I ordered my grandfather's certificate from: https://www.vitalchek.com/ I don't know if it made a difference, but I knew his parent's names. Bobbi On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 04:50 PM, Kathleen Scarlett O'Hara Naylor via 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