I just received this from another maillist. "Illinois State Archives has stopped sending out free death certificates  as of 15 November 2002. They will honor all requests that were made up to that point in time." http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/idphdeathindex.html List manager for: [email protected] <A HREF="http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl">RootsWeb Mailing List Search: ILRANDOL</A> David McKELVEY [email protected] Note: Unless told otherwise, sharing information with me is okay to share with others. Let's keep Genealogy FREE.