heather guit wrote: > Could someone please tell me what information is on Death Certificate for > death in 1851 Gosport. > Would it have parents names etc. No, not if it was an adult and that applies to all death certs from anywhere in England and Wales. If it was a child, then it would say "Son/daughter of <father's name> and you might get the mother's name (usually undesignated) in the informant column if she was the informant. A woman may have "widow of <name of husband>" in the occupation column. No names of children, living or dead are given, nor the names of any siblings. It will usually give the date, place of death, name of deceased, age at death, occupation, cause of death. The information was only as good as the informant's knowledge, so the age in particular can be way off. You'll find this site useful to bookmark: http://home.clara.net/dixons/Certificates/indexbd.htm
Thank you. Guess that's not going to help me find parents. Heather -------Original Message------- From: Firebird Date: 12/17/08 16:24:39 To: eng-hampshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Death Certificates Heather guit wrote: > Could someone please tell me what information is on Death Certificate for > death in 1851 Gosport. > Would it have parents names etc. No, not if it was an adult and that applies to all death certs from Anywhere in England and Wales. If it was a child, then it would say "Son/daughter of <father's name> And you might get the mother's name (usually undesignated) in the Informant column if she was the informant. A woman may have "widow of <name of husband>" in the occupation column. No names of children, living or dead are given, nor the names of any Siblings. It will usually give the date, place of death, name of deceased, age At death, occupation, cause of death. The information was only as Good as the informant's knowledge, so the age in particular can be way Off. You'll find this site useful to bookmark: http://home.clara.net/dixons/Certificates/indexbd.htm ............................................. Want to contact the local community? Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk ............................................. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-HAMPSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message