Given book and page you have all you need to get microfilm of the record through the
Family History Centers. My experience at the Decatur Courthouse has also been very good.
There is a very good chance the info you seek is not included in the book. You should know
that the books are NOT originals. They are the County Clerk's transcriptions. They are
the OFFICIAL records, but not the original.
Myron E. Williams
Crossville, TN
--- Beth and Dale <dwrber(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
We had a wonderful experience in Greensburg researching at the
courthouse. I
don't know for sure if you would be able to see the actual death cert. but
my guess would be "yes". We were able to look at court records from the
1860's and the staff was very helpful to us in both finding the records and
in getting them copied.
----- Original Message -----
From: <KatsGenes(a)aol.com>
To: <INDECATU-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 4:41 PM
Subject: [INDECATU] ? re: Death Cert Received from Decatur Cty
> Hi,
>
> I rec'd a typed up Certificate of Death from Greensburg. I'd rather have
> had a copy of the original so don't know if I asked for the wrong thing or
> if
> they don't copy the pages of the books and that's where this question
> comes
> in. In the upper corner they typed in which book and page number the
> information was found.
>
> So, for those of you who have done research 'on the ground' in Greensburg,
> if I ever found myself in Greensburg would I be allowed to see the
> original?
> Can I get a copy of the original? Or does the original document give me
> nothing that this gives me.
>
> This told me name of deceased, residence, date of death, place of death,
> sex, race, age, reason given, certified by which person, buried in which
> county
> and cemetery, date of burial and funeral director. This person died in
> 1918.
>
> All good stuff but parent's names would have helpful as would the
> birthplace, name of person filling in certificate, etc.
>
> So, is there more information in the ledgers other than what was typed up
> on
> this certificate for me? Will they mail it to me if I send a check and
> what
> should I ask for?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
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