Try contacting the Family Research Society of Northeastern NC, phone 1-252-333-1640. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: Willie D. Smith <willsmith@ficom.net> To: <NCPERQUI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2000 11:23 AM Subject: [NCPERQUI] Re: Death Cert. Answer > Does anyone on this and the Perquimans County list live near Hertford? I > would be very happy to pay someone to find some death certificates for me if > they could go to the courthouse in Hertford and find them. I also need a > transcript of the burials at Cedarwood cemetery if there is a cemetery book > for Perquimans County. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Elizabeth Ross" <martingen@hotmail.com> > To: <NCCHOWAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: May 05, 2000 5:13 PM > Subject: Re: Death Cert. Answer > > > > Dixie is correct with her information on NC birth/death certificates. I > can > > add that the state of NC did not begin officially recording same until > 1913. > > Anyone born before 1913 either had no certificate, or may have applied for > a > > Delayed Birth Certificate when they needed one for Social Security > reasons, > > or to prove their ages when drivers' licenses became a legal requirement, > or > > to apply for a passport, etc. Many (probably most) counties retain the > > original certificates dating from 1913 in their court houses. > > > > Betsy Ross > > > > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > > From: Dixchas@aol.com > > To: NCCHOWAN-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Death Cert. Answer > > Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 17:19:40 EDT > > > > Per NC Research by Leary & Stirewalt, early requirements to record the > > events > > of births & deaths was largely ignored. Certificates usually appear in > the > > county in which the individual resided and sometimes in the county in > which > > the event took place. The NC Division of Health Services, Vital Records > > Branch, P.O.Box 2091 Raleigh NC 27602 has copies of all b & d certificates > > from 1930 to present. Death certificates prior to 1930 are at the NC > State > > Archives, Archives & Records Section. Dixie > > > > > > ============================== > > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > ============================== > > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > > >