Hi there, RCE stands for Register of Corrected entries - I too have had a couple of relatives whose deahs have been subject to invetigation and report. What you actually get is an amended death entry giving the cause of death as finally established. Regards Duncan ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jean.Reynolds1@Btinternet.com> To: <SCT-RENFREW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 3:06 PM Subject: Re: [Renfrew] How did she die? > If there were exceptional circumstances - accidental death etc. and a coroner's report was necessary (in Scotland it would be the Procurator Fiscal) there would be an entry on the side of the certificate RCE (Record of ........ entry - can't quite remember the correct terminology. In that case there is another record in another book giving full details of the circumstances - I have had this with two relatives and got the information from the Scottish Records Office when I questioned what RCE meant. > > Hope this might be of help > Jean > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christine Normington" <christine.normington@ntlworld.com> > To: <SCT-RENFREW-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 6:02 PM > Subject: [Renfrew] How did she die? > > > > I have just received the death certificate of my 2x great-grandmother > > Isabella SWAN, PAUL which tells me that she died from > > > > "Shock from extensive burns to trunk and extremities in her own house, > > Newton St, Paisley. 15 hours. Signed Peter Morrison, who saw her two hours > > before death." > > > > I don't wish to appear stupid, but can anyone suggest how she may have died > > please? Only I would have assumed in a house fire or if her clothes had > > caught fire, the burns to her body would have been more extensive. > > > > Also would there have been an inquest, and if so would the records survive > > and where would they be kept? Would something like this have been likely to > > have reached the newspapers? > > > > Thank you. > > > > Every Blessing, > > Christine > > > > ______________________________ > > > ==== SCT-RENFREW Mailing List ==== > ********************************************************************** > The Renfrewshire GenWeb page is at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~sctrfw/ > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

Thanks Duncan, This could be the case because the copy I have has been crossed out and amended. Every Blessing, Christine -----Original Message----- From: duncan malcolm [mailto:duncanmalcolm@omne.uk.net] Sent: 07 July 2003 16:50 To: SCT-RENFREW-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Renfrew] How did she die? Hi there, RCE stands for Register of Corrected entries - I too have had a couple of relatives whose deahs have been subject to invetigation and report. What you actually get is an amended death entry giving the cause of death as finally established. Regards Duncan ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jean.Reynolds1@Btinternet.com> To: <SCT-RENFREW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 3:06 PM Subject: Re: [Renfrew] How did she die? > If there were exceptional circumstances - accidental death etc. and a coroner's report was necessary (in Scotland it would be the Procurator Fiscal) there would be an entry on the side of the certificate RCE (Record of ........ entry - can't quite remember the correct terminology. In that case there is another record in another book giving full details of the circumstances - I have had this with two relatives and got the information from the Scottish Records Office when I questioned what RCE meant. > > Hope this might be of help > Jean > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christine Normington" <christine.normington@ntlworld.com> > To: <SCT-RENFREW-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 6:02 PM > Subject: [Renfrew] How did she die? > > > > I have just received the death certificate of my 2x great-grandmother > > Isabella SWAN, PAUL which tells me that she died from > > > > "Shock from extensive burns to trunk and extremities in her own house, > > Newton St, Paisley. 15 hours. Signed Peter Morrison, who saw her two hours > > before death." > > > > I don't wish to appear stupid, but can anyone suggest how she may have died > > please? Only I would have assumed in a house fire or if her clothes had > > caught fire, the burns to her body would have been more extensive. > > > > Also would there have been an inquest, and if so would the records survive > > and where would they be kept? Would something like this have been likely to > > have reached the newspapers? > > > > Thank you. > > > > Every Blessing, > > Christine > > > > ______________________________ > > > ==== SCT-RENFREW Mailing List ==== > ********************************************************************** > The Renfrewshire GenWeb page is at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~sctrfw/ > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ==== SCT-RENFREW Mailing List ==== ********************************************************************** The Renfrewshire GENUKI page is at http://www.skylinc.net/~lasmith/genuki/RFW/