Pike County,

NO VITAL RECORDS? NOW WHAT DO I DO?   OVER SEVENTY PLACES TO LOOK WHEN YOU CAN'T FIND THE DEATH CERTIFICATE!

1. Administration of estate records

2. Alumni records

3. Biographies of deceased

4. Biographies of family members

5. Burial permit

6. Business directories

7. Cemetery office / records

8. Cemetery plot map

9. Church bulletin or newsletter

10. Church records

11. Coroner's records, suspicious death

12. County histories

13. Court records

14. Day books

15. Doctor's certificate

16. Eulogies

17. Family Bible

18. Family genealogies

19. Fraternal records, obituaries

20. Funeral folders

21. Funeral home/mortuary records

22. Funeral programs

23. Guardianship report of Guardian' death.

24. Guardianship report of minor child's death

25. Grave opening permit / order

26. Hospital death records

27. Institutional records, prison

28. Internet sources

29. Lawyer's records

30. Ledgers, business

31. Legal papers

32. Letters to other member's of the family

33. Life insurance records of payment

34. Manuscripts

35. Mass cards

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