Hello List Jim said: Thank you to all who help my find the obituary of Temulji B. Nariman,from a previous posting. Pardon my lack on knowledge on this subject (since I live in the states) but are death certificates / death records public in India, especially from 1940? If they are of public record, How can I obtain a copy of a death certificate/death record? Name: Temulji B. Nariman Died: end of July 1940 Location: Bombay, India (Parsi Lying in Hospital) There was some registration of birth and deaths in India, refer the FIBIS Fibiwiki page "Birth and death registration" http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Birth_and_death_registration However, for practical purposes, obtaining a copy of the records is virtually impossible and would require the use of a service in India, unless a person was able to visit India themselves. Although people have in the past obtained copies of birth registrations, usually their own, I have not heard of anyone obtaining a copy of a death registration and have no idea what information it contains, or whether you need to be a close relative etc. Cheers Maureen (Sydney)