Hello, I recently received an April 23, 1866 marriage license for Benjamin Booth and Jane Ebrey for Prees, Shropshire. So I have a sense of what is on marriage records for that period, for example, father's name and occupation but not mother's name. My question is, what content is found on death records for the 1800s for Shropshire, starting in 1837? Do they have birth and death dates and places? Are the names of any relatives included? I do plan to order several more marriage records, and would order several death records if they would really help me with my family history research. Thanks to all the helpful folks on this list! Barbara Bradley Petura State of Washington, USA

At 09:41 AM 7/02/2010, you wrote: >My question is, what content is found on death records for the 1800s >for Shropshire, starting in 1837? Do they have birth and death dates >and places? Are the names of any relatives included? \Hi Barbara This is straight off the top of my head, so I may missing something, but a death certificate will give you the following: Where and when died Name and Surname Sex Age Occupation Cause of death Signature etc. and place of residence of the informant person When the death was registered Signature of the registrar. Parish burial records, in general, will give you the name of the person (if a child the name of the father - sometimes the mother), the place of residence (if in the country, generally a village or district), date, age, and who performed the service. I have probably saved hundreds, if not more, dollars by getting hold of the microfilms through the LDS folk at their family history library. For Ellesmere, for instance, I have quite a few hundred pages in A4 files of BMDs for little cost. Hope this helps. Graham Melbourne Oz