death record
Official demise certificate
A death record is an official document certifying that someone has died, typically including the date, location, and cause of death.
Death records are maintained by government agencies and used for legal purposes—settling estates, claiming benefits, or researching family history: She ordered her grandfather's death record from the state vital records office.
- obituaryNotice of someone's passing
- certificateFormal written attestation
- morgueCorpse holding facility
- coronerPublic death investigator
- burialPlacing deceased underground
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- family historygenealogy, ancestry, ancestor, ancestors, descendant
- historical surveyscensus, poll, oral history, land survey, parish register
- historical documentsDeclaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, Magna Carta, Emancipation Proclamation, Federalist Papers
- historical recordsdiary, annual reviews, letter, census data, census returns
- life recordsautobiography, biography, birth certificate, genealogy, diary
- recordsGuinness, documents, album, files, almanacs
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Official natal documentation
birth certificate · birth registration · marriage record · adoption record
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