Until you can obtain the death record I suggest that you obtain her obituary which hopefully will contain good information. The funeral home should have a copy and also the newspapers where she lived. Perhaps she also had next of kin who have a copy and will provide you with a photocopy of it. Tree Mother "She is insane, of course. The family history has become a mania for her." Hercule Poirot ----- Original Message ----- From: "art" <art@sw.rr.com> To: <MISSISSIPPI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 5:51 PM Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] MS death records > Try the funeral home that was used. They keep records of the information > provided for the death certificate. I have had good luck being allowed to > see their records. > > Art > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Beverly Portillo" <zooriffic@earthlink.net> > To: <MISSISSIPPI-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 8:27 PM > Subject: [MISSISSIPPI] MS death records > > > > Hello > > My great aunt, Dixie IRBY, died in Marshall County on March 23, 1972. I > > have tried, to no avail, to obtain a copy of her death certificate from > the > > Dept of Health. They say death records for genealogy purposes are only > > available to 1962. Does anyone know of any way I can get around this? Is > > there a loophole out there that I don't know about? Any information will > be > > greatly appreciated. > > Beverly Portillo > > Hayward, CA > > RAOGK Volunteer for Alameda County > > > > > > ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== > > Visit the Mississippi-L Website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi > > where you can both SUBSCRIBE and UNSUBSCRIBE with a click of the mouse. > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.769 / Virus Database: 516 - Release Date: 9/24/2004 > > > ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== > Visit the Mississippi-L Website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi > where you can both SUBSCRIBE and UNSUBSCRIBE with a click of the mouse. > > ============================== > You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from > http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ >