I have no idea if they would do that. I am sure that if you would go to the trouble of
seeking what books each death is listed in
the indexes at the Museum (Monisa), and then fill out a form for each one to be done,
along with a note then maybe they would do it
that way, but I would suggest that you call them to find out. I am not aware of the
County Health Dept having a public
web-site/e-mail, I do know they have internal e-mail, but I don't have an e-mail
address. For the forms...
http://www.pceaze.com/genealogy/rcibios/Tools.html
325 S.Oak St. Suite 202, Winchester, IN 47394 (this is the old hospital at Oak St and
Greenville Pike)
(765)584-1155
I do know that they will not do a general search for someone, you need to provide a name
and a date, they will look a few years back
and forth, but really don't want to take the time to do more, so it is recomended by
them that you contact the museum for the index
info first.
Museum 416 S. Meridian St., Winchester, IN 47394
(765)584-1334
I have set up an e-mail address for the museum, which Marjorie Birtwhistle or Shirley
Swallow are answering it.
RCIHistory(a)yahoo.com, I am currently working on a brand new web-site for the museum and
hope to have it up and running sometime in
June.
That is true about the earlier books illegitimate births were done in the same books as
with the other births. I am not sure what
year they started keeping a separate book for illegitimate births, Monisa can answer that
question. She has also told me that
adoptions before the 1940s were public, and are listed in the civil court papers at the
clerks office at the courthouse. Before
1900, adoptions were very easy to do, and not all adoptions went through the court
system.
Andrea
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From:JT
Hi Andrea, I will be in Winchester/Greenville/Union City the end of June and would like to
pick up several (or some) death
certificates at that time. If I provide the names and information to someone (Health
Dept.? Monisa? ...) can they be ready for me
to pay for and pick up when I get there?
P.S. Regarding the access question and BIRTH records, Monisa once told
me that if they let us look at the books, in the surrounding lines, we
might see that someone (other than the person we were searching for) had
an illegitimate birth or was an illegitimate child.