This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: shepard999 Surnames: CARROLL Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.schuylkill/12349.2.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Megan, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, PA CORONERS INQUEST RECORDS, 1811-1909 by Phillip A Rice and Jean A Dellock (2010), Closson Press, 268 pages from page 37, inquest held 1905Jan11 at Girardville, Thomas Carroll, cause paralysis of heart, W J Monaghan coroner For an inquest to occur, the death possibly was of suspicious circumstances or someone else possibly could have been responsible for the deaths occurrence. I do not think the county any longer has these inquest records, so a newspaper article is probably your best source of information. http://www.portal.health.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/birth_and_death_certificates/11596 "Pennsylvania Death Certificates" The state of Pennsylvania has uploaded births in the year of 1906 and deaths for the years 1906 to 1961 . The link to the searchable indices can be found at: http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/public_records/20686 Also at this webpage is an explanation of how to obtain non-certified copies of the birth or death certificate for $3 per copy. The link for the form that should be used to request certificates can also be found on this webpage. Go down almost to the bottom where the link is to the PDF form you can print and mail in. Look for the words "download the death application form". These records are grouped in alphabetical order in some years and in soundex order in other years. To determine the soundex code for the surname that you are searching you can go to the link at: http://searches.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/Genea/soundex.sh Some names are alpha by first name. Those names are part of the soundex years of the death indices. You can determine the soundex code of the surname then look in those years under the soundex code by first name. Searchers have experienced the indices, which are in a PDF format, slow to load. Be patient if at first it appears that the indices are not loading. To understand what the soundex system is and how it is used you can go to: http://genealogypro.com/articles/soundex.html For the county codes, go to http://www.papl8s.com/pennsylvania_county_codes.htm or http://www.statearchives.us/public/pennsylvania.htm "Pennsylvania Public Records" http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=1085804&mode=2 from Jerry Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.