Unfortunately that's true all over Texas i live in the Texas panhandle and quite frequently I'm told if it's before 1930 don't be surprised if the state doesn't have it. That is also true of Oklahoma ---- Original Message ---- From: ENC6@aol.com To: TXDALLAS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TXDALLAS] Re: TXDALLAS-D Digest V05 #124 Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 19:53:07 EST > >Hi Herb, > >The very same thing happened to me. >The State kept saying they did not have any record of my gg >grandmother's >death. >I finally got a cousin to go to the county and sure enough - there it > was. >This was in Potter Co., Texas. > >Emma > >In a message dated 11/8/2005 12:57:52 P.M. Central Standard Time, >HerbCunnin@aol.com writes: > >The problem in not being able to find a death certificate might be >that the >county in question failed to file the death certificate in question. > My >grandfather died at home in 1923 in Celina, Collin Co., TX but there >was no >death >certificate available. After several years of trying to get a copy >through >the >State, I was in the Collin Co. Clerk's office. Walking down one of >the >isles, >a very nondescript set of shelving got my attention and especially >one >three-ring notebook which I preceded to remove and examine. The >first thing >that >jumped out at me was the notebook contained very old original copies >of many >death certificates. The next thing was finding my grandfather's >missing >death >certificate. At that time, he had been dead for about 75 years. > >Herb Cunningham >herbcunnin@aol.com > > > > > > >==== TXDALLAS Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from this list, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to the >utility address TXDALLAS-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM If you are trying to >unsubscribe from the Digest list, use the same utility address but >change the -L- to a -D- > >============================== >Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http >://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >