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From: William Mills< >
Subject: Re: Marriage document - How do I get one?
Date: 13 Oct 2000 16:17:34 -0700


In article <>,
LSmith <> wrote:

>This aunt is my father's sister....so we are directly related. The 5th
>arrondissement sent me her death certificate, so I presume if I request a
>marriage certificate they would honor that request also?

The 100-year privacy rule doesn't apply to death records. You may have
more trouble with a marriage record. It might work better to
have one of your cousins, children of this aunt, request the record.

Bill

>Denis Beauregard wrote:
>>
>> By the way, if the record is between 1892 and today, you must be
>> a descendant of that person (it seems the professional genealogists
>> can check the records too, but not the amateur).

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