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Warren County, Kentucky Abstracted Burial Permits, 1877-1913, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Warren County, Kentucky Abstracted Burial Permits, 1877-1913, Kentucky Library Research Collections
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These select records (1877-1913) are equivalent to an early death certificate since similar information is contained on both records. The genealogical data that may be included is the name of the deceased, place of birth, residence, intended interment, name of mother, name of father, doctor/physician present, date, place, and cause of death, cemetery, undertaker, age, sex, race, marital status, and occupation.
Box 1, Folder 4 Bowling Green, Kentucky - Death Records, Bo-Bri, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Box 1, Folder 4 Bowling Green, Kentucky - Death Records, Bo-Bri, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green, Kentucky – Death Records, 1877-1913
Death certificates were not required by state statute in Kentucky until 1911. Prior to that, some municipalities did collect information related to deaths. In Bowling Green a “Return of a Death” certificate was completed to attest to the death of an individual. Completed returns were filed with the City Clerk in order to obtain a permit for burial within the City of Bowling Green, Kentucky. The returns consist of two parts: 1) a Physician’s Certificate Preparatory to Burial, which states the deceased’s name, sex, race, age, marital status, date of death, cause of death, and duration of last illness; and …