Hi Joan and Courtney :) Actually if it were an Australian death certificate you'd be given a lot more information than this. It would also tell you spouse's name, whether living or dead, number of issue together with names and age/deceased as well as number of years in the Colony. Take care, Rob. IBSSG Stuttgart, Germany, Honey's Home of Genealogy www.honeyshome.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Joan Wood To: ENG-DEV-SOUTHHAMS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 8:46 AM Subject: Re: [SOUTHHAMS] Death Cert usefulness? Hello Courtney, The death certificate will give the following information: Where and when he died The name and surname of the deceased Sex Age Occupation Cause of death The informant's name, description (this is usually the relationship to the deceased) and address Date the death was registered Name of the registrar. In other words you get quite a lot of information, but I gather that the English death certificate does not include as much information as is provided in Australia. Regards, Joan Rotorua, NZ ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx