Janet, official death records before 1912 in MS will be hard to find. Mississippi officially began reporting deaths at the state level Nov 1912. Some counties kept scattered records before that and may be found at the local court house. If you knew the area where he died, perhaps an obit would have been published in a newspaper. Bennie Janet Douglas wrote: > > Would like to know where or how I can obtain information or a death record > for George 'Henry' Hunt, July 27, 1906 in Mississippi. Do not know where in > the state the death occurred. Was either accidental or a homicide. Body > was shipped to Princeton, Indiana for burial. He worked for a timber firm > at the time of his death. > > Any suggestions greatly appreciated. > > Janet Elliott Douglas > starpocket@pahrump.net > > Researching: Hunt, Anderson, Elsfelder, Flinn, > Lynch, Elliott, Slaughterback, Sauerheber > > ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== > Help yourself to some data at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi in the database, and be sure to leave a little for others. > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB