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Originally Posted by mawipafl
Probably in VA. I didn't research to see if records are kept at the city, county, or state level, but upon his passing, someone had to sign off (and I presume he was in a hospital, so it would have been someone on staff there), and I would think the death certificate would therefore be in VA.
The funeral home might also be a resource to help you.
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By this period in time, the state should have long been issuing certificates - normally you'd checked with the state department of health.
It's also possible you'll find a death certificate in both Virginia and PA. I have someone in my tree who died in NJ but was living in Philadelphia and I found his death certificate in Philadelphia. There may be a record with NJ as well, but they aren't online so I didn't check. Granted, this was in 1904 before PA issued statewide certificates (it was issued by the city of Philadelphia) so things might be handled differently in the 1970s. But in general, it was not uncommon for a death record to be filed in both the place of death and place of residence.
The record I mentioned:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDGL-8ZK - note that it's from the Philadelphia City Death Certificates but place of death is Atlantic City, NJ.
Here's the Vital Records Office from the Virginia Department of Health:
Office of Vital Records
And the PA Department of Health:
http://www.health.pa.gov/MyRecords/C...x#.VPnRh_mjNNY
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