This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WUB.2ACI/1320.1.1 Message Board Post: Beverly, Thank you for your quick reply. After reviewing the information on Death Certificates I totally agree with you. The official web site states you just need to be a relative. So I'm going to give it a try. My main decision there is whether she died in Queens or Brooklyn. My Aunt and Uncle were life long residents of Brooklyn. But, my Uncle's information states in the SS death index the last know location was Lynbrook, NY. He's buried in Long Island National Cemetery. I believe at the end of their lives they may have been put into a nursing home or homes. My Uncle was buried by his sister. So I'm assuming Ethel may have died before him not only because my uncle was buried by his sister but also because Great Aunt Ethel was older than he. I've narrowed the time line of her death to 1967 to 1971. There is no family to speak to or ask questions. Most of the family is deceased. My Grandmother was Catholic (Ethel's sister). My father and his siblings were raised Catholic as was I was when I was young. But I have no proof Ethel was. Not to mention if she was buried by her sister in law I don't know if they would have worried about religion when burying her. Thank you for your time and help Yvonne