This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/pBC.2ACE/4265.1 Message Board Post: Microfilm of Washington death records is available through your local LDS library. All the death records for 1907-1950 [and, yes, that includes film of the actual death certificates themselves!] can be ordered on loan from them. The index rolls, however, would be of the most initial interest to you. These are available many, many places--Seattle Public, Tacoma Public, University of Washington, and also available through LDS. Two filmings (one more legible than the other!) are available, and the indexes are separated by decade (1910-1919, 1920-1929), so you would need two rolls or more. Washington State Vital Records will give you certified copies for a fee, of course. If the Urbanek home was in Des Moines, there is a chance they were actually residents of the Masonic Home at Zenith.