Am finding it difficult this afternoon not to drift over into burial records.
I'm aware that our successors (in the UK at least) will have far more helpful info on modern death certificates than we have available to us. This from dealing with those of my parents.
Q from Jan was a quote tweet, but essentially asked the best way to ask what she might be looking for in an archive.
A: We should never ask for "everything for our surname". Be as specific as possible with our requests. Check the archives catalog of records, read finding aids, do the leg work first before making a request.
Jan: So if you see a collection in the catalog you're interested in, you could say
"I'm interested in [e.g. Confederate veterans pension records] and any record sets that might relate to those records in your unprocessed collections?"
A: Yes! Just remember that unprocessed collections are not indexed, cataloged and has no finding aid. Working with archives with their manuscript collection and unprocessed collections requires patience!
I am grateful that most of my ancestors are from #Denmark where access to records is free. Being able to learn about one's #FamilyHistory should be a right for everyone regardless of income or savings. #genchat
Another unusual death record I found was a telegram from the physician to an uncle of the deaceased stating the person had died of consumption that day. It's filed in with South Carolina Death Records on Ancestry
Introduction to Dave Annal's series of videos "Setting the record straight"
I thoroughly recommend subscribing to Dave's you tube channel to see this series in proper order. Problems we all face at some time on Ancestry and elsewhere.
More importantly ... how to work around the problems he outlines.
(Thank you to someone who posted one of these recently! You know who you are!!)
#genchat No everyone marries, and parents can forget to register a birth (if it was required at the time). My experience in the UK is that I have a few more burials than I can account for. The frustration is that burial records in parish records are usually the least informative, often not giving an age or next of kin. What's others experience?