That applies to any and all bureaucracies. Even a Rochester, NY cemetery couldn't "find" the unmarked plots of three infant graves from the 1920's. With enough persistence two were found, once I was able to speculate on a date range (based on other siblings births). The surnames had been misspelled when they were recorded. Bill Tarkulich -----Original Message----- From: Marlene Norton [mailto:marlene_norton@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 2:16 PM To: SLOVAKIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Need HELP please --- SLovak ancestor > There are probably more records squirrelled away in govt archives for > you. Sometimes even the archives or INS will respond with "no records > found," which turns out to be a mis-truth. What I mean it that the > clerk didn't try hard enough - I have had to persist more than once with > the INS on the same name before my GP's file was found. Don't give up > on a source simply because you may get one "rejection letter." Amen to that statement!!! I have been trying for several years to find a death certificate regarding a child who died on Ellis Island. Several tries yielded no reply or a reply that it wasn't there. Gave it another try earlier this year and received a copy. Same information that was sent in years past. Now, is there a place an immigrant might have registered if he never became a citizen? Or a way to find out if he did become a citizen? He came over around 1906 and died in 1965. Ancestry touts WWI registration records but so far they have only posted a few counties in Pa and NC. Would LDS have these records? I made my first trip to the closest center which is about 50 miles away and the people who volunteer there seem to be in awe of someone researching somewhere other than England. Marlene Norton __________________________________________________ Yahoo! - We Remember 9-11: A tribute to the more than 3,000 lives lost http://dir.remember.yahoo.com/tribute ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237