Recently I discovered that my great-grandmother had a sister who died in Paris in 1947. Yesterday I went by the courthouse to get a copy of the death certificate. You can only get certified copies, they cost $9.00 and you have to fill out a form explaining your relationship and why you need it. I also had to show my drivers license and they wrote down the number. Has anyone gotten a death certificate in Red River County (or any other county in Texas recently)? I am wondering if this is a standard practice now. I knew there had been some changes but I didn't think anything that far back would be such a big deal. Cynthia

Cynthia and others, I recently got a marriage certificate in Hall County for two dollars, and have gotten numerous copies in Red River and Eastland Counties for a dollar or so. I have had to pay for certified copies here in Potter County and also Gray County since I have been doing genealogy. It seems that it depends on the county whether they will make copies or only do certified copies, at the much increased price. Pat Kunkel Amarillo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cynthia Samples" <samples88@earthlink.net> To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 1:24 PM Subject: [TXREDRIV] Death Certificates? > Recently I discovered that my great-grandmother had a sister who died in Paris in 1947. Yesterday I went by the courthouse to get a copy of the death certificate. You can only get certified copies, they cost $9.00 and you have to fill out a form explaining your relationship and why you need it. I also had to show my drivers license and they wrote down the number. > > Has anyone gotten a death certificate in Red River County (or any other county in Texas recently)? I am wondering if this is a standard practice now. I knew there had been some changes but I didn't think anything that far back would be such a big deal. > > Cynthia > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > Visit Red River County GenWeb site http://www.rootsweb.com/~txredriv > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

I know that for both death certs and marriage licenses in TX that they have gotten punitive in their charges and I believe that it may be law that death certs must be certified. When I was in TX last year I complained about a certified marriage license in Cooke Co. and was told that it was the county clerk's policy and I had no choice - this was after doing all the research myself and even getting the book to make a photostatic copy. Charmaine On Wednesday, Jul 2, 2003, at 14:24 US/Eastern, Cynthia Samples wrote: > Recently I discovered that my great-grandmother had a sister who died > in Paris in 1947. Yesterday I went by the courthouse to get a copy of > the death certificate. You can only get certified copies, they cost > $9.00 and you have to fill out a form explaining your relationship and > why you need it. I also had to show my drivers license and they wrote > down the number. > > Has anyone gotten a death certificate in Red River County (or any > other county in Texas recently)? I am wondering if this is a standard > practice now. I knew there had been some changes but I didn't think > anything that far back would be such a big deal. > > Cynthia > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > Visit Red River County GenWeb site http://www.rootsweb.com/~txredriv > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >