How good the info on a death certificate is about the deceased person, depends on how knowledgeable the person who gave the info was about the deceased person. The informant could be a family member, friend, doctor, care giver, or simply the guy at the morgue. When there is very little info on the death certificate about the deceased person, I usually find that the person is in the care of someone who knows very little about them. Most times these poor souls are in a nursing home or some type of care facility and have been abandoned by their family. The county did not bother to seek out any info on the person who was deceased, they just took and recorded info from anyone who knew the person and was willing to give what info they knew about the person. Sad, but this happens more often than you know.