I am interested in this answer, too. Please post the answer to the list. Thanks, JB Wilson :-) ------------------ >Several of the Death Certificates I got from the Houghton County >Clerk are typed abstractions for the actual certificates. They give >cause of death and names of the parents of the deceased. Sometimes, >it would be useful to know who gave the information -- a still >living wife or children -- and where the person is buried. In one, >I think the name of the mother is probably a guess at what was >actually on the form. I would like to be able to decipher it >myself. Can I request an actual copy? > Marion Markham -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JB Wilson, Beaverton, OR, USA "Searching for the Living, Honoring the Dead" <designs@hevanet.com> Researching: Kangas, Eskola, Majenpää , Mattson/Matson, Makkonen, Runtujärvi, Rauma Barnes, Benedict, Crandle/Crandall, Miner, Ufford, Loomis & Williams NY/PA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~