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From: bob gillis <>
Subject: Re: [MAESSEX] Death Certificates
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 08:28:37 -0400
References: <102.4a71e7ea.2e30abcb@aol.com>


wrote:
>
> In a message dated 7/22/04 12:55:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> writes:
>
> > > > information. The information was given by someone at a time of stress.
> > > > ONLY THE DEATH INFORMATION EVEN TODAY HAS A HIGH SURETY.
> >
> > > Bob, could you check that last sentence please. I do not understand what
> > > it is attempting to communicate.
> > > thankyou.
> > > bob THOMAS
> >
> >
> > I understood him to mean that even in modern times, the only really
> reliable
> > information on a death certificate is that which relates to the
> contemporary
> > event (i.e., the death itself). I concur.
>
> Let's hope he'll relieve us of the need to speculate!
>
> Although I agree with you that the only _reliable_ TIME DEPENDANT
> data on a death cert. is the date of death, it is worth noting that there
> are other reliable data such as ...
> o where the death took place
> o who the attending physician was
> o next of kin (perhaps)
> o address at time of death and
> o other data INCLUDING, in particular, more recently the
> actual cause of death>

I probably wrote: Only the death information even today has a high
surety. (I do not have a copy of my original reply.) Note no ALL CAPS.

Of course the above details except perhaps for next of kin are usually
correct. "Death information" included the above details IMO.

bob gillis

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