The certificate number (but not the exact birth date) is listed in FamilySearch's version of the same death index. I would recommend highly that you send away for the original certificate. The cost from the FL Department of Health is only $5 per certificate, and they generally arrive in less than 2 weeks. (Of course, the holidays may slow down the mail a little bit.) Then you do not have to worry about Ancestry's database, as you will be able to cite the certificate itself. Michael Hait, CG(sm) michael.hait@hotmail.com http://www.haitfamilyresearch.com "Planting the Seeds" Blog: http://michaelhait.wordpress.com CG and Certified Genealogist are service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic competency evaluation, and the board name is registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office. -----Original Message----- From: AGilchrest@aol.com Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 11:09 AM To: transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com Subject: [TGF] Ancestry.com Florida Death Index I hope I am not loosing my mind! Hopefully someone may know the answer. I have been cleaning up citations. During this process I have been going back to where I found information formatting my citation and checking the data originally entered. Some of this research was done when Ancestry.com first came online. In late 2003 I started adding the date I added information. The following information was placed in my notes before 2003. Florida Death Index 1877-1998 Name: David M Gilchrist Certificate: 25625 Place: Palm Beach Race: W Death Date: 13 Mar 1978 Birth Date: 05 Jun 1897 Today I went to look at the index on Ancestry.com. The certificate number is no longer listed. Does anyone know if these numbers where deleted? I did do a search in the index on just the number, the result was 130 people including David M Gilchrist. My only other thought was I got this from some other source and didn't make a note of where I got it. Thanks, Ann Gilchrest The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message