FYI--Glenn has a good suggestion. When I was in Cambridge, I found the probate records for death, marriages, and births in the courthouse--what Melissa copied off was probably the microfilmed version that they had at the library. The originals are in the courthouse right behind the library--they are indexed and the births are even indexed on notecards. Like Glenn said, these are only available so far back. I'm unaware of a gov't source for early vital records for Guernsey county. I got my dates from cemetery records. I would sure love to find out how he died, though. Jessie In a message dated 4/6/01 10:22:46 PM Central Daylight Time, kinserg@intrepid.net writes: > Subj: [OHGUERNS] Death Records > Date: 4/6/01 10:22:46 PM Central Daylight Time > From: kinserg@intrepid.net (Glenn Kinser) > To: OHGUERNS-L@rootsweb.com > > I do not know a lot about death records in Guernsey, but when I visited > the library there, the Guernsey County genealogy librarian, Melissa Essex, > helped me by printing out a page for one of my relatives from 1904. The 8x14 > page is labeled as being from Death Book 3, page 57 and that page covers from > late 1902 through early 1905 for the "D"s only. It notes date of death, > number, name, sex, marital status, age, place of death, place of birth, > occupation, race(color), disease, and place of residence. Not all categories > are filled in for each individual, but most are. My sheet looks like it may > have come from microfilm, but I am not positive. The title at the top of the > page reads "Record of Deaths, Probate Court". I am certain that you could > find out more from the genealogy section of the library. Glenn Kinser