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Jane

Jane Report 26 May 2007 19:14

Thanks Shirley - it makes sense as the gentleman never married. I just wondered why they had put his address rather than their own - unless it was a live-in housekeeper, perhaps.

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 26 May 2007 19:09

Its just the informant who has registered the death as a witness so can give authority for the burial, could be a doctor or a neighbour or anyone who signs that they know the deceased or are authorised to sign the death cert

Jane

Jane Report 26 May 2007 19:04

I have just received a death certificate for a death registered in 1956. In box 7 for the signature, description and residence of the informant, it states a name and then says 'Causing the body to be buried' and the address of the deceased person. I haven't come across this phrase before and the person is not a relative, so I wondered if anyone could throw some light on it. Thank you.