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-Death records are especially helpful because they may provide important information on a person’s birth, spouse, and parents. Civil death records often exist for individuals whom there are no birth or marriage records for. Deaths were usually registered within a day or two of the death in the municipality where the person died.
+Death records are especially helpful because they may provide important information on a person’s birth, spouse, and parents. Civil death records often exist for individuals whom there are no birth or marriage records for. Deaths were usually registered within three days of the death in the municipality where the person died. If the deceased person was not a resident of that town, often a copy would be sent to that person's residence.
-The records give the deceased person’s name, date and place of death, age, birthplace, occupation, spouse’s name, and parents’ names. Married women are recorded under their maiden surname. If the spouse and parents are living, their occupation and residence will be given; otherwise it will name the place of their death. The informant’s name (often a relative) is also given. Information about parents, the birth date and birthplace of the deceased, and other information in a death record may be inaccurate since the person who gave the information may not have had complete information.
+Information you can find in the death record:
-Children who died before the declaration of birth was made are recorded as stillborn and are found only in the death records.
+* The names of your ancestors.
+* The date of your ancestors' death.
+* The names of your ancestors' parents.
+* The names of your ancestors' spouse.
+* The age of your ancestor at the time of death.
+* The place of your ancestors' birth.
+* The occupation of the deceased.
+* The names of the witnesses, their ages, occupations, residence, and relationship if any.
+Remember, married women are always recorded under their maiden surname. The informant’s name (often a relative) is also given.<br>Information about parents, the birth date and birthplace of the deceased, and other information in a death record may be inaccurate since the person who gave the information may not have had complete information.
+Children who died before the declaration of birth was made, are recorded as stillborn and are found only in the death records. This also means that when a child is recorded as stillborn it may not necessarily be true, as a birth had to be recorded within 3 days of birth. In other words, if the child died within those three days, it would most likely not be recorded in the birth records.
+When looking for a stillborn child you may have to look in the index under 'L' for 'Levenloos' (stillborn), or under the father's or mother's last name.
 Those people who were born without a fixed surname are probably recorded under a different name (like a patronymic surname) in the death records.
-The Central Bureau for Genealogy or [http://194.171.109.12/lang/EN cbg] has records of everyone who has died since 1940.
+The Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie or [http://194.171.109.12/lang/EN cbg] has records of everyone who has died since 1940.