John, The URL you want is <http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/gendis/index.htm>. I've found that it is missing many Barry Co. deaths. If you know for a fact that your ancestor died in Barry Co., and he's not on GENDIS, try the LDS microfilms listed below at your nearest Family History Center. If you don't want to use the index, and you're just browsing, you need to know the Barry Co. vital records were often recorded at the end of the year, when the county clerk sorted and entered them by township. For example, if your ancestor was in Assyria Twp. in 1870, you would look at the beginning of the 1870 entries. Likewise, if she were in Yankee Springs, you'd look at the end of the 1870 entries. It's worth using these films for births, especially. State law forbids issuing birth certificates for anyone born fewer than 100 years ago, except to the person named or her parents, to prevent identity theft. But you can photocopy the filmed pages from the county clerk's ledgers for more recent births. Lynn Kenney ------------ Death index 1867-1976 FHL US/CAN Film 1008317 Death records v. A-B 1867-1920 FHL US/CAN Film 1008318 Birth index 1867-1976 FHL US/CAN Film 1008313 Birth index to v. E 1913-1934 FHL US/CAN Film 1065211 Item 7 Birth records v. A-B 1867-1884 FHL US/CAN Film 1008314 Birth records v. C1-C2 1884-1896 FHL US/CAN Film 1008315 Birth records v. D1-D2 1897-1913 FHL US/CAN Film 1008316 Marriage index 1839-1976 FHL US/CAN Film 1008319 Marriage records v. A1-A2 1839-1866 FHL US/CAN Film 1008320 Marriage records v. B-C 1865-1887 FHL US/CAN Film 1008321