Friday, March 31, 2000
I sent away for some more vital records today. I sent for Grandpa Brandi's birth certificate, Great Grandpa Brandi's death certificate, and Great Grandpa Horbal's death certificate. Michigan charges $13 apiece for these, as opposed to Pennsylvania, which only charged $4. Ouch! Michigan does promise to act on requests within 1-5 days, though, which is a little quicker than Pennsylvania. We'll see; I don't suppose that genealogical requests take very high priority (and rightly so).
I'm hoping that between Grandpa's birth certificate and Great Grandpa Brandi's death certificate I can clear up the question of what Great Grandpa's middle name actually was. I'm hoping also that Grandpa's birth certificate will make crystal clear who his mother was and help dispel some of the confusion generated by Aunt Yola's and Aunt Zina's Social Security forms. And I hope, but don't expect, Great Grandpa Horbal's certificate will mention a little more clearly where in Poland he came from. I don't remember if Buscha died before or after him, but I think I remember that they went within less than a year of each other, so hopefully I'll get a better idea of which side of his death hers came on.
Posted at 3:28:59 PM
