MargT103@aol.com wrote: > Need death certificate for great-grandmother who died in Hancock Co. in 1917. > Do I write to the County Dept. of Health or the Ohio Historical Society? Do > I need a special form and what is the fee? Will appreciate advice. Margaret When I dealt with the City of Findlay Dept. of Health they wanted the list of names and charged 20 or 25 cents per copy they made. I sent them my list of names and $5. They made copies of as many birth and death certificates they could find for me. They amount of information that they sent me was great and was closer to $6 by their rates but they weren't going to argue about a dollar. If you do not ask for certified death certificates it is cheaper. The City of Findlay and Hancock County Departments of Health are on the same block in Findlay (as I am told). They also call each other for genealogical lookups. My suggestion is to call up the County Health Dept. and find out their rates and avoid certified copies. I think I remember a price of $15 for a certified copy from the County. Another option is the genealogy department at the Findlay-Hancock County Public Library. http://www.findlay.lib.oh.us/hist.htm Their rates are on the top of this webpage. Again I used them for a small list of names and they sent back the OBITs I requested. I did not request any copies of birth or death certificates. They do an E-mail address.