I have been to the Mineral County courthouse & looked at their records. All that they have is handwritten in LARGE ledgers, that are very difficult to handle. It is better to write to Charleston, but takes longer, also you have to send $5.00 which is non-refundable, whether they find what you are looking for or not. But its a thought. Barbara [email protected] wrote: > I had the same problem (and there was a mistake on the typed certificate, > too--death given as a year earlier than the year on her obituary, will, > etc.). I wrote again and asked (pleaded!) for a copy of the actual > certificate, but they wrote: "We do not provide copies of originals. We > only have the records in our books, which does not have the information > you are looking for. We did not start to copy the originals until 1988." > I did learn from this always to specify that I would like a copy of the > ORIGINAL record if available--some courthouses do have those records but > do not automatically provide a photocopy of those. > > Martha Grenzeback > [email protected] > > On Thu, 24 Aug 2000 07:36:36 -0500 "Marie Robey" > <[email protected]> writes: > > Can someone please tell me what I should ask for when requesting a > > birth or death certificates. I sent away to Mineral Co. for birth > > and death certificates and what I got was a typed certificate (not > > all information was on it) when what I actually wanted was a copy of > > the certificates. > > Thanks > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.