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Question: How do I obtain a death certificate & obituary when I only have the year of death!?
I have a ggg aunt that died in Manitou Springs, El Paso, Colorado!. The information from her headstone simply reads: Emslie M!. Naylor 1878-1963/ Her son Edgar M!. Horton is also buried there!. I'd like to order her death certifcate and get an obituary for her!.!.!. But how can I do that w/o knowing at least the month of her death!? I just tried to find out if Colorado has some kind of death index and if they do, it's not posted online!. The woman isn't appearing on the SSDI!.!.!.!.!. So, I'm kind of lost as to what to do next!. I thought about writing to the folks up there in Manitou Springs!.!.!.!.!. But I'm not sure of WHO to write to!.!.!.!.Any suggestions!?!?!? Www@QuestionHome@Com
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1963 is very early for someone to be in SSDI and for an obit to be in the newspaper archives online!. Since you know the cemetery they are in, the cemetery office can provide the name of the funeral home that handled the arrangements!. Then contact the funeral home!. If there was an obituary, the funeral home should have a copy in its files!. also, contact the Manitou Springs Public Library from their website!. They may have an index of Manitou Springs area deaths take from the CO newspapers in their local history department!. Www@QuestionHome@Com
Contact the cemetery and ask them to look up her file!. They might have a copy of her death certificate or at least they can tell you her date of death or the date of her burial!. Then, you can contact the Department of Vital Statistics, State of Colorado in Denver and obtain her death certificate!. Www@QuestionHome@Com
I would go to the El Paso County website and contact the Public health department!. They should be able to help you!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Go to the cemetery sexton, ask him who the mortician was, (may have a death certificate( records will show what state she died) write to the State Bureau of Statistics at the capital of the state!.
The cemetery will also know when she was buried exactly!.
In Kansas, there is a cost of $10!.00 Www@QuestionHome@Com