Hi Margaret, Information that may commonly be found in a death record includes: 1. Name of deceased 2. occupation of deceased 3. whether single, married, or widowed 4. if female, maiden name, and name of her husband; in earlier records (1700s) a female may buried as "Susanna Megert, wife of Christian Segessemann" and listed in the index under Megert; in later records (1800s) it may appear as "Susanna Segessemann, born Megert, Christian's wife/widow" and listed in the index under Segessemann 5. Name of father (and if deceased) 6. occupation of father 7. residence of father 8. date of death 9. date of burial 10. time of death (hour) 11. disease/cause of death 12. age at death 13. location of death 14. residence at death 15. date of birth/baptism Rick Saunders http://pweb.netcom.com/~fzsaund/0.html