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The following information will usually be found in a death record | The following information will usually be found in a death record | ||
*The | *The name of the deceased. | ||
*The date of death. | *The date of death. | ||
*The names of the deceased's parents. | *The names of the deceased's parents. | ||
*The | *The name of the deceased's spouse. | ||
*The age of the deceased at the time of death | *The age of the deceased at the time of death. | ||
*The place of | *The place of the deceased's birth. | ||
*The occupation of the deceased. | *The occupation of the deceased. | ||
*The names of the witnesses, their ages, occupations, residence, and relationship if any. | *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. | Remember, married women are always recorded under their maiden surname. The informant’s name (often a relative) is also given.<br><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 | 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), | ||
Those people who were born without a fixed surname are probably recorded under a patronymic or were "given" a surname posthumously, often based on the farm they were born at or lived at. | Those people who were born without a fixed surname are probably recorded under a patronymic or were "given" a surname posthumously, often based on the farm they were born at or lived at. | ||
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Image: Netherlands Death Registration.jpg|A Death record from 1922 | Image: Netherlands Death Registration.jpg|A Death record from 1922 | ||
Image: Netherlands Transcription of death registrations.jpg|Dutch Transcription | Image: Netherlands Transcription of death registrations.jpg|Dutch Transcription | ||
Image: Netherlands Translation of death registrations.jpg|English | Image: Netherlands Translation of death registrations.jpg|English Translation | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== Overlijden/ Deaths after 1940 == | == Overlijden/ Deaths after 1940 == | ||