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Bitwit1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-28-07 09:52 PM
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24. Virginia was ridiculous
I sent away a request to see if they could locate the death certificate or a record of the death of my great grandfather. I got a letter back saying because of new regulations (they did not mention HS)I could not get a death certificate unless the person's mother or father sent a letter requesting it.

I wrote back, "I would be glad to give you the parents consent but since they were both born around 1778 and had been dead for over 200 years that was impossible." Of course after that they told me they couldn't eveN find a record of him. But I am sure it was because of the answer I sent.
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  -My mother called a county in Georgia to see if she could get MassDemm  Apr-28-07 07:48 PM   #0 
  - I've never heard of that.  Donnachaidh   Apr-28-07 07:49 PM   #1 
  - Either Gilmer or Union I believe or possibly Whitfield. I think Whitfield. nt  MassDemm   Apr-28-07 07:51 PM   #2 
  - I do a lot of genealogical research...  madfloridian   Apr-28-07 07:52 PM   #3 
  - She has gotten other death certificates for people who died even later  MassDemm   Apr-28-07 07:56 PM   #6 
  - Somebody is lying to your mom.  karlrschneider   Apr-28-07 07:52 PM   #4 
  - Maybe, but that IS what they told her. nt  MassDemm   Apr-28-07 07:54 PM   #5 
     - Well, there must be more to the story. It's a public record and counties are  karlrschneider   Apr-28-07 08:02 PM   #13 
        - Karl, we have done this many times. There is no misunderstanding  MassDemm   Apr-28-07 08:09 PM   #14 
        - Rules were changed about death ceritificates after 9/11  madfloridian   Apr-28-07 08:40 PM   #19 
        - I dunno...see post 25  karlrschneider   Apr-29-07 09:34 AM   #26 
        - actually, death certificates are not usually in the public records.  ellenfl   Apr-28-07 09:34 PM   #23 
           - Well it must vary by states. 2 years ago my mom's companion died and I got 3 copies  karlrschneider   Apr-29-07 09:33 AM   #25 
  - I hope that isn't true  OhioBlues   Apr-28-07 07:59 PM   #7 
  - Well, that is what I thought, but that is what they told her. Whether  MassDemm   Apr-28-07 08:00 PM   #11 
  - What in the world does a death certificate  Suich   Apr-28-07 07:59 PM   #8 
  - Not sure about death certificates but my county won't mail copies of birth certificates  unsavedtrash   Apr-28-07 08:00 PM   #9 
  - Contact Georgia state vital records office. See info on their page:  Garbo 2004   Apr-28-07 08:00 PM   #10 
  - Well, therein lies the problem. My gggrandmother died between  MassDemm   Apr-28-07 08:02 PM   #12 
     - Well then perhaps the county can tell your mom the statute or regulation  Garbo 2004   Apr-28-07 08:39 PM   #17 
     - I wonder why it stops at 1919?  Donnachaidh   Apr-28-07 08:40 PM   #18 
        - The state just doesn't have death certs prior to 1919 according to their FAQ:  Garbo 2004   Apr-28-07 09:10 PM   #21 
           - I've had to go to the state archives here in Mass to get some older records n/t  rox63   Apr-28-07 09:14 PM   #22 
  - That's BS. I recently got a number of death certificates of relatives  Nay   Apr-28-07 08:14 PM   #15 
  - did they die before 1919? nt  MassDemm   Apr-28-07 08:26 PM   #16 
  - they are wrong  northzax   Apr-28-07 08:49 PM   #20 
  - Virginia was ridiculous  Bitwit1234   Apr-28-07 09:52 PM   #24 
 

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