Hi, I received the following query & thought my response might be of help to others with similar problems. In a message dated 11/11/2 7:54:08 PM, [email protected] writes: << I've sent twice to the PA Vital Records for a copy of the death certificate for Jacob Yarnall but they say they don't have one. Jacob Yarnall (born YarnEll or Yarnold depending on who I ask, in DE) 1847-1922 lived and died at Kennett Square, Chester Co., PA. I have been to Union Hill Cemetery and seen his gravestone. If the date was wrong, I'm sure one of his children would have mentioned it. The PA Vital Records sent a copy of a death certificate for a Jacob YarnEl, born/died the same years as my Jacob. But all the other information on the death certificate was wrong--county, burial place, wife's name. So I sent that one back and asked for the one who died in Kennett Square and buried at Union Hill. They say they don't have one. I'm anxious to get one because it will tell me who his parents were. There is a Jacob Yarnold, age 3, in the 1850 census in the household of Ephriam B. Yarnold in New Castle County, DE. But by 1860 he is gone. In the 1870 census of Kennett Square I found a Jacob Yarnall,, age 23, in the household of Caleb Taggart. Annie B, age, 33, and Wendell P., age 8, Yarnall are also in this household. Annie would be the right age to be Jacob's sister. >> In regard to Jacob YARNALL-YARNELL: 1. Have you searched for the obit of Jacob YARNALL-YARNELL, at the Chester County Historical Society. This should answer your question where he died & where he is buried. 2. If Jacob is buried in Chester Co., that does not mean he died there. On the form, if you put down he died in Chester Co. when he died in another county in PA or another state, they will not be able to find his death certificate. 3. Wrong dates of birth & death are sometimes put on the grave markers. Have you checked with the cemetery office to see what they have on Jacob. 4. Incorrect info is sometimes given on death certificate. Especially, if the first spouse dies & there is a second spouse/common law wife/ girlfriend, etc. Who gave the info? 5. It was not uncommon to bury someone in one cemetery & then 5 or 10 years later have them transplanted to another cemetery. Families appear to have done this more in the past than in the present times. Memories do fad with time.! :) Happy hunting, Helen (DCGS) In a message dated 11/11/2 7:54:08 PM, [email protected] writes: << I've sent twice to the PA Vital Records for a copy of the death certificate for Jacob Yarnall but they say they don't have one. Jacob Yarnall (born YarnEll or Yarnold depending on who I ask, in DE) 1847-1922 lived and died at Kennett Square, Chester Co., PA. I have been to Union Hill Cemetery and seen his gravestone. If the date was wrong, I'm sure one of his children would have mentioned it. The PA Vital Records sent a copy of a death certificate for a Jacob YarnEl, born/died the same years as my Jacob. But all the other information on the death certificate was wrong--county, burial place, wife's name. So I sent that one back and asked for the one who died in Kennett Square and buried at Union Hill. They say they don't have one. I'm anxious to get one because it will tell me who his parents were. There is a Jacob Yarnold, age 3, in the 1850 census in the household of Ephriam B. Yarnold in New Castle County, DE. But by 1860 he is gone. In the 1870 census of Kennett Square I found a Jacob Yarnall,, age 23, in the household of Caleb Taggart. Annie B, age, 33, and Wendell P., age 8, Yarnall are also in this household. Annie would be the right age to be Jacob's sister. >>