Questions tagged [death-records]
For questions about documents pertaining to a person's death, including death certificates, registers and indexes.
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Deciphering hospital location on death certificate from 1977
I am trying to decipher this hospital location where my Great Grandmother died:
I know it is in Salisbury but I am try to:
Work out the correct name.
Attempt to locate it online resource mentioning ...
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Cause of death on an 1871 British Death certificate
I have a death certificate for a woman who died at the age of 42. The cause of death is listed as "disease of the brain". I am not sure what that could mean. Did they mean meningitis or some type of ...
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What can I deduce from this newspaper extract?
There is a brief mention of an ancestor in a couple of Staffordshire newpapers:
2 October 1830 DIED John Wright age 24 of Tettenhall late of Kidderminster and formerly of Wolverhampton
In 1828 ...
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Are there any online resources to verify death of a inmate at Fort Leavenworth?
One of my cousins asserts that her Uncle died "in prison" at Fort Leavenworth Kansas on 1 Jan 1976.
Are there any online resources that would verify the death of a prisoner (assuming that he was ...
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Locating autopsy results for suicide in NYC in 1931?
Has anyone had any success in obtaining a police file or coroner's report from the 1930's?
I am having difficulty finding out if those records were destroyed or not. If not, I cannot find any place ...
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Finding German birth record for Heinz Gunther Edward Curdt in early 20th Century?
I have been extensively researching my family ancestry. My grandfather is German and moved to England at age 7 around 1950-1952. I do not believe his father moved to England with him as he never knew ...
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Where to find 1911 sub-districts in order?
I am trying to work out which of two death records in Wakefield registration district is my ancestor.
To do this I need the subdistricts listed in the order they come on the census.
I don’t know ...
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What is San Francisco lodge- No. 2, K. R. A?
What is San Francisco lodge- No. 2, K. R. A?
This title was found and copied from the obit for my great grandfather Adam Farnlacher who passed in San Francisco in November 1908.
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What tools can be used to translate handwritten Danish documents?
Can someone help me translate this Danish death notice?
It's for my Great grandfather. I am trying to trace his parents.
https://www.danishfamilysearch.com/sogn438/churchbook/source27353/...
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Is Sarah M. Robinson's mother Anna Strong really Eleanor Denton?
The 1885 Detroit, Michigan, death certificate of Sarah M. Robinson (b. c. 1812, New York) lists her as the daughter of James Strong and Anna Strong, both born in New York. She is buried in Elmwood ...
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What information would be on a 1915 Arkansas death certificate?
I am researching James Thomas Clements (~1834-1915) and would like to identify his mother. Arkansas Vital Records sells copies of death records from February 1, 1914. Before paying for one, I would ...
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Finding recent death records in Germany?
I have two persons that died recently in Germany since 1994. I don't know the city but I have the full name and birthdates.
Any suggestions?
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What is the cause of death on this certificate?
I'm struggling to read the cause of death on this certificate:
I can make out:
Chronic ?
6 years
Exhaustion 2 years
? might be rheumatism, but I've never heard of that being fatal before.
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Tracing undertaker records for funeral held in Sydney 1908?
To try and assist resolution of Interpreting where Informant was when 1908 Death on NSW Certificate occurred? I am wondering whether the funeral arrangement records of the undertakers may have ...
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Interpreting where Informant was when 1908 Death on NSW Certificate occurred?
I suspect that my 2nd great grandfather Robert John Steven Sellers was the uncle named in a newspaper report (Geelong Advertiser, Tue 31 May 1910) about the divorce of his wife's niece Lesley Baylis ...
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Is Unregistered Death possible after 1900 in U.S.?
I am researching my great uncle, James Barton (no middle initial), trying to find a death record. I believe he was living in Mt. Victory, Hardin County, Ohio in 1900. I found a 'James Barton' married ...
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Reading word on 1908 death certificate from New South Wales?
Today I obtained the Death Certificate of my 2nd great grandfather Robert John Steven Sellers who died in Sydney on 18 Jan 1908.
In the picture below I am trying to read the middle of the three ...
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Why does death record from 1872 in England not contain parent details?
I have a death record from 1872 in England and all that is written is name, cause of death, where, and a witness.
There is no information as to who the parents were. This is not a huge issue as I ...
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Why might I be unable to find a parish burial record?
I have been looking online for the death record of a Charles Ormond from Forfar born circa 1780. He was living in Prin Cottage, Forfar in 1841 but isn't present on the 1851 census, which shows his ...
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Estimating delivery time of GRO's new PDF format?
I have ordered a death certificate over the new PDF format from the GRO the other day and have been given an estimate date of 15th for it to be sent to my email; that's 5 working days.
Can anyone who ...
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Identifying cause of death on Scottish record
I'm finding this handwriting hard to read here. I'm quite certain it ends in "-tysis" but the first few letters are difficult to decode.
Does anyone know what the cause of death may be here? This is ...
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Finding death record of Charles Brown Filshie born 1910 Gorbals, Lanarkshire, Scotland?
He married Eliza Ward in Sunderland Durham England in 1936, but she remarried in 1944 stating she was widowed. However the Glasgow register of 1945 has Charles Brown Filshie living with his brother ...
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Privacy restrictions for ordering death certificates in England?
I would like to order the death certificate for an ancestor of mine who died in 1959 so I can ascertain why they died, and am trying to search the GRO website.
However, the year of registration won'...
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Seeking death record for Jacob Schulthess who died in Wangen an der Aare prison in Switzerland?
Looking for the death record for Jacob Schulthess who died in Wangen an der Aare prison sometime between 1894 - Oct 1899
I am told he was sent to prison for accidentally shooting his mother in law ...
