After many years of searching, I have learned that one of my ancestors died in Philadelphia on January 25, 1889. The Philadelphia Inquirer does not have any other information and I want to find where he is buried in order to track some other elusive family members. Can someone tell me where to send for a death certificate?

The Philadelphia City Archives http://www.phila.gov/phils/Docs/Inventor/genealgy.htm is one place to obtain death records. If not able to visit in person, you can order these through the mail (cost is $9) or have someone do that for you (that costs more--I did this for someone and for reimbursement of travel and copies only, it cost about $13 & I'm not sure what researchers' fees are but that's an option as well) or visit the archives in person in which case you'll pay for the copies only unless you chose to photograph or transcribe the film. I've never ordered through the PCA, so I don't know how long it will take or what the chances are of having a response of no record found. The same films at PCA may be ordered through your local family history center; see www.familysearch.org for the catalog. The cost would be the per-film cost plus copy costs if you make copies with the total being about $13 -- $6 per film, $ 25 per copy made. These are the options I'm familiar with. I hope this helps. Congratulations on your new discovery! Alw48@aol.com wrote: After many years of searching, I have learned that one of my ancestors died in Philadelphia on January 25, 1889. The Philadelphia Inquirer does not have any other information and I want to find where he is buried in order to track some other elusive family members. Can someone tell me where to send for a death certificate? --------------------------------- Any questions? Get answers on any topic at Yahoo! Answers. Try it now.