Hi, I've never dealt with McDowell County but I can tell you that if you request records from the state, be prepared to wait. It took 7 weeks to get a copy of a birth certificate. The State Archives in Charleston is alot faster. It only took them 2 weeks to send me a copy of a death certificate. Good luck, Cathy >>Hi Y'all, >> >>I agree with Brend Dillon. I have had several replies come back from >>McDowell County that say my records can not be found. Has anyone ordered a >>death certifcate from them? Do they know what a copy of the ORIGINIAL >>document means? That piece of paper they type up for you is not very helpful. >>It sounds like going to the courthouse yourself is the only way to get the >>information you need. >>Susan Ryntz >>Researching: Chaffin/Vanhoose/Perdieu/Trent/Lambert/Bailey/Puckett/Roberts and >>probably a few I missed off the top of my head.... >> >> >>==== WVMCDOWE Mailing List ==== >>%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% >>.........................McDOWELL MAILING LIST......................... >>Our McDowell Mailin List is sponsored by the RootsWeb Genealogical Data >>Cooperative. RootsWeb is funded entirely by you, the genealogical com- >>munity. To find out how you can support these and other internet genea- >>logy through RootsWeb, why not go ahead and just visit this page: >>........http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html......... >>%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% >> >> > >