I've had both excellent, and horrible, luck - I've ordered 10 death certs, copied 4, and can't find 2. (Actually, I've only ordered 5 - waiting for their return to send in the next 5.) Not surprisingly, I found some of the 14 strictly by luck, due to numerous errors: My maternal G-g'mother was listed under Mrs. William B. DANIELS. Her name should have been Artie Susan (MANIS) DANIEL. Notice the addition of the "S" to the end of DANIEL. Hers is one of the four I copied an actual image of. Her husband and all in-laws, which I've also ordered, are without the "S"; According to the index, my maternal G-g'pa Wm B. DANIEL died in Jasper Co. My records had the right date, but wrong Co - Dade; As for the other side of my maternal family, I found that G-g'pa William Hiram SEWARD, Jr.was listed as Hiram SEWARD, with no mention of the Jr, or his actual given name, William; Paternal G-G'fa Adolphus Fernando REYNOLDS had the spelling of Adophus ... missing the "L"; My other paternal G-g'parents were named Moses M. and Mary (POLLARD) ROWLAND. His name was correct, but hers was spelled ROLAND, missing the "W". (Two more of the images I had copied.) I found the best way to search, if a name didn't come up initially with the correct info, was to go to the advanced search, type in only the LAST NAME and mark the "contains" button (I leave off the "S" at the end of those names that have it, and drop the last few letters of the name if it could be spelled a different way; eg, instead of MANIS, just put MAN ... this way it also picks up MANES, MANNESS, MANESS, etc.) I also use all the different spellings it could be, if only using two letters of the surname would cause excess amounts to show (such as "RO" for ROLAND/ROWLAND - that could pick up several other names - ROGERS, ROTHSCHILD, etc.) When you use the first name - even first initial, it limits your search, as that might not be the name they're using (such as Hiram for William, or Mrs. Wm B instead of Artie Susan.) I leave the year and month blank ... and use "search all" for counties, if I can't find a name in the county I think it should be in. You don't really know whether the one you're searching for died in the county where they lived; an accident could have happened when they were visiting another county, or while in the hospital in a different county. That's what happened with the two of mine that died in Jasper Co, instead of Dade. (They both died in the hospital in Joplin.) If there are lots of people in the surname being searched, I start with the counties it might likely be in, such as surrounding counties, or those the family has history in. If not found in those, then use the "search all" ... I'm also ordering siblings death certs, as it depends on who gave the info, as to how much family info is given. One might actually show the mothers' maiden name, while the other one doesn't (that one shows her married name.) Kay, thanks so much for providing us with this info ... I'm really anxious to get my maternal G'mo's back, so we can see what they show as the actual cause of death. Of the ones I have images of, we've found both asthma and heart problems, that tie into some of our current situations. Norma in Rio Linda, CA Kay Snow wrote: >I'm having the same problems, one thing I'm thinking is that compliance was >not great in the beginning. > >I am going to ask the archivist who was in charge of this project and see >what he can tell me. > >Will let you all know if I find out anything. > >The index is complete for 1910 to 1955, as soon as the records for 1956 are >released they will be added, etc. The images so far (this is ongoing) are >from 1910 to 1920. > >Kay > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Beverly Clark [mailto:massage_trbt@yahoo.com] > >I got the feeling when I was searching that not all of >the deaths had been entered yet, like it is still an >on going project. I am in the same boat as you. I >already have death certificates for some of those that >I looked for and nothing came up on them. > >Bev Clark > >--- Verna Williams <vmw916@comcast.net> wrote: > > > >>Why can't I get into the death index. I have >>several HOPKINS & MINICKS that died in MO., but it >>comes up that they can't be found. I even tried the >>ones that I have the d. cert. already, and they >>don't come up. Verna >> >> > > >==== MOCEDAR Mailing List ==== >Remember to add dates and places to you query. > >Listowner: mailto:MOCEDAR-admin@rootsweb.com > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > >