Death of a renowned astrologer

[ruthruss]

Hi everyone,

I am more looking for a place to get a death record than the death itself. Ellen Conroy McCaffery, a widowed writer and astrologer, died in Florida on 21 February 1953 (born in England). She was on holiday, however, and actually lived in New York. How/Where might I go about obtaining a death certificate for her? (Am in New Zealand and have searched online but am a bit overwhelmed.) Thanks so much!

Regards,
Ruth

[mckha489]

Hopefully there is something better than this, but..

http://www.floridahealth.gov/certificates/certificates/death/index.html


The only trouble is

“Payment:  Check or money order payable to "Vital Statistics". DO NOT send cash. International payments must be by Cashier’s Check or Money Order in U.S. Dollars drawn upon a U.S. Bank. Florida Law imposes an additional service charge of $15.00 for dishonored checks. Fees are nonrefundable, except fees paid for additional copies when no record is found. These are refunded upon written request.“

This has been a real problem for me in the past. It costs $25 NZ to have a bank cheque made, and you cannot buy money orders here anymore. They went out with the ark I think.   

I’ve managed with non government bodies (libraries)  to get on the phone and pay by creditcard. (Practice pronouncing digits in American lol)
I once tried online direct payment but the receivers didn’t understand what details they had to give me....

[ruthruss]

Hopefully there is something better than this, but..

http://www.floridahealth.gov/certificates/certificates/death/index.html

Hey, thanks so much. Looks like there's an Order Online with VitalChek which looks quite hopeful.

[cath151]

Hi
There is this on familysearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVSX-V5D

Not sure  but maybe the references might help.

Cathy