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Death Records for Genealogy
To the family researcher, death records can be a gold mine of information. The death record includes the full name of the deceased and information that will be very helpful in searching for further information. For example, the record includes the deceased's date and location of birth, along with the name of his or her father and mother and where they were born. In fact, if you are lucky, the death record may even include the mother's maiden name. In trying to trace a family, the death record (along with a birth record) may be one of the few places where the mother's maiden name may appear. In addition to the birth information, a great deal of death information is also included. The date, location and cause of death are listed, along with the doctor's name and the length of time that the doctor had been seeing the patient. The date and location of interment is also included. The death record includes information about the deceased's life as well. There is often a space for occupation and marital status. Marital status includes married, single and widowed. Even if the deceased's spouse is already dead, his or her name is often listed as spouse. In the case of women, often the spouse's maiden name is used. Death records also list an informant, which allows you to assess how accurate the information might be. In the case of people who have long ago immigrated to the United States, the information of family left behind might be somewhat inaccurate. The informant might be an offspring who never even saw his or her grandparents and so the information about their names and birthplaces might be confused. This is why many family researchers try to find several pieces of information to confirm each other. Whether you should contact the county or state depends on the when the state started keeping this information at the state level. If you do not know the exact year your ancestor died, most government agencies will search only a ten-year period for each request. So it would be good to narrow the time period at much as possible before requesting a search. |
United States Birth Certificates, Death Records & Marriage Licenses
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This intel was contributed by Doug Barry
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