At 16:59 4/16/99, der@redrose.net wrote: >I recently sent a request to the Division of Vital Records in Philadelphia >for a death record that occurred in Philadelphia. It came back with >"Forwarding Order Expires" and some address written on the envelope that I >can not totally read. Is this correct? > >Room 1002 >Broad & Springarden St. >Philadelphia, PA 19155?? > >Thank you. > >Regards, >Donna Ristenbatt I can't help you with the address, but I have always gone to my local State Rep's office and filed the form through them. They take care of submitting the form to the proper department/address. Your certificate will go back to them in fairly short order and they will mail it to you. The other week I requested, with proper monies,a Fetal Death Certificate and received it in about 10 days. Since I'm in PA, this will only work for this state. Other states I must mail myself with a generic form which usually is standard in all states - hopefully they have the correct address in their files! If you get no response from another listmember, call your local rep on Monday & check the address with them. -Linnea P.S. In PA, if you are a active military or a veteran you can request one birth/death certificate for you or immediate family members at NO CHARGE!! This may be true in other states as well. All you need to add is service number & rank, which is filled in on the reverse side of the request form.