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
It has been a while, but the cert # is a big help. The cemetery can help you get this information and you can share it when filling out the request /form. There is a fee. Sometimes the death certificates don't have all the information they are supposed to have. Good luck. On 5/31/2015 4:50 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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 > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com