I sent said message last week but haven't seen it, so I'll try again. Is this typical? After being repeatedly ignored by the Fleming town clerk, I sent a request for a death certificate copy to the NYS Health Dept Archives. I knew the date and place of death, and a list member even looked up the death certificaae number in the Index at the Syracuse Library, so I even had the certificate. I included the exorbitant fee of $26 or something. I sent that in beginning of January 2004. In August 2004, they cashed my check. At the end of January 2005, over a year from my original request, I got my death certificate. Thanks Teress