On 4/25/04 (1:11:49 AM MDT), in a posting to both the Kings County and the Suffolk County Ancestry Board that were 'gatewayed' to both NYKINGS-L@rootsweb.com and NYSUFFOL-L@rootsweb.com, Carol Mead (carolcdm@hotmail.com) asked, "Looking for death certificate number for Anna (Annie) Lenora FRIEND. She was born in Philadelphia, PA January 12, 1874. DIED....March 14, 1961 in Pilgrim State Hospital, Suffolk County (?), New York. Buried in Cypress Hills Cemetery, Kings County, Brooklyn, NY. Wife of William H.C. FRIEND daughter of John DAVISON and Mary HUNTER." The records from Pilgrim Psychiatric Center (as well as the records from Central Islip Psychiatric Center and from Kings Park Psychiatric Center), may be at: Pilgrim Psychiatric Center 998 Crooked Hill Road Brentwood, NY 11717-1087 Tel: 631/761-3500 Fax: 631/761-2600 eMail: PilgrimPC@Omh.State.Ny.Us http://www.omh.state.ny.us/omhweb/facilities/pgpc/facility.htm I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting. Regards, Walter Greenspan

Hello, Carol ... The simplest way to find a death certificate number is to order a copy of the certificate from Albany. You have enough information to place the order. In addition, many states have a microfiche/microfilm death index available at large libraries. (Washington State is one; I use the index at the Seattle library frequently.) These indices are generally arranged by Soundex Code. I know such an index is available for NYC; for other parts of the state you may need to query the county where the death occurred. For others seeking resources, the following website is quite useful: http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/deathrecords.html ~~Cadia