This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/2FB.2ACI/1940.1 Message Board Post: Death cert. will list parents names (if given). Used his given name State of Michigan Death Certificate Request Link: http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/PHA/OSR/DEATHAPP.HTM REQUESTING A MICHIGAN DEATH RECORD The Michigan Vital Records office has records of deaths that occurred in Michigan and were filed with the state since 1867. Some of the records were not filed with the state; more records are missing from the pre-1916 files. Anyone is eligible to request a copy of a Michigan death record if the application is completed and signed and the required fee paid. If he died in Wayne county, Mi.; use this to purchase the death cert. City of Detroit Link: http://www.ci.detroit.mi.us/health/vital/vital_m.htm http://www.ci.detroit.mi.us/fAQ.htm (death certificate) **************************************************************** Q Where do I go to get a birth certificate or death certificate? A The Detroit Health Department, Vital Records Division, Herman Kiefer Health Complex, 1151 Taylor (zip 48202-1732) near the John C. Lodge. The phone numbers are 313-876-4049 and 313-876-4133. Person must have died in Wayne County, Michigan