Thanks. You are all great! I'm going to order his death certificate. Virginia ----- Original Message ----- From: <Hcounter@aol.com> To: <minnesota@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 4:06 PM Subject: Re: [MINNESOTA] Death Index -Francis Jeffery > > In a message dated 10/9/2006 3:29:53 PM Central Daylight Time, > co_sandy@msn.com writes: > > It is still often worth getting the document. N/A doesn't always mean > there > is no birth information on the record. Only that for one of several > reasons > it was not transcribed. I have had a few just like that and was glad I > wrote for the record anyway. Just a thought. > Sandy > > > > Sandy is correct. All the N/A means is that for that time period that > information was not INDEXED, it does not mean that it is not there. The > newer the > indexes the more info that is placed on them to help identify the correct > info, so do not pass up something that shows in the index as N/A, just > realize > that that * index heading* was not applicable for an index made up in > that > time period. > > Annie in Minnesota > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MINNESOTA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- http://USFamily.Net/dialup.html - $8.25/mo! -- http://www.usfamily.net/dsl.html - $19.99/mo! ---