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    1. [AUS-QLD] Burial register vs Death Certificate
    2. Estelle Daniels
    3. Hello Listers,Just following the discussion regarding the Lang Park burials and thinking a bit more on the topic of locating graves...I'm wonder why cemetery plot/niche wall numbers are not recorded on Death Certificates along with the name of the cemetery where the remains are interred? From my limited experience in this area, Burial Registers or cemetery maps - the only records of individuals' exact burial sites - as kept by Councils, Churches, etc seem to have had variable survival rates. If the plot co-ordinates relative to the cemetery of burial were briefly recorded by the undertaker on the Death Certificate at the time of burial, this would stand the test of time, as long as the death was registered. Even though the details given to the undertaker by relatives for entry on the Death Certificate can be questioned at times, the official and medical information is not subjective. Does anyone else have any thoughts on this...or is this information already recorded "behind the scenes", and not published with a certificate? Estelle

    03/14/2012 04:49:33