Thanks for that. I think your suggestion is probably correct. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Firebird" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 6:05 PM Subject: Re: [WOR] Death, Burial & Certificate (Informant) dates. > MichaelWalker wrote: > > > Hi List > > > > I am probably missing something obvious, but even before the > > necessity to have a death certified by a doctor, I understood that > > a death certificate needed to be produced before burial could take > > place. > > > > I have 2 examples in Badsey in 1841 where the following occurred :- > > > > > > death 16 Mar 1843, burial (as per parish records) 21 Mar, > > certificate 30 Mar > > > > death 3 May 1841, burial 7 May, certificate 13 May. > > > > Please could someone more knowledgeable put me right. > > Yes, you are right in your understanding. It would appear that the > vicar has agreed to the burial with the proviso that the death cert > was produced in due course in both cases you highlight. Either the > vicar trusted the families concerned or knew they would do as > required. Another possibility is that the burial didn't take place on > the date given in the parish register since the registers weren't made > up as baptisms and burials occurred but maybe once a week, once a > month or even once a quarter ahead of the returns having to be sent to > the GRO. It meant that the scraps of paper could have been got out of > order or the information on it wasn't complete or that the vicar or > clerk was going by memory as to the date. > > I'm not quite sure what the vicar would have done if the families > hadn't produced the certificate! > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.4/1310 - Release Date: 3/4/08 8:35 AM > >