Hello, all; I'm looking for a death record which occurred in 1891 (October). The person is buried in St. Mary's Cemetery with other family members. If he died in Kenton County (where his family lived), where would I apply for a death certificate of that time frame? The state office apparently has them starting with 1900. Any assistance would be much appreciated. Ann Bergelt Florida

I have been successful finding death certificates before 1900 by writing the vital statistics dept. in frankfort. It's hit or miss before 1900, but those death certificates are out there. If you know exact date of death, you could be in luck with the vital stats people. Also, if your person was buried from one of the churches in kenton co., you may find record of death in church records. I have tracked people down that way as well. From the censuses I get their neighborhood and start searching the nearest churches from there. Looks like your person was catholic, so this could be easy but time consuming. Pat ******************************************* Patricia A. Gough Secretary Penfield Public Library 1985 Baird Road Penfield, NY 14526 585-340-8720 ext. 4007 "Housework, if done properly, will kill you." -- Erma Bombeck -----Original Message----- From: AnnBergelt@aol.com [mailto:AnnBergelt@aol.com] Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 2:31 PM To: KYKENTON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [KYKENTON] Death record Hello, all; I'm looking for a death record which occurred in 1891 (October). The person is buried in St. Mary's Cemetery with other family members. If he died in Kenton County (where his family lived), where would I apply for a death certificate of that time frame? The state office apparently has them starting with 1900. Any assistance would be much appreciated. Ann Bergelt Florida ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

Hi Ann, I am sending this message both on and off list because I am not sure the e-mail list won't block the website address. You will want to request your record through the Kenton County Public Library. Go to this address: http://www.kenton.lib.ky.us/genealogy.html There are two main links right at the top of the page you will want to use to search for your ancestor. "Newspaper Index Northern Kentucky" and "geNKY Northern Kentucky Genealogy Indexes". It looks like the deaths for 1891 may not yet be indexed but you might find your ancestor in a newspaper obituary, St Elizabeth hospital records, cemetery records and possibly other items. Once you have a list of possible sources you can get the library to copy anything you need including the Covington Death certificate for a very reasonable fee. Library contact information can be found here: http://www.kenton.lib.ky.us/contactus.html Daryl On 5/16/05, AnnBergelt@aol.com <AnnBergelt@aol.com> wrote: > > Hello, all; > > I'm looking for a death record which occurred in 1891 (October). The > person is buried in St. Mary's Cemetery with other family members. > > If he died in Kenton County (where his family lived), where would I apply > for a death certificate of that time frame? The state office apparently > has > them starting with 1900. > > Any assistance would be much appreciated. > > Ann Bergelt > Florida > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >