>From my Candyman List: Death-Registration Dates--Family Tree Magazine http://www.familytreemagazine.com/articles/aug02/deathregistration.html When The States Began Death Registration Alabama: 1908 Alaska: 1913 Arizona: 1909 Arkansas: 1914 California: 1905 Colorado: 1907 Connecticut: 1897 Delaware: 1881 District of Columbia: 1855 Florida: 1899 Georgia: 1919 Hawaii: 1896 Idaho: 1911 Illinois: 1916 Indiana: 1900 Iowa: 1880 Kansas: 1911 Kentucky: 1911 Louisiana: 1914 Maine: 1892 Maryland: 1898 Massachusetts: 1841 Michigan: 1867 Minnesota: 1900 Mississippi: 1912 Missouri: 1910 Montana: 1907 Nebraska: 1905 Nevada: 1911 New Hampshire: 1905 New Jersey: 1848 New Mexico: 1919 New York: 1880 North Carolina: 1913 North Dakota: 1908 Ohio: 1909 Oklahoma: 1908 Oregon: 1903 Pennsylvania: 1906 Rhode Island: 1852 South Carolina: 1915 South Dakota: 1905 Tennessee: 1914 Texas: 1903 Utah: 1905 Vermont: 1857 Virginia: 1912 Washington: 1907 West Virginia: 1917 Wisconsin: 1907 Wyoming: 1909 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.380 / Virus Database: 213 - Release Date: 7/25/02