Hello Debbi. Where exactly were these archives sent? I have been looking for the death certificate of a GGUncle Daniel POTTER who d. in 1913 in MO and cannot locate it in Dunklin Co. Where would I go to find the archives of those who lived in Dunklin, but d. in another county? Thanks. Elaine suhre ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbi Geer" <dgirth@yahoo.com> To: <MODunkli-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 11:54 PM Subject: Re: [MODUNKLI] MO Death Index 1910-1955 > > While working on a special project, I have come across > between 20 and 30 listings in the MO Death Index > 1910-1955 which were indexed as Dunklin Co MO deaths > but the certicates showed the death in another county > (mostly at the state hospital in Fulton, Callaway, > MO). > > Knowing that these misindexed certificates may prevent > someone from finding a relative, I sent a list which > consisted of the person's name as shown in the index, > the death county and the certificate number to the > Archives Reference email address given on the opening > page of the index. I received a reply saying that the > index will be corrected, however, the reply also noted > that the Archives used a paper index which was > produced by the MO Bureau of Vital Statistics. So > please don't blame the Archives as they trusted the > BVS. > > In closing, don't disregard a death certificate which > shows the death in another county - look at it. If > you find that it's been misindexed, please forward the > information to the Archives Reference area and help > others as you would want them to do in return. > > > Debbi Geer > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MODUNKLI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.16.0/609 - Release Date: 12/29/2006 > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.