Well he could be in Vigo Owen or Greene counties as the death depending on where in Clay Co they lived.. On Thu, 24 Feb 2000 14:11:34 -0800 (PST) Laura Ellen Mitchell <lmitch@iquest.net> writes: >On the Indiana Clay Rootsweb page, once you choose Clay County >Genealogy >Online, as you scroll down, there is a choice of clicking on Clay >County >Deaths. When I did so, I found a death for: Cress, Harrison, Oct. >6, >1890 age 6 mos This seems VERY likely to be Harry Criss, born >the same >year. > >I then sent off to the Clay County Health Dept. for a death >certificate. >They can't find him under several suggested spellings - Cress, Criss, >etc. >He does not appear in the WPA death records for Clay County. Does >anyone >know where this information on the web page came from? It is very >important, in that I think he is the last child of my >great-grandfather, >John C. Criss, whom he calls "Harry" in a list of his children that >was >written in 1915. I did not know this child existed until the Civil War >records came from the National Archives. After Harry's name it says >"dead". Harry was born Apr. 13, 1890. A WPA birth record shows a >different mother for him than my great-grandmother, but that could be >a >mistake like many others in the records. So why can't I find a death >record >if he appears in this Clay County Deaths list? But then, why doesn't >he >appear in the WPA records? If I could obtain a death certificate, it >might >clear up as to who really was his mother - Annie Elizabeth Kendall >Newton >Asbaugh Criss or Mary Henley. So my first priority is to find out >where the >website info came from, if anyone can help. > > > >Laura E. Mitchell lmitch@iquest.net >2522 College Ave. lmitchell@vigo.lib.in.us >Terre Haute, IN 47803 >(812) 234-0692 > >Visit the Vigo County Public Library Webpage at: >http://vax1.vigo.lib.in.us >or http://www.vigo.lib.in.us >Genealogists: Check the VCPL webpage for an index of obituaries in >the >Terre Haute newspaper, 1903-1966, >http://vax1.vigo.lib.in.us/~obits/index.htm >VCPL now has the 1820 census of Vigo County online: >http://vax1.vigo.lib.in.us/1820/index.htm > > > > > > > >==== INCLAY Mailing List ==== >To remove your address from this list visit; >http://www.rootsweb.com/~inclay/list.htm > ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.