Death Certificate

[ziggie]

I notice when looking to order a death certificate that it is recommended to purchase a printout of the certificate as it says it has more information but could someone tell me what would be included on this?

ziggie

[Thamesite2017]

What information will the ordered certificate or printout contain?
A printout, up to 1998, will generally be a scanned image of the record so will contain all the information that was provided at the time the event was registered. A certificate has less information and is generally used for legal purposes. See Data Collected.
https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Faq/#G11

It can depend on the time period you are after what information is on the cetificate and the layout varies

What time period are you after and we can list the columns that you would find on the printout

Bye
Althea

[ziggie]

1957 to 1975

[Thamesite2017]

heres the headings off a 1973 death cert (printout)
(abridged)
Names, occupation, residence
Sex, age, dob
When where died
Where born, how long in NZ
Name and surname of father, mother (maiden name) and occupation
Where married, age, to whom, age of widow, issue (ages and sex)
When and where buried
Causes of death, medical attendent
Signature of informant, description, residence
When registered and registrar

Bye
Althea

[ziggie]

Thank you Althea; I'll get on and order the certificates.

ziggie

[Thamesite2017]

Ziggie
I just amended the above to stress again printout
I do am sometimes confused by the difference but always just tick the printout box when ordering

Bye
Althea

[ziggie]

Just ordered printouts, hoping that they will contain information which will forward my research.  Thank you once again.

Bye
ziggie

[Janette]

A printout is a copy of the information from the registration, and usually used for research purposes, it is either handwritten or typed.
A certificate is a legal document.

Cheers Janette