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Subject: [NYBROOKLYN] Re: NYBROOKLYN-D Digest V99 #391
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 20:48:58 EDT
In a message dated 8/16/99 11:52:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
writes:
>Hi gang,
>
>Can anyone tell me if in 1932 it was necessary to have a death cert to be
>buried?
>
>Here is the problem:
>I just found (finally!) where my great grandfather John Kawa is buried:
St.
>John's in Queens. Died October 19, 1932, at the age of 45.
>
>For a year I have been looking for a record of death. I had a professional
>researcher check in NY and got the following:
>
><<"RE death cert for John KAWA, died October 19, 1932, not found in any
>bouough. I also checked the NYS death index for localities outside NYC,
and
>there was nothing for him. In addition, I looked for a death notice for
him
>in the NY Herald and there was nothing from October 19-23, 1932.">>
>
>So, I tried NJ b/c they had lived there at one point. They came up blank
as
>well.
>
>To add insult to injury, there is no headstone at St. John's, and he is by
>himself. This may be b/c his first wife died and he supposedly remarried,
>and the second wife didn't want to bury him with her.
>
>Is it really possible that there is no death cert that was ever filed for
>him? For some reason, I thought the cemetery required one for burial.
>
>Any advice, etc to this riddle are greatly appreciated!
>
>Cheers
>Kristine
>a native of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
>
>__________________ >>
Dear Kristine,
Two possibilities occur to me as to why you might not have found your
ancestors death certificate. One owing to the fact that he might have died
out of state and the second that he does not show up in the index but there
is a certificate for him. Did you researcher only check the index. It is
time very consuming but checking the actual death certificates might be the
answer when all else fails. The rolls are listed by borough, year and cert.
#. Since you would not have the cert. # you would have to go by year and
borough and according to date search a portion of the roll of film.
Unfortunately they are not in date order but in Certificate order according
to the date they were filed.
Joan Koster
Historica Research
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