Jim, If memory serves me correctly, they are now in Room 191 next door. Diane Jacobs -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Garrity via Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2015 8:54 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] Death Certificate from the DOH The New York Public Library Milstein Division on Fifth Avenue has bound Death Index books for all boroughs for the years up until 1982. These books were in Room 121 when I last used them. They definitely had the book for 1949 (one year's book, 1968, is missing). This will get you the certificate number - however, if the folks at the DOH want to play hardball, having the certificate number may not help. They make the rules, and even though we should be able to get death certs from 1949, they may not agree. Good luck, Jim Garrity -----Original Message----- >From: Kathleen Scarlett O'Hara Naylor via <[email protected]> >Sent: May 31, 2015 4:50 PM >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] Death Certificate from the DOH > >I have a 2x great-grandmother who died in Brooklyn in 1949, so her death >certificate is held by the Department of Health rather than the Municipal >Archives. However, I believe that it's old enough to be considered a >publicly accessible record. My request was just returned to me, having been >denied because I hadn't listed her parents' names, or the certificate >number. I don't know her parents' names - that's why I want the >certificate! And the application instructions said nothing about an index >where you could find the cert #, so I have no idea how I would even be able >to provide that. I provided her name, date of death, and place of death - >surely that's sufficient for them to look it up, no? > >Has anyone had success in ordering certs from the NYC DOH who can give me >some tips on how to get my request fulfilled? > >Thanks! >Kathleen > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message