From Washington state records Michael Morrissey - Thomas Morrissey - Elizabeth Wall - Washington State Death Records Record Series: Death Records Collection: Washington State Death Records County: Statewide da reference number: {18BD6445-0F64-4936-86C3-0D826D11DBD8} image number: 1671 document number: 71 document reference id: 1261 name: Michael Morrissey date of death: 28 Dec 1923 age: 44 gender: Male race or color: place of burial: burial year: cemetery name: father name: Thomas Morrissey father birth place: mother name: Elizabeth Wall mother birth place: death place: Spokane, Spokane, Washington Citation: Washington State Death Certificate Index 1907-1960 In 1891 a law was passed requiring the county auditors to keep a register of all births and deaths in their counties (prior to 1891 births and deaths were not regularly recorded in Washington). By 1907, it was apparent that good records were not being kept at the county level, and it was recognized that a state-wide register was needed, so in 1907 a law was passed which required the State Board of Health to centralize all records of births and deaths within the state. Database: Washington State Department of Health Center for Health Statistics/ Death Certificate Index 1907-1960. ONLINE, 2008. Indexed provided by The Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Family Search Indexing Project: http://www.familysearch.org/ Source: Death certificates (Washington (State), 1907-1960; Index to death certificates, 1907-1979 Washington State Bureau of Vital Statistics. Microfilm of original records in the Washington State Bureau of Vital Statistics in Olympia. 972 microfilm reels; 16 mm. and 35 mm. Available: http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov