This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GMB.2ACE/682.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Dear Teri: There are no set rules when it comes to death certificates especially before they were 'official' records and even then the personal info on the deceased is supplied by an inform- ant(not necessarily a relative) who may not know. It is possible the 'transcribed' death record omitted the par- ents' names. I would order an actual copy of the certificate. Gary Conwell