Thanks for the reply, John,
I'm still a little peeved about the way Miami Co. (in particular) handles things. For
example:
I found my great uncle (Able Endsley) listed in the Index to Miami Co. deaths for
the year 1887. I sent to Miami Co. for information on how to get a death record.
They sent me a form with fill-in-the-blanks for the person.
Apparently you give them some of the information and for $5.00 (if memory serves)
they fill in the rest and send it back. I filled in every line except for cause of death
and book/page number. They sent me the form back and scribbled on the bottom
was "record not found".
Musta been lunch time at city hall.
-Paul
On Thu, 14 Sep 2000 08:15:14 -0500, John W. Wilson wrote:
Paul, They are public records when they exist. Indiana did not
require
registration of births or death until sometime in 1907. Until then it was
voluntary and very few were registered. Even when it became required it was
several years until the process was standardized so they got much
information. Some of the first under the required registration were date of
birth, fathers name mothers name and in many cases the sex of the child and
race, but no name. What a way to go! Death registrations were very similar.
John
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Hahn [mailto:phahn@az.rmci.net]
Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 12:31 AM
To: INMIAMI-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [INMIAMI-L] Birth/Death CERTIFICATES
Why not???
Every other state I've checked into will send a photocopy of the document.
These
are public records, aren't they?
-Paul
On Wed, 13 Sep 2000 23:32:36 -0500, Debra Beheler wrote:
......
> In some counties they will make a genealogical abstract with all
>the information for you. If you go in person, you can generally look at
>the books for free and make your own abstract, but photocopying isn't
>normally allowed.
>Debby
>
On Thu, 14 Sep 2000 08:15:14 -0500, John W. Wilson wrote:
INMIAMI-L(a)rootsweb.com