These two webpages have links to many vital records that are available online. Some (eg., AZ, NM) even have the original certificates scanned in. http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/deathrecords.html http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/vitalrecords.html And speaking of Michigan, the deaths are online through 1897 here: http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/pha/osr/gendisx/search2.htm and Branch County even has an index online that goes to the present date: http://www.co.branch.mi.us/deathsearch.taf Gary