Death registration by undertaker

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Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 456 Send Message	Llamedos Pam	Report	29 Aug 2007 14:36
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 456 Send Message	After getting a certificate this week, I went to search through old copies of the local newspaper to see if I could get any information from this and see if it showed a connection to the person who registered the death and it seems that it was the funeral director who registered her death, anyone know why he would do this and not a relative, I know she had never married but she had at least one sister. Seems another sad story Pam
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 3,307 Send Message	BrendafromWales	Report	29 Aug 2007 14:47
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 3,307 Send Message	We have had this on my o.h's side.This happened in Canada,and was his errant grandfather who left his family and ,we think, married again bigamously whilst there. We have been in touch with the undertakers,and this happened in 1970's,and they said it is quite a normal procedure.Maybe no-one wanted to register the death.,or had her sister died before her,or was maybe estranged? Brenda
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 7,819 Send Message	InspectorGreenPen	Report	29 Aug 2007 16:46
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 7,819 Send Message	There was an inquest after my dad died and the coroner's office took care of the arrangements, including registering the death.