Try SENILE DECAY. Frequently used in deaths of the elderly. Nancy in COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD northern lower Michigan D.C. wrote: >Hi all. I just received a 1912 death certificate. The cause of death is >"Semli Decay". I couldn't find anything in google. It wasn't on our recent >medical terms list. Anyone have any ideas on what it could mean? > >Donna > >Additional info: Deceased was 85 years old. > > >==== MI-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== >MIGenWeb. Michigan Genealogy. >http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb/ >Locate resources, browse counties, search and contribute to special projects. > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >. >
Nancy and Carolyn, You are absolutely right! I knew someone would know. I'll bet that the original document said Senile decay, but when the clerk transcribed it, the 'ni' became 'm' and the last 'e' looked like an 'i'. Thanks for solving this for me. Donna Also freezing in Michigan. -----Original Message----- From: Nancy Keith [mailto:keithnancy@t-one.net] Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 2:06 PM To: kinshipmatters@twmi.rr.com Cc: MI-GENEALOGY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MI-Genealogy] Medical Terms - another question - cause of death Try SENILE DECAY. Frequently used in deaths of the elderly. Nancy in COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD northern lower Michigan D.C. wrote: >Hi all. I just received a 1912 death certificate. The cause of death is >"Semli Decay". I couldn't find anything in google. It wasn't on our recent >medical terms list. Anyone have any ideas on what it could mean? > >Donna > >Additional info: Deceased was 85 years old. > > >==== MI-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== >MIGenWeb. Michigan Genealogy. >http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb/ >Locate resources, browse counties, search and contribute to special projects. > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >. >