This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Abrams, Hendrickson, Watts, Rogan, Moquin, Porretto, Barnes Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/lRB.2ACE/933.1 Message Board Post: That is a tough one. I went through that with my g-grandmother until I found where she was buried and even then Hempstead didn't have her death certificate (after $22.00); her town did. Sometimes italiangen dot org has names before 1936 (didn't see her though). I did find an "Emily" Ruff in the 1930 census in Queens, born in Germany about 1862 living with her daughter, Elizabeth, age 32. Not sure if her. You may want to check cemeteries in the area (church cemeteries also). Also social security records help with later deaths (checked-didn't see her there either).