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    1. Re: Clay County Deaths puzzle
    2. 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.

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