On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:23:26 GMT, Scruffy McScruffovitch wrote: > The death certificate is generally filled out a 1 - 3 days after the death > and sometimes later if an involved autopsy is required. By that time, the > family has made the arrangements, and they know where the body will be > intered. Also, people often make arrangements, buy burial plots, etc > before they croak, or they have family plots. When my dad passed in 2005, > all his arrangements were already made. All we had to do is fill out the > death cert information, the Coroner signed it, and sent it to the state for > whatever processing they do. We got certified copies in about a month. Much the same in UK - however did the certified copy show the place of interment? - this is what I found interesting in the original post. In UK, although of course folks do make prior arrangements, you don't know from the death certificate whether the deceased was buried or cremated and certainly not where. Didn't mean to be picky on the interment vs. internment but didn't want to confuse the OP! -- Terry

"Terry" <Terry234@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1swmujt7jbx6i$.1hhaiatwuhzow.dlg@40tude.net... | On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:23:26 GMT, Scruffy McScruffovitch wrote: | | > The death certificate is generally filled out a 1 - 3 days after the death | > and sometimes later if an involved autopsy is required. By that time, the | > family has made the arrangements, and they know where the body will be | > intered. Also, people often make arrangements, buy burial plots, etc | > before they croak, or they have family plots. When my dad passed in 2005, | > all his arrangements were already made. All we had to do is fill out the | > death cert information, the Coroner signed it, and sent it to the state for | > whatever processing they do. We got certified copies in about a month. | | Much the same in UK - however did the certified copy show the place of | interment? - this is what I found interesting in the original post. | | In UK, although of course folks do make prior arrangements, you don't know | from the death certificate whether the deceased was buried or cremated and | certainly not where. | | Didn't mean to be picky on the interment vs. internment but didn't want to | confuse the OP! | -- | Terry The OP had "Interment" in the subject line and a typo "intenment" in the body of the message. Internment was not mentioned until McScuff made a typo on interment in his reply. But everybody is correct (sans typos) - interment is burial and internment is confinement. I can't speak for other parts of the U.S., but it is not unusual in our area for a death certificate to be issued days or even weeks after the State is notified of the person's death (and place of interment in most cases.) Funeral parlors usually handle that chore these days, but in days of yore, usually a relative or physican (or both) filled out the necessary forms. So the place of interment (actually called burial on our form) is usually shown on the certificate - it is likely only the name of the community, but sometimes the name of the graveyard is given. Birth records are similar - certificates issued several days, even weeks, after the date of birth. These days the hospitals do the paperwork. In the past, some births never got reported to the Vital Statistics people - the midwife or the family may not have been literate. I have a brother-in-law born in 1920 who did not have his birth registered. He had to jump through hoops to obtain a birth certificate before joining the U. S. Army during WWII. Affidavits from parents, witnesses, that sort of thing. But he finally got the BC. -- Henry Brownlee Houma, Louisiana

The DC was not "certified" per se but was copy of the the original record. It included a number of blanks to fill in including: Date of death Place of death Date of interment Place of interment Name of cemetery For the DC in question, all of the above was filled out except name of cemetery. Peter "Terry" <Terry234@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1swmujt7jbx6i$.1hhaiatwuhzow.dlg@40tude.net... > On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:23:26 GMT, Scruffy McScruffovitch wrote: > >> The death certificate is generally filled out a 1 - 3 days after the >> death >> and sometimes later if an involved autopsy is required. By that time, >> the >> family has made the arrangements, and they know where the body will be >> intered. Also, people often make arrangements, buy burial plots, etc >> before they croak, or they have family plots. When my dad passed in >> 2005, >> all his arrangements were already made. All we had to do is fill out >> the >> death cert information, the Coroner signed it, and sent it to the state >> for >> whatever processing they do. We got certified copies in about a month. > > Much the same in UK - however did the certified copy show the place of > interment? - this is what I found interesting in the original post. > > In UK, although of course folks do make prior arrangements, you don't know > from the death certificate whether the deceased was buried or cremated and > certainly not where. > > Didn't mean to be picky on the interment vs. internment but didn't want to > confuse the OP! > -- > Terry