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/EZB.2ACE/1194.1 Message Board Post: http://www.health.state.ok.us/program/vital/brec.html I think you can download an application for a death certificate at this site. The cost for death certificates in OK is $10.00 and is not refundable if they don't find your relative. If he died in 1954 I would think they could find it pretty easily though. Hope this helps. Jann