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Subject: Re: [KYBRECKI] 1910 death
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:10:13 -0400
In-Reply-To: <47A2339E93A446E0A9F2A0559A961ED3@DanaPC>
Thank you for the information!
Do we then check with the court house in Breckenridge Co.
Maggie B Wise
---- brieskate <> wrote:
> Actually, there are early death certificates, but not like we know them now. They were kept in a ledger style format.... having the name of the deceased, death date, cause of death, age/gender, parents names, and death place.
>
> They are sporadic, very sporadic, but it is something to at least look through as I found the sister of my Jared ancestor (my 3rd g-grandmother) listed. She wasn't listed in the Breck. Co. cemetery books, so it was a gem of a find and closed a mystery I had for several years.
>
> So while they do exist, they aren't complete in number of years/years represented like we would like them to be.
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>
> Happy Hunting!
> Dana
>
> FM Breckinridge County KYGenWeb Archives
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/breckinridge/toc.html
>
> Big Sister to Donnie
> 9/9/1967-12/11/2007
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: benttree
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> Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 2:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [KYBRECKI] 1910 death
>
>
> Death certificates did not start until 1911 for Kentucky. , so there aren't
> any before that date. You have to check other records to find that death.
> Check cemeteries, funeral home, census (Mortality ones), Vital Statistics
> records sometimes were reported voluntarily before that date.
>
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