Hi Mary, I have found that they usually did mark (dec) on the certificates. But I do have a few where I know positively that someone was dead (I have their death certificate) and (dec) doesn't appear. I usually take the info given as a starting point....it may or may not pan out, but it is a start. Isn't that the case in all family tree researching? Happy Hunting! Jackie Scottsdale, Arizona USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Campbell" <mary53@ntlworld.com> To: <SCT-RENFREW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 2:23 PM Subject: [Renfrew] deceased > I have received a marriage certificate where under three of the parents > names it has 'decs'. I am assuming that this means deceased. My question for > the list is - would writing this on the certificate be common practice > everywhere? > I have my gt.grandfathers marriage certificate and this is not on it but I > was almost positive his father was dead when he married. Does anyone know > anything about this? > Mary Campbell
There is no rule about it - It depended entirely on whether the information was proffered, or the clergyman/registrar thought to ask. Regards Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie Thorpe" <jackieaz@cox.net> To: <SCT-RENFREW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 12:05 AM Subject: Re: [Renfrew] deceased > Hi Mary, > > I have found that they usually did mark (dec) on the certificates. But I do > have a few where I know positively that someone was dead (I have their death > certificate) and (dec) doesn't appear. I usually take the info given as a > starting point....it may or may not pan out, but it is a start. Isn't that > the case in all family tree researching? > > Happy Hunting! > > Jackie > Scottsdale, Arizona USA > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mary Campbell" <mary53@ntlworld.com> > To: <SCT-RENFREW-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 2:23 PM > Subject: [Renfrew] deceased > > > > I have received a marriage certificate where under three of the parents > > names it has 'decs'. I am assuming that this means deceased. My question > for > > the list is - would writing this on the certificate be common practice > > everywhere? > > I have my gt.grandfathers marriage certificate and this is not on it but I > > was almost positive his father was dead when he married. Does anyone know > > anything about this? > > Mary Campbell > > > > ==== SCT-RENFREW Mailing List ==== > ********************************************************************** > The Renfrewshire GenWeb page is at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~sctrfw/ >