Hi Mary Lee, they had to record them starting in 1916. There are a lot on record before that........most of the time not the ones you are looking for. Stella ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary Lee Davis Marchi To: ILPERRY-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 10:08 PM Subject: Re: [ILPERRY] Tamaroa Peach Farm Stella, When did Perry County, Ill. start recording Death Certificates? Mary Lee Davis Marchi ==== ILPERRY Mailing List ==== Perry County Message Board hosted by Ancestry.com http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/board/an/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.counties.perry