Once one has the cemetery information, how does one go about obtaining a death certificate? And is it necessary to prove a relationship to the deceased? Thanks for any information and help. I'm a new member of this list. Cheers! Betty (Delta, BC) > From there, I would try to obtain death certificates which could provide > names of parents. Death certificates often include names of death informants > who would likely be spouses or younger family members. >

Hi Betty, By this time in my genealogy studies, I should have obtained some certificates from Ontario--but I haven't. If you go to the Ontario government site at http://www.cbs.gov.on.ca/mcbs/english/4UMPCQ.htm you will know as much as I do. Their descriptions of entitlement to documents seem rather vague. In BC, death certificates are on microfilm and are available to anyone 20 years after death. Ontario may not be that liberal (small L) and some provinces actually demand that you give them information that you wouldn't be asking for if you had it! So I'll pass the buck to some knowledgeable person on the list who has gone through the process with Ontario. For future use, I would like to know when or if Ontario death certificates (or birth/marriage) first identified the origins and parents of the subject persons. Perhaps the same knowledgeable person can inform us about this. Regards, Al Currie Across the way in Surrey, BC -----Original Message----- From: Betty Nelson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 2004-Feb-18 17:56 To: Allan B Currie; [email protected] Subject: Obtaining death certificates Once one has the cemetery information, how does one go about obtaining a death certificate? And is it necessary to prove a relationship to the deceased? Thanks for any information and help. I'm a new member of this list. Cheers! Betty (Delta, BC) > From there, I would try to obtain death certificates which could provide > names of parents. Death certificates often include names of death informants > who would likely be spouses or younger family members. >