Sue, I have had fairly good luck in the past sending a request by mail to the DC Archives but I don't know whether the people who were working there when I was going and writing are still there and don't recall their names. Perhaps someone who is more current on the DC Archives knows to whom you should address the request. You might also call and ask about sending a mail request and how to address it. Harry -------------- Original message -------------- From: SUE DOTSON <buzzybee@prodigy.net> > Harry, > > Thanks very much. Can you tell me the best way to go about getting this when I > can't get there in person to do it? > > Sue > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: "hmrudd@comcast.net" > To: washingtondc@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 3:58:03 PM > Subject: Re: [WashDC] looking death record/obit for Albert W Lybrand > > > Sue, > My wife's grandfather died in a VA hospital in NC in 1931 and his body shipped > back to DC for burial at Arlington. DC Archives has a file on what they call > "Foreign Deaths" and I found a DC death certificate for him as well as all of > the documentation necessary to ship him back from the funeral home in NC. When > I was there looking, I didn't notice how far back this file went but it might go > back that far. > Good luck! > Harry > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "Sue Dotson" > > > Bill, > > > > How long has DC law required the transit certificate? My paternal GGg-father > > died in Philly on 24 Oct 1907 and his body was brought back to DC for burial. > > Would a certificate exist from this date? > > > > And does anyone know if the DC Archives has these certificates? > > > > Sue > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: William Boswell > > To: washingtondc@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 1:08 AM > > Subject: Re: [WashDC] looking death record/obit for Albert W Lybrand > > > > > > Social Security would still list you whether you're an employee of the > > government or not. My own listings with the Social Security Administration > > show my government time blank because I was paying into another system, but > > still paying for Medicare. > > > > If you want to try to get a death certificate (DC Arhives or otherwise), > > they will require a death date/burial date and he must have died in DC. > > However, if they died in another state and were transferred to a DC cemetery > > then there would be a transit certificate. I'm not sure if the DC Archives > > have these. I know cemeteries have them for the ones transferred from one > > place to another. A transit certificate has most of the information from a > > death certificate, but the primary purpose is for a local funeral home to > > take possession, transfer the remains to a cemetery, and burial. I know > > D.C. law requires a transit certificate especially for out-of-state deaths. > > These are provided by the funeral home/mortuaries. When I worked at > > Congressional Cemetery, I recorded all of the einformation from it to the > > database, then filed it away in one of the cabinets. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: washingtondc-bounces@rootsweb.com > > [mailto:washingtondc-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Emaress Nova > > Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 1:28 PM > > To: washingtondc@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [WashDC] looking death record/obit for Albert W Lybrand > > > > > > Kate, > > > > Do you know if Mr. Lybrand was still living in DC > > in 1962 when he last corresponded with Washington > > & Lee? > > > > If he was not listed in SSDI and was still living > > in DC most likely he was a US Gov't employee and > > therefore did not have social security. If you > > know for sure he was still in DC then you might > > try for his death certificate. If he was living > > in Virginia or Maryland - hopefully that last > > correspondence would indicate an address - then > > try for death certificate in whichever state he > > had lived in. > > > > Also, check with DC Library for a listing in the > > city directory. Library of Congress has telephone > > books that go back to - well way back LOL > > > > Hope this gives you some ideas. > > > > > > My God provides my every need according to His riches in glory. Amen > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > ________ > > Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! 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