This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: kq1969 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.cemetery.us.mo/1755.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The death certificates usually [depending on the knowledge of the person giving the information for the certificate] give parents' names, location of the death, cause of death, states of parents' birth, occupation on the dead person. Many old obituaries do not give that information. I have quite a few old obituaries, that only give the date of death, funeral and burial information, especially if printed on the large city newspapers. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.