Thanks a lot Laura! Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: Laura Ellen Mitchell <lmitch@iquest.net> To: <INCLAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 9:16 PM Subject: Re: Help Please!!! > If this man actually died in Indianapolis, you should be able to get a copy > of the death certificate from the Marion County Health Department. There is > a fee. You also have to send them a photocopy of your driver's license, and > print out and fill out an online form, which asks the purpose of your > request/how you are related, etc. I usually just put genealogy down for > mine, and bore them with the specifics. But as I say, mine have been from > many years back. The death certificate USUALLY lists the place of burial. > I have only obtained older ones, from 1928 back, from various counties, and > they are not always correct. I would hope a more modern death certificate > would have all the info correct. Depending on where he was buried, some > cemeteries have excellent records. His obit may have been in the Terre > Haute paper also, although if he was a Brazil person, it would probably just > be a repeat of the Brazil article if there was one. The Vigo County public > library has obits for the time period in question on microfilm. You find > the obituary microfilm that covers when he died, then crank through > alphabetically until you find him (hopefully). These obits were microfilmed > from the Terre Haute Tribune or Terre Haute Star. If you want to call the > library, call 812-232-1113 and ask for Special Collections. You would have > to relay your request, and then call back another day to see if they can > find anything. The library will not call you back long distance. The > microfilm desk takes care of searching the microfilms, but you deal with the > Special Collections (Genealogy) dept. Just some ideas of other ways to > search for what you want. Clay County might be your best bet in the long > run. Small home town newspapers usually run much better obituaries! > > At 12:57 PM 8/1/00 -0600, you wrote: > >An obit that I received for Herbert Gray who passed away in November 1970 > in Indianapolis, states that Miller & Sons Funeral Home, Brazil, was in > charge of services. I can't seem to find a Miller & Sons funeral home; were > they bought by another funeral home? Where could I write for information on > the burial; i.e., what cemetery and who was listed as next of kin? The obit > from Indianapolis did not list any survivors. Also, where can I write to > find out if there was an obit in the Brazil paper? > > > >Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm in South Dakota and I'm > originally from Vigo County so I have very little experience researching in > Clay County. > > > >Thanks a lot, > >Sharon Collins > > > > > >==== INCLAY Mailing List ==== > >Visit the Clay County Indiana InGenWeb site at; > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~inclay/ > > > > > > > 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 contact the INCLAY list owner,send a message to; > fred@claynet.com >