Reclaim the records got them and are at archives.org On 08/21/2017 11:35 AM, Jeremy Taylor via ROOTS wrote: > Does anyone know if these (i.e. New York State death index) are complete? I was able to find some of my ancestors in them, but a couple of them are nowhere to be found. I checked alternate spellings, and checked the years before/after, but no luck. In one case it happens to be a husband and wife who died in 1885 and 1888, respectively, both in Athens, Greene, NY. I don't know the parents of either one, and neither appears in the death records index on Archive.org.... > > Same holds true for another ancestor, who died in Rensselaer County, NY in 1883. I have her death info from cemetery records, but can't find her in the death index.... > I have not tried ordering the certificates yet, but if they don't exist in the index, should I even bother trying to order them from the state? > I know the years/dates of death based on their gravestones, and in the case of the husband, I know when his will was probated. > > Any suggestions on where these missing records might be? I had already checked with the town clerk, and she has nothing for either of them in her records.... Is it possible death certificates could never have been filled out? > Thanks,Jerem > ===== > If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to roots-admin@rootsweb.com and ask for the digest... > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message