Listers, I'm sorry for the confusion. The death certificate I sent got to the digest without the bold characters to show which information was added by hand. In the form I sent the official put names, dates and times of day, ages, and occupations in blanks left in the form. *********************************************** Village of ______ District of ________ the ____ day of the month of ______, year of ____, at _____in the (time of day)________ Certificate of Death for ______, _______ age ____ years died the _____________(date) in _______(place) at ____ o'clock in the __________ (morning, evening) , profession ___________, born in ______, department of ___________, living in ___________ was married to ___________, ________ the legitimate ________ (son, daughter) of the late ________, _____ (deceased father's name), ________ (profession) ; who was born in ________lived in ______ department of ___________ and of __________,__________(deceased mother's name)_who was born in ______and lived in ______, department of _________. By this declaration made to us by ______, _____ age ____ years, profession of __________living in _______ who is said to be the_____ of the deceased and by ______, ______ age ____ years profession of _______ living in ______who is said to be ______ of the deceased, and after reading have signed. Certified by us _________, ________doing the functions of the Civil Officer of the State, after we were assured of the death by the mortuary.

Thanks Bob. I will look through my documents again. My documents are from around 1831 and apparently revolve around the fact that one of my ancestors wanted to get married and had no birth certificate, and her mother was deceased. So they had a tribunal seated to produce a birth document for her, a death document for her mother, and whatever else they needed to allow this woman to marry. Coincidentally, I have Blocks in my line. The deceased and her daughter were Rosette Bloch b 1762 in Zellwiller-Bas-Rhine, and Rosine Bloch Franck (aka Rosetta) b. 1801 in Gerstheim. Rosette's father was Aron Bloch (aka Aron Israel) Do you think there is a connection or was your use of that name purely for 'demonstration purposes'? -----Original Message----- From: alsace-lorraine-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:alsace-lorraine-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of ROBERT TEITELBAUM Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 10:48 AM To: alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [A-L] French Certificate of Death Listers, I'm sorry for the confusion. The death certificate I sent got to the digest without the bold characters to show which information was added by hand. In the form I sent the official put names, dates and times of day, ages, and occupations in blanks left in the form. *********************************************** Village of ______ District of ________ the ____ day of the month of ______, year of ____, at _____in the (time of day)________ Certificate of Death for ______, _______ age ____ years died the _____________(date) in _______(place) at ____ o'clock in the __________ (morning, evening) , profession ___________, born in ______, department of ___________, living in ___________ was married to ___________, ________ the legitimate ________ (son, daughter) of the late ________, _____ (deceased father's name), ________ (profession) ; who was born in ________lived in ______ department of ___________ and of __________,__________(deceased mother's name)_who was born in ______and lived in ______, department of _________. By this declaration made to us by ______, _____ age ____ years, profession of __________living in _______ who is said to be the_____ of the deceased and by ______, ______ age ____ years profession of _______ living in ______who is said to be ______ of the deceased, and after reading have signed. Certified by us _________, ________doing the functions of the Civil Officer of the State, after we were assured of the death by the mortuary. -- Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi, Would you happen to have the forms for births and marriages? Thanks, Maryann >From: ROBERT TEITELBAUM <bobtbaum@verizon.net> >Reply-To: alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com >To: alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [A-L] French Certificate of Death >Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 07:47:40 -0700 (PDT) > >Listers, > >I'm sorry for the confusion. The death certificate I sent got to the >digest without the bold characters to show which information was added by >hand. > >In the form I sent the official put names, dates and times of day, ages, >and occupations in blanks left in the form. >*********************************************** >Village of ______ District of ________ the ____ day of the month of >______, year of ____, at _____in the (time of day)________ > >Certificate of Death for ______, _______ age ____ years died the >_____________(date) in _______(place) at ____ o'clock in the __________ >(morning, evening) , profession ___________, born in ______, department of >___________, living in ___________ was married to ___________, ________ >the legitimate ________ (son, daughter) of the late ________, _____ >(deceased father's name), ________ (profession) ; who was born in >________lived in ______ department of ___________ >and of __________,__________(deceased mother's name)_who was born in >______and lived in ______, department of _________. > >By this declaration made to us by ______, _____ age ____ years, profession >of __________living in _______ who is said to be the_____ of the deceased >and by ______, ______ age ____ years profession of _______ living in >______who is said to be ______ of the deceased, and after reading have >signed. > >Certified by us _________, ________doing the functions of the Civil >Officer of the State, after we were assured of the death by the mortuary. >-- >Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message