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mookins

mookins Report 27 Oct 2008 19:12

probably a well asked question but are the death records of women by their married name or their maiden name?

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 27 Oct 2008 19:16

by the name they are using at the time of death!

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 27 Oct 2008 20:02

I could also have added



........ under the name that by which the informant knew them!



lol!!


sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Ericthered

Ericthered Report 27 Oct 2008 23:06

I know a woman who has been married - and divorced - twice. She has now reverted to using her maiden name.......so when she dies, presumably it will be registered under her maiden name, with a lot of additional details having to be added to the cert, to explain the anomaly!

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 28 Oct 2008 08:12

Last week I ordered online a death certificate for a married woman, who we thought to be widow surname N.
On Saturday we received a death certificate for her,...surname B.

It is the right person and in the name section it says, formerly known as.( first names)....N

I didn't know that other names on the certificates could be searched after 1969, although I knew there is a section where any other surnames are mentioned when registering a death.

We subsequently found the record for a later marriage to Mr B.

Gwyn