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Jacob Schulthess Wangen an der Aare records [duplicate]
I'm just getting started researching my husband's family who came from Wangen an der Aare, Bern Canton, Switzerland. I'm looking for Jacob Schulthess birth record who was born 29 Jan 1892 in Wangen ...
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Seeking US death record from about 1912?
The family story says that my Grandfather Harry Avery died sometime in 1912.
In 1906 he was in Jefferson Maine. [PAINTER AND PAPERHANGER].
In 1908 he was in Attleboro, Massachusetts where he married ...
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Finding other sources for the information on a death certificate?
I'm considering ordering the death certificate from the GRO for a relative who died in England. But before I order it, I want to make sure I have the right person. What information am I likely to ...
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Determining cause of 1958 death in England?
I have an ancestor who died rather young (late forties) at a time when there was no major military conflict. This was post-1900 as well so life expectancy wouldn't excuse this as a natural death.
He ...
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Seeking WW2 death record in Russia for Paul Krahn who was born 1917 at Lauenburg (Germany)?
I had two uncles who both fell in WW2, one in Italy, who has a grave, but the other in Russia.
I only have his name (Paul Krahn), date and place of birth (2 Feb 1917 at Lauenburg, Germany) and that ...
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Why did many 19th century death certificates list age in years, months and days?
This isn't a question about any particular death certificate, but rather a general question. On modern birth certificates, say after 1950, the general style seems to be to give the date of death, the ...
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Seeking English burial/death record prior to 1837?
I'm looking for a burial/death record for a woman that I only have her married name for. I also can't find a birth or marriage record.
Her name is Hannah Evans, born in Leominster, Herefordshire, ...
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Finding medical records for Richmond State Hospital patient?
My 2nd great-grandmother, Margaret Elizabeth Armegust or Arbingast, was born 22 Sept 1837 in Ohio and died 24 July 1929 at the Richmond State Hospital, Wayne, Indiana, United States. She lived for a ...
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Finding ancestor Nathan Cohen who was born in Russia and immigrated New York City 1900-1905?
My Great Great Grandfather Nathan Cohen was born in Russia.
He had a wife Lissie Bernstein with whom he had a daughter Minnie, born in Vilna sometime around 1886. Lissie died about 2 years later in ...
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Determining who died in the Spanish Flu Epidemic of 1918?
I have several people in my family tree who died at a relatively young age in 1918 -- the year of the deadly Spanish Flu epidemic in the U.S. and Europe. Unfortunately, I can't find death ...
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Finding death records for family members? [closed]
How can I look up death records WITHOUT paying for them or joining a site?
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Bauch Family records Berlin-Charlottenburg
How can I find out about my grandfather's siblings?
Would a German death certificate for my great grandfather have his immediate family listed?
I know (Josef) Alois Bauch was born in Allenstein, ...
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Trying to find birth and death info for Thomas and Sarah Bissell
I am trying to find birth and death info for Thomas and Sarah Bissell.
Thomas Bissell's Christening date is December 25, 1787 in Saint Thomas',Dudley,Worcester,England but I do not have any birth ...
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Civil War-era death records for West Virginia?
I am looking for the death record of Henry Morrison, born 1826/1829 in Pennsylvania, and living in Wheeling, West Virginia with wife & family at the time of the 1860 federal census (October).
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Committed for Postnatal Depression 1930-40?
Scenario: 1930-40's UK. A new mother "Mary" (fake name) was institutionalised in an "asylum" for what the records state to be "postnatal depression". The records frustratingly do not elaborate ...
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Seeking info on merchant marine who died at sea mysteriously in 1952?
My father-in-law was a merchant marine who died at sea in 1952 under mysterious circumstances.
How can we obtain the cause of death?
We have not been able to get a certificate due to privacy laws ...
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Finding Death Record for Swiss lady who emigrated to US in 1880s?
My great grandmother Katherina Schober VonNeiderhauser Bahler:
Was widowed (with 6 children)
Then married Johannes Bahler
Had one child with Johannes in Wattenvil, Switzerland
Then immigrated to the ...
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Death of an American in Paris
I would like to find death records for an American ancestor who died on a business trip to Paris in about 1840. What would be some good online sources or specific record sets to try?
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Determining mother's former names on 1884 death certificate from Glasgow?
The cropped image below comes from the Death Certificate (dated 28 Aug 1884 at 127 Watt St, Glasgow Kinning Park) of my 4th great grandmother Mary Campbell who married Robert Clacher. The remainder ...
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Seeking death/burial record in Germany for man born 1922?
I am seeking information for a man and his wife .
He was born in Stuttgart, Germany during 1922. There is no known death date for him.
How could I find a death/burial record for him? I know his ...
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What happened to Gustav Adolf Neumann, 1859 immigrant to the US?
According to notes passed down by my granddad (from an unknown source), I have an relative, Gustav Adolf Neumann, who was born 1824 in Leipzig, Saxony, and who eventually immigrated to the United ...
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Strategy to find death of individual with common name?
I thought I had found the death certificate for my grandfather Thomas Jones (born 1905) but the recent availability of the 1939 register and the Midlands Electoral Rolls have proven me wrong (see Back ...
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Determining Alexander Mokowich's death date (after 1920), possibly in Massachusetts?
Alexander Mokowich was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in 1917. He was listed in a WWI military record and in a 1920 census in Pittsfield, but not in the 1930 census. When was his death date? His ...
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Meaning of abbreviation "(O.K.)" on 1939 Michigan death certificate?
I have located my grandfather's Michigan death certificate from 1939.
Following his father's name is the abbreviation "(O.K.)". What does that mean?
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What was "Chronic Endeidis"?
Chronic Endeidis, this is from my Great-great Grandfather's death certificate as cause of death ( 1895 ). It is probably a variate spelling but I cannot find reference to it; either by itself or ...
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