I will try next week, but I'm having transportation problems so it may be a little longer... Sandra _____ From: suzibolton [mailto:suzibolton@comcast.net] Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 12:24 PM To: sandrah@ix.netcom.com Subject: RE: [NORCAL] What is on a death certificate? Thanks for this information, Sandrah. I have a few D.C.s, but most don't give this much information. I'd love to have information on my gr-grandfather if you can find his D.C. I'll be happy to send a SASE and $$$ if you tell me how much. I'm not sure he actually died in Sacramento County, but he is buried, along with his wife, in Sacramento Old City Cemetery. Anything you find will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!! Here's his information: George W. Nickell b. June 6, 1827 d. June 16, 1885 Louise Nickell b. April 24, 1830 d. April 27, 1921 in Alameda County -----Original Message----- From: sandrah [mailto:sandrah@ix.netcom.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 10:19 AM To: NORCAL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NORCAL] What is on a death certificate? I was recently asked this question and thought others might be interested in the answer as well. I can only do dc transcriptions for Sacramento County, other areas will have to be handled by someone willing to do it in that area. Here is the answer and this covers most of the death certificates I transcribe in Sacramento: The death certificate transcription is when I copy the information on the death certificate. This will include (if the informant knew) information as to the birthdate, birthplace of deceased, their parents and parents' birthplace, if they were married, divorced or single, the name of the spouse, the name of the person who gave the information and where they live, the occupation and the employer and how long they worked there, the length of time they had lived in Sacramento County, the length of time they had lived in CA and the USA, if they were in the armed forces, the location and time of death, the cause of death and the contributing factors, how long they were treated and by whom, where and when they were buried or cremated and by what funeral home, if the death was reported to the coroner, if they had any surgury, if there was an autopsy, if they were embalmed, and any other significant information that is written on the certificate. Now, sometimes the obituary, if found, can provide a lot of details, but sometimes the dc transcription has information not included in the obit, and if there is NO obit then it is a good secondary source to fall back on. REMEMBER, it is not gospel - the informant has to have the correct information to provide to the recorder, and that is not always the case. Many times they have no idea as to the parents' names or where they were born, sometimes they have gotten so rattled over the death they can't think straight and give their address for the deceased or even their name as the spouse when they are really the daughter - I've seen it all. Just imagine what could happen and realize that it does. Sandra ==== NORCAL Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from list version, send a message to NORCAL-L-request@rootsweb.com with nothing but the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body text.