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" <buzzybee@prodigy.net> > 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! Autos new Car > Finder tool. > http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WASHINGTONDC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WASHINGTONDC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WASHINGTONDC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message