Hi Jane
Yep, I have ordered several death certificates - quite interesting read really ... but the information they give you, is obviously the name of the deceased, last address, age at death, cause of death and the important bit for me usually is the name of the informant and their relationship to the deceased.
My GGG Grandfather, Emanuel, died in 1907 and on his death cert, the informant was his grandaughter (Edith Batley) ... anyway I have recently been in touch with someone who is related to the Batleys (I always live in hope that there will be an old photo in someones loft of one of my ancestors
) ... well when I informed this person that his Great Great Aunt (Edith) was the informant of the death, he told his aging mother who nearly had a heart attack because Edith had run away from the Batleys in the early 1900's no one had heard from her since.... so she had done a runner from the Batleys to the Illingworths - Ediths mother, Jane, was Emanuels daughter so how the hell Jane didnt get wind of Edith living there I dont know ... but there you go! - handy little thing Death certificates! ha ha
Shell
