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You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

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Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 1,287 Send Message	Lynda Carol	Report	20 Aug 2005 17:34
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 1,287 Send Message	What info is on a death certificate, have an exact date of death for my relative, but no exact birth date. Would a death cert. tell me this?
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28,819 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	20 Aug 2005 17:37
	It depends when the death occurred. I think it was about 1967 or 1969 before they started to put date of birth on death certificates. Before that you just get age at death, which could be correct or not, depending on who was giving the information, and how well they knew the deceased. Kath. x

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