This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Thomas Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GkB.2ACI/907 Message Board Post: I know my great-grandfather died in Bowie and is buried at the Elmwood Cemetery. I have written for a death cert in Bowie, but it was returned stating they didn't have a copy. What can I do now? I know he died there! Where can I go from here to get the death certificate? Thanks for any help you can give me. His name was Peter Garant Thomas and died in 1930.