At 02:32 PM 6/18/2002, Dan Almashy wrote: > I was wondering if anyone would have a way of checking for a death >date or certificate of death for my great grandfather. > His name was Andrew Almashy. He is buried in Springer cemetary on >Bohemian Heights road in Hemlock. He died in 1929. I have had no luck >with the Historical Society web site. wrote to the courthouse a >couple of times in New Lexington and to the Historical Society in >Columbus. o seems to be able to find a death date or certificate for >him. Could it be that it was lost or possibly it was never written up? If you have a more specific date of death, you can play around with different search criteria on the advanced search options at http://www.ohiohistory.org/dindex/advsearch.cfm Because they used OCR software to create the online index, you sometimes have no idea how the name will appear in the index. They are working to correct the entries, but there are still many that are wrong. I've had a great deal of success using the advanced search options, then looking for the person by date of death. Also, be certain to keep the search as "All Counties," as he may not have died in Perry County. There is also the possibility that he didn't die in Ohio, but was transported back here for burial. In this case, there would be no death certificate in Ohio. You might want to look for an obituary for him to see if it would have any details of his death. Hope this helps, Amy ============================== Amy Johnson Crow, CG Program Chair, OGS 2003 Conference "Ohio: 200 Years of Heritage" 24-26 April 2003 at the Columbus Hilton http://www.ogs.org