Well, seems to me like you almost answered part of your own question. There is no place
to "write" for the death record that never existed. But, there, indeed, are
other avenues for you. There are newspapers. There are graveyards and records of
graveyards. There are mortuary records. There are wills and estate administrations.
There are county histories. In short, there are several possibilities to establish death
dates before the keeping of official records. Once you get back beyond the 1870s you will
need to be enterprising because such things as death records just do not exist. I hope
this helps a bit.
Louie
-----Original Message-----
From: snowbird [SMTP:snowbird@sugar-river.net]
Sent: Monday, April 12, 1999 12:53 PM
To: INADAMS-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [INADAMS-L] Some Adams Co. Research Question
Hi Rooters,
I'm one of these unhappy people who just seems unable to make any
progress on my research.....or at least not enough to notice.
So here's a question. How does one go about finding a death record
when the death probably occurred before the state required all deaths to be
recorded? And, in the unlikely event the death actually was recorded, how
does one find out about it when one does not know when that death occurred.
I mean, I can't write to the.....what is it?.......Health
Department?......and ask them to research all of their records between 1891
and 1908.
Any hints on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.