Guide for reading death records

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krombie19
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Guide for reading death records

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Anyone know of a guide for reading death records?
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Reading materials look under sample records
http://familyhistory.byu.edu/Downloads/ ... ion_Guide/
http://www.myitalianfamily.com/record/p ... record.PDF
Heres a short version
Register of the act of death
The year one thousand
Of the month of
At the hour of
Before us mayor and civil official of the town of and district of
Appeared name profession age lived
And the same another person
Declared on this date and hour in the house of where died name age where born profession son of father age and profession and mother age and profession where the lived
The wifes name where lived


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Heres what I think your looking for click on black and white
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/ ... cestor.asp

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