Does Ancestry.com have full death records from Michigan from 1991?
I see an index of a 1991 Michigan death record on FamilySearch.org:
But I don't actually have the opportunity to see the record itself--as in, the actual document.
Would Ancestry.com allow me to see the actual document here? I want to know if this document (as in, the actual document) gives the names of this woman's parents.
Thank you.
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Michigan has its own website with vital records. https://michiganology.org/vital-records/ but there is a 75-year privacy rule. Records are available, but not online if within the last 75 years.
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And, yes, Ancestry has SOME Michigan death records, but the same state law applies. "Per state law, vital records must be seventy-five years or older before they can be made publicly available online."
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Thanks; so, looks like I'll have to wait until 2066 to see her death record. :(
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I have to admit that I do find this rule a bit surprising. Aaron Bazemore (1881-1992), for instance, died at roughly the same time, but in a different US state (North Carolina), and yet his death record is already publicly available online:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9GD-99DC-8?i=2882&cc=1584959
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Every state makes its own laws independent of every other state. Sometimes, even within a state, different laws apply. For example, the 5 boroughs of New York City have a different privacy limit on vital records than the rest of the state of New York.
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