Hi Ruby, I am a little puzzled by your query as well as the response from Charlie Weaver. I was not aware that the 1907 period was a problem. (Cemetery records can usually be considered a valid record.) Without checking the exact details of the County, I believe death certificates became law by about 1914. Prior to that, cemetery records are often used to obtain death dates. Sometimes Church records are helpful if they were recorded and still exist in some form. In 1907 newspaper records might be available. Usually, prior to death certificates, court minutes or court orders are also helpful. If the deceased person left a will or otherwise owned property, some notation of the death were kept in Court Orders, Court Minutes, Will Probate, in the deeds, and occasionally in the Chancery records. This is because the courts had to determine what happened to the property (i.e., by will, estate sale, etc.) These are all separate sets of books and usually kept by the County. I am not sure how old these Court records have to be before a copy (or microfilm copy) is sent off to the state archives. - Dave On 10-Dec-00, Ruby Pruitt wrote: >Thanks for suggesting the library/Funeral Home, I have >checked there and my GGgrandparents(William H. & Alpha >Duvall Badger) are listed in the cemetery books, but I >was hoping to find some records for William's >death(D;1907). And thanks for letting me know about >Berlin, I had been to Bina and I know where it is. >Thanks Again Ruby >--- Pat/Chas <patchas@triad.rr.com> wrote: >> Yes, Ruby, there was a Berlin. During WW-I the name >> was changed to BINA. It's about 1 mile south of Lansing, in the >> area where Big Horse Creek empties into the N. Fork of the New >> River. My father attended a 1-room school there in the 1920 period. >> If you find any other records of deaths in the 1907 period, >> please let me know. My great-grandfather was killed in a >> logging accident then and I've never been able to find any report of his >> death. >> Charlie Weaver, Winston-Salem >> >> Ruby Pruitt wrote: >> >> > Does anyone know how I can find a persons death record >> > when he had died in 1907? Was there any other kind of >> > records kept about deaths? I'm stuck on my >> > GGgrandfathers parents(William Haines Badger)and would >> > like to know if any other kinds of records were >> > recorded anywhere else. I have not been able to find a >> > bible,did Churchs keep such records there in that >> > county? Also was there a Berlin in Ashe co.? >> > Thanks alot Ruby ============================================================ Dave Hamm Novi, Michigan email: odon@mail.oeonline.com URL: http://www.oeonline.com/~odon/HamCountry/HAMCountry.html ============================================================