It might also be beneficial to look for an index of some sort. I ordered several death certificates from Alabama before I found out there was a death records index. They charge $12.00 for the search. If no death certificate is found you can't get a refund. But with the death records index you can know beforehand if a death record exists. Randall Fields TLTURBO@aol.com wrote: > I have had a couple people write asking about my tip on getting Death > Certificates. Here is some more help. > > If you go to the web site for the county or state that you are looking in, > there is usually a link to VITAL RECORDS. This usually will tell you what > years the records are available for, when they started keeping them, when the > state started requiring them be sent to the state, and where they can be > found. This will save a lot of writting and calling. You might also look > at the web site for your States Genealogical Society. That almost always has > links to Vital Records. > > Have fun and good luck. > > Terry Littleton (listdad) > > ==== LITTLETON Mailing List ==== > LITTLETON-L@rootsweb.com