New Zealand death certificate?

annie