Shirley,
It is possible that you may be able to get the death certificate anyway,
without excessive work needed on your part. The Connecticut site I
accessed to get the death record sent me to a national web service,
devoted to the processing of death certificates, to which I gave my
credit card number. Each death cert cost me a nominal sum of money $6
for shipping and handling and $5 for the certificate - those were the
prices in the municipality I was looking for. It was very efficient, and
no paper had to be mailed. I suggest you try to find the Social Sec
Death record first, then use that to find the municipality in Illinois
you need to request the death certificate from. Chances are that they
use the same Internet service, but if not, they have the address and/or
fax number to use. You are correct that it has become more difficult,
but you might fax your signature to the volunteer on a letterhead that
she can use to type in the request wording on. Just your stationery with
the signature at bottom, let your volunteer type in the names and exact
words she needs to accomplish the task. Some places might need a
notarized signature, also, which would of course defeat this.
Tim
unicorn1945 wrote:
I was told today by a volunteer in Illinois that I cannot get a
death
certificate (for a gg grandfather) as follows:"For deaths that
occurred after 1947, the State requires that these records only be
made available to family members of the deceased. Therefore, I would
not be able to get these for you. You, as a family member, would need
to contact the appropriate party to obtain the record."This is
particularly upsetting to me since my sister died of leukemia not two
yrs ago. I do not know the name of the hospital or town (in IL) she
died in. I do not know what kind of leukemia she had - only that she
had told me once that it was a result of a flawed gene and runs in
families. She was cremated so there are no burial records.I didn't
know that Illinois already had this insane rule up and running and
it's important for me and my family, I feel, to know more about her
death. What harm could it do for me to get her death certificate in a
timely manner and one in which I don't have to jump through hoops? As
far as I know, her SS# isn't on the death certificate. However, if I
were to go to SS death Index on line, I'd be able to get her SS# and
so would anyone else. Is this crazy or what?Shirley
----- Original Message -----
From:Tim Walls
To: INHENRY-L(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: [INHENRY] Re: HB1540
In reply to Mike's email on HB 1540, last Sunday night,
2/16, I sent away for some
death certificates in Connecticut and the form said a
drivers license with photo was
required, and that this had to be faxed in, even when using
the online email form. I
filled out the online email form. Lo and behold, yesterday,
2/24, before I even had
time to fax the drivers license in, the death certs came in
the mail. These were my
wife's grandparents, but there was no indication of my
relationship to them. (we have
different surnames) and evidently the CT office did not
check to see if I met the
requirements. But, I did fill out the form online with
reason given: *genealogy*.
There's still hope for Indiana genealogists. They are a
trustworthy bunch. - TWW
Mike Pearson wrote:
> I have been re-reading some of the e-mail regarding
Indiana HB 1540 and I
> have some serious questions about the amendments that are
"supposed" to
> address the concerns of genealogists. Such as: