Queensland Australia certificates also give names and ages of all living children (sometimes married names of daughters but usually "Mary, 35yrs" or similar), and often lists deceased children - it depends on the knowledge of the informant. Relevant Death Certificates are also included with microfilmed wills for the state. Very handy! Sandra > Dawn Webb <dawnwebb@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > Same goes for most of the Australian states - Victorian ones copied the > Scottish version and these days, they have I think MORE info than the > Scottish ones which have deleted a couple of bits the Vic ones have not. > > Dawn (Melbourne Victoria Australia) > > -----Original Message----- > From: staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of marie gibb > Sent: Wednesday, 28 March 2012 7:53 PM > To: STAFFORDSHIRE@rootsweb.com > Subject: [STAFFORDSHIRE] UK vs Scottish Death Certificates as sources of > information > > Hi Lin/Michael, > > " ... just the date and address, cause of death and the person who > registered the death, not a lot of information to be found on UK Death > Certificates." > > Lin, please forgive my pedantry, but I feel it just might be important > to > point out that Scottish death certificates do in fact contain a wealth > of > detail not found in the English version.  They mention who the deceased > was > married to (or if they were single or widowed), their occupation, and - > ta > raaa! - the names and occupations of both parents!  The informant's name > and > address is also given, along with their relationship to the deceased. > > I know this may not be relevant at the moment Michael, but you never > know > when you might have to follow a trail north of the border - my Stoke > ancestors relocated to the Fife potteries, settled and raised a family > there. > > Happy hunting! > Marie. > ****************************** > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not > apply > to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED > MATERIALS. > ------------------------------- > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature > database 7005 (20120328) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature > database 7005 (20120328) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > ****************************** > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not > apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of > ARCHIVED MATERIALS. > ------------------------------- > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message