death Index. > > I've had the same problem. Also, I can sometimes retreive information Statewide that doesn't come up with a specific county and vice versa. It pays to check all possibilities, a small price to pay for such a fantastic resource. I wish all states were doing as well as Illinois. Penny M