Lived sonoma calif.many years ago.had sibling died young age how can look 4 deat

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Lived sonoma calif.many years ago.had sibling died young age how can look 4 death crtificate online.?

without paying fees and filling out applications. want to view online as a matter of public record. send a link if possible. thanks 4 any help you can give........p.s i live in ohio.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I think your problem is that you consider these records to be public domain and that they're digitized and readily available on the internet. The disconnect is that the records actually belong to the State and the State makes A LOT of money selling copies of them. They have no interest in putting copies of their files online because a) the risk of misuse by identity thieves is huge, b) putting originals online takes away their profit margin, and c) the cost of copying them all and putting them online would be more than most states could afford.

I realize the cost of the death certificate may seem excessive, but the upside is that the Sonoma County Clerk's office does have limited access terminals in their offices where you can look up records. You may try that and see if a visit there will give you the information you want without paying for a certified copy. While there you can also ask if they print "genealogy copies" of records that are not certified but are still actual copies. If so, then they usually cost a fraction of the cost of the certified copies.

Here's a link that you may or may not have seen, but there's a lot of great information on it so it bears posting:
http://www.sonoma-county.org/clerk/html_...