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From: "Rondina Muncy" <>
Subject: Re: [TGF] Death Return or Death Certificate
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 10:19:12 -0500
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Judy & Sue,

I am curious as to who is actually filing these returns. Is there an
indication?

Rondina
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On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 7:33 PM, Judy & Sue <> wrote:

> Portland, Multnomah County,Oregon, kept vital records before the
> state required them. So from 1881 to 1917, there are death records
> from Portland that don't exist in other counties in the state. The
> Genealogical Forum of Oregon (GFO) has microfilmed these records. My
> question: from a citation standpoint is there a difference between a
> death "certificate", or a death "return". The Portland records I
> viewed yesterday are called death "returns". They have much of the
> information found on modern death certificates including name, age,
> date and place of death, cause of death, undertaker, place of burial
> and some information about nativity of the person and his/her parents.
>
> Thank you
>
>
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