Dear Victoria, The line through the part of the death certificate where the mothers Maiden name should be, indicates that her name was unknown to whoever registered the death. The same could also be true if the line was where the fathers name should be. It is not uncommon, particular when the deceased died in old age, the informant may never have know the deceased's parents. Hope that makes sense, Regards, Erica Johnson. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 9:17 AM Subject: Death Certificate - Gordon JOHNSTON > Morning all > > I have received a death certificate this morning and there is no mothers name > listed, only the fathers. There is a line drawn through, where you would put > the mothers name. Does anyone know what this would mean. > > If there were no fathers name, then I would take it to mean that the father > was unknown. Not sure about the mother. Any help is very much appreciated. > > Thanks > Victoria Germain > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >