You are right, if there was a cert, they should be able to provide it without a cert number. It is possible that she did not die in the borough in NYC that you indicated. Or the name recorded was different than you provided, or a different date. Did you request an extended search of other boroughs and/or other years, etc? Gail ~ Gail Schinnerer Jorgensen ~ On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 1:50 PM, Kathleen Scarlett O'Hara Naylor via < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 >