Terry wrote: > On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:42:49 -0500, Unsprung wrote: > > >>What does "place of intenment" mean on a death certificate. This person died >>in NH but the place of interment was VT. The cemetery is not listed. >> >>Peter > > > Well the the obvious answer is to look it up in a dictionary (that's a > book)or use Google or even Wikipedia: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burial > > I am interested that a place of interment should be shown on a Death > Certificate. The Death Certificate is surely issued prior to this event. > The place of interment may not even be decided when the Death Certificate > is issued. Is this common in the USA? I have never heard of this before. > > Yes, it's very common to have the place as well as the date on post-1920 death certificates. B'lieve the hospital issues the certificate to the funeral home who fills in the rest of it and files it with the state. Cheryl