This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACI/1562.1.2.1 Message Board Post: The state started collecting death records in 1903, and even then it took years before it was commonly done. I don't know of any other sources--some of the counties may have records, but they didn't generally keep track of much before that time frame.