What is information is given on an English or Welsh Death Certificate?
The full name of the deceased, when and where they died (on early certificates the address information may be scanty), their sex and age, the cause of death and whether the cause was certified, the signature and address of the informant with a description (i.e. in attendance or similar) when the death was registered. Also the Registration District and the signature of the Registrar. The informant was supposed to be a close relative unless the deceased person had died in somewhere like the workhouse. From 1975 onwards the date of birth is also included. A death certificate does not give the date or place of burial.
