Liz, I couldn't agree with you more! I was having trouble with my SHARP line (William SHARP was a miller in Staines) and managed to find his death so I ordered the Death Certificate. He had been living with his married daughter whom I had no knowledge of. It was like the key to the vault! That one piece of information opened up lots more information and I managed to find all William's children - at least, I think I have. Go for it! - Susan -------------------------------------------------- From: "Liz" <e.newbery@btinternet.com> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 7:44 AM To: <bristol_and_district@rootsweb.com> Subject: [B&D] Death Certificates > Sad to say, I've always been far more interested in getting Birth and > Marriage Certificates even though I have always advocated looking for > deaths, burials and even more importantly - Probate. > > However, having obtained all the Birth and Marriage Certificates for my > family over the last 10 years and with nothing to spend my hard earnt cash > on, apart from subscriptions, I decided the time had come to order more > death certificates. > > So far two arrived this morning and one created a mystery for me...surely > that's what it's all about! One of them showed the name of the informant > was a daughter but it wasn't a name I recognised. I realised who the > daughter was but I couldn't find the marriage. So, putting my brains into > first gear, I realised that this daughter must have married twice. As a > result, I looked for a first marriage, checked that one, found him and > then > found his death and using her first married name, I was able to find a > second marriage. Just a small matter but it was important. > > As we all know, Death Certificates don't really give us very much > information but even a little useful clue like this made it worth the £7 > it > cost. Another 4 Certificates to come later this week...will there be > another mystery for me to solve? > > No, they are not direct descendants but it has corrected an error on my > tree > and one day I might even find some living cousins from this branch. > > Liz > www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery > OPC for Street, Somerset > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message