This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JRB.2ACE/1592.1.2 Message Board Post: Gwen: In response to your reply of the question about someone who wanted to get the death certificate of their grandmothers brother-in-law. Although in a case like that the person is not a blood relative. However, what does NYC use to define "relative" i can find no standards listed on the NYC-DOH website. NYS-DOH does list standards on theirs...and has time periods listed. But, all NYC says is that they will release a death certificate of a "relative" We'll i want to send for the death certificate of my grandfather's sister who died in Queens in 1989. She would therefore be a blood relative to me and be my great aunt. Would NYC DOH release the death certificate to me??. Because i know under NYS-DOH standards if she died in the state outside of the city...i would NOT be entitled. However, i know NYC has a separate Vital Statistics Office and does not operate under the Albany system...so just wanted to see if this would be different. If you know...please advise. Thanks, JIM BOOTH Highland Mills, Orange County, NY [email protected]