Holy Cross can give you the certificate Number! They also can tell you who might be in the grave/plot. Call them. On 5/31/2015 7:53 PM, Kathleen Scarlett O'Hara Naylor via wrote: > Her name was Mary King O'Hara, and she died in Brooklyn on 5 Nov 1949. > > I do have an obituary, but no access to it at the moment (have not yet > transferred my files from the old computer to the new). I don't believe it > mentioned siblings, although I believe she had at least 2 brothers in the > US, John and Martin. You're right that I should track them down further - I > have them on a few census records, but that's it. > > I think she's buried in Holy Cross, but that's just going off of memory - > again, files are still on the old computer. (Ok, I get it, I know what I > need to do next.) > > No marriage certificate yet - a few years ago I was trying to track down > baptismal records for her kids, and traced the family through a few > Brooklyn neighborhoods and tried to get in touch with the most relevant > Catholic churches for their locations, but only was able to ID one > baptismal record (no one else in the family was married or baptized at that > parish). One other parish told me they didn't find anything, and none of > the others responded - but I didn't follow up beyond the initial contact. > > Regardless of the other avenues I can and should pursue, it's still > frustrating to be denied a record I think I should have access to! > > Kathleen > > On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 5:03 PM, Robert Pieterse <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Do you have an obituary ?? She may have siblings >> >> Do you know were she is buried ?? >> >> Do you a have a marriage record ?? >> >> Dome of abv may be beneficial to explore >> >> Ehat is the name and date of death .................. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Kathleen Scarlett O'Hara Naylor via <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sun, May 31, 2015 4:52 pm >> 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 > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com