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/DFC.2ACI/2353.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Have you tried sending for the death certificate? That would be the next thing to do. If you have death year then contact Vital Records for Calhoun County. http://www.vitalrec.com/wv.html Vital Registration, Division of Health 350 Capitol St, Rm 165 Charleston, WV 25301-3701 (304) 558-2931 Info: (304) 558-2931 Fax: (304) 558-1051 Birth and death records are only available to immediate family members. Make check or money order payable to Vital Registration. Be advised, there was a fire in 1921 that destroyed many records. http://www.wvdhhr.org/bph/oehp/hsc/vr/deathfm.htm