EXHIBIT
      31.2





CERTIFICATIONS
      PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002





I,
      David
      H. Eaton, certify that:





1.
      I have
      reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of Stratford American Corporation
      and
      its subsidiaries;





2.
      Based
      on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material
      fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made,
      in
      light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading
      with respect to the period covered by this report;





3.
      Based
      on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
      included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial
      condition, results of operations and cash flows of the small business issuer
      as
      of, and for, the periods presented in this report;





4.
      The
      small business issuer ’ s
      other
      certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining
      disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)
      and 15d-15(e)) for the small business issuer and have:





a)
      designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
      controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that
      material information relating to the small business issuer, including its
      consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,
      particularly during the period in which this report is being
      prepared;





b)
      evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer ’ s
      disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions
      about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the
      end
      of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and





c)
      disclosed in this report any change in the small business issuer ’ s
      internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the small
      business issuer ’ s
      most
      recent fiscal quarter (the small business issuer ’ s
      fourth
      fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected,
      or
      is reasonably likely to materially affect, the small business issuer ’ s
      internal control over financial reporting; and





5.
      The
      small business issuer ’ s
      other
      certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation
      of
      internal control over financial reporting, to the small business
      issuer ’ s
      auditors and the audit committee of the small business issuer ’ s
      board
      of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):





a)
      all
      significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation
      of
      internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
      adversely affect the small business issuer ’ s
      ability
      to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and





b)
      any
      fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
      who
      have a significant role in the small business issuer ’ s
      internal control over financial reporting.




Date: 
                      March 31, 2006
                  
                  /s/ 
                    David H. EatonDavid
                      H. Eaton
                    Chief
                      Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board