Comments on: No clues in the Death Certificate

By: Kyle

Kyle — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 01:11:43 +0000

How were you able to get the death certificate if you did not know the parent’s names? Like it seems that you got the record in order to figure out who the parents were, but when I request one for my great great grandfather, it requires that I list who his parents were, which I don’t know, it’s the whole reason I want the document in the first place.

By: Sheryl

Sheryl — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 02:31:33 +0000

Great post! It’s so frustrating when information that seems like it should be there is missing. Maybe her son couldn’t remember his grandmother’s first name, so he didn’t provide that information.

By: Amy Coffin

Amy Coffin — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:48:38 +0000

I have a similar situation with a tragic, sudden death. The informant was a sister, who clearly would have known the information. I just think it was too much to bear at that moment.

By: NoOceanInKansas

NoOceanInKansas — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:55:03 +0000

Great post! Nothing I hate more than getting a vital record in the mail, that I’ve been waiting and waiting for, and it doesn’t have all the info I hoped.

By: Judy G. Russell, CG

Judy G. Russell, CG — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:49:16 +0000

It’s always frustrating when the death certificate is so unhelpful. My own great grandmother’s death certificate in OK has “don’t know” for both parents and only lists her married name (Mrs. M.G. Cottrell) for her name. Grrrrr! But, I suppose, better no info than wrong info!