Death Records
Below are our 7 articles in the death records' category:
To those familiar with the idea of Vikings having funeral pyres for their dead, or the practice in India, it might come as a shock to learn that the...
Since 1837, deaths in England and Wales have been certified by the state. Whilst it's the least important part of the genealogical chain, there's...
As with births and marriages, the problem with death records before 1538, when the Anglican Church decided all three should be recorded in the parish...
It might seem a strange topic to consider, but it's one that's important to genealogy: the first public graveyards didn't open until 1827. Before...
Like all other records, death certificates are prone to error from many sources, some of them human. Frustrating as that is in genealogy, though, the...
As with births, New Zealand began the registration of European deaths in 1848, the collected records being kept by the Registrar General (as with...
Wills are a wonderful tool for the genealogist. They can tell so much about the way a person lived, what he acquired, and his relationships with...
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