This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5cB.2ACI/760.1 Message Board Post: If you contact the number below you can order the death certificates and it should say who the parents are. I couldnt find Norvil on the Oregon Death Index. I dont know what they charge. Death Certificate become public records in Oregon 50 years from the death date. If you can go to Salem yourself the death certificates would only cost a quarter. Name: Whitten, Helen Maria County: Washington Death Date: 22 Apr 1909 Certificate: 1594 Name: Whitten, Byran B. County: Washington Death Date: 16 Feb 1929 Certificate: 50 Name: Whitten, Sr., John J. County: Washington Death Date: 29 Apr 1929 Certificate: 109 Name: Whitten, John T County: Marion Death Date: 09 D 1952 Certificate: 13748 Spouse: Elizabe Oregon State Archives 800 Summer St. NE Salem, OR 97310 Phone: 503-373-0701 Fax: 503-373-0953 reference.archives@state.or.us Hours: 8 AM to 12 noon and 1 PM to 4:45 PM, Monday-Friday except state holidays.