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Hi,
Can some one help in telling me how easy is it to trace a death certificate in the USA?
How do I go about it please?
Many thanks
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Hi,
Can some one help in telling me how easy is it to trace a death certificate in the USA?
How do I go about it please?
Many thanks
Each State is a little different. Do you know Name, State, County
or date of death?
Ohio Susan
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Hi Ohio Susan,
thanks for your help.
Henry Sarsfield born St Helens lancs 1895
Went out to Pittsburgh to work in a Mine, he was electricuted. He went out to the USA in his 20's but I do not have a date of death, sorry. Is there no hope in finding him or is there just a chance?
Cheers
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Hi Ohio Susan,
thanks for your help.
Henry Sarsfield born St Helens lancs 1895
Went out to Pittsburgh to work in a Mine, he was electricuted. He went out to the USA in his 20's but I do not have a date of death, sorry. Is there no hope in finding him or is there just a chance?
Cheers
I don't find him in the 1920 or 1930 census. Do you know if there were other relatives in PA.?
Susan
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No. There is no one else. But thanks for your help. It was a long shot. May be we will never find him.
Cheers
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In 1917 and 1918, approximately 24 million men living in the United States completed a registration card, representing 98% of men under the age of 46 and close to 25% of the total population.
The draft cards are also a good source for finding immigrant information because all young men were required to register, regardless of U.S. citizen status, and since 1880-1920 was a high immigration period, a large portion of immigrant men registered and gave information of birth date, birthplace, and in some cases their father's birthplace and nearest relative.
Born 1895 - 1915 he would be 20. He is not in the WWI draft cards. So he might have died between 1915 and 1917-18.
If he immigrated after 1918 - hi isn't in the 1920 census - so he might have died between 1918 and 1920.
Pittsburgh is in Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. There are Sarsfields in Allegheny County.
http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/cwp/view.asp?a=168&Q=202275 - but they require payment.
http://www.raogk.org/ - volunteers - there may be someone in Allegheny County.
Ask on other message boards - perhaps he appears in a city directory.
Of course this is assuming he stayed in Pittsburgh.
You could check Philadelphia ship indexes. He doesn't come up on Ancestry.com.
Ohio Susan
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Thanks for all your help. You're a Star! ;D