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/hMB.2ACI/936.1.1.1 Message Board Post: The Bureau of Vital Records will search a 10 ten span. If you know the year that is sufficient. Just fill out what information you have(age, race, sex, etc.). With such a name I doubt that there would be any trouble getting a death certificate. Gary Conwell