Hi Judy, Both entries are clearly for the same man and appear to be one page apart in the same ledger. But I notice that the informant for one was a physician - probably the doctor who attended Mr. McGary at his death - and the informant for the other record was Mrs. Sarah McGary, "head of the family". That probably accounts for the two entries. Although the date the death was recorded wasn't included in either entry, it's likely that Sarah went to report the death one day, and the physican went later to report it. The handwriting on the entries is different, so my guess is that the person who made the second entry didn't realize the death had already been recorded by another clerk. This is just my guess from looking at the two entries. There may be another explanation. Leslie Nelson ----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Florian To: myancestry@rogers.com Cc: pawashin@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 1:20 PM Subject: Re: [PAWASHIN] WVA Death Certificates It appears to be the same book? I searched for Thomas McGary (my direct line, on maternal grandfather's side). He is listed under # 7 AND #8 here http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcresults.aspx?LastName=McGary&FirstName=&County=All&Year=All&PlusMinus=Exact&Search=Exact&NumRec=25 (2 line URL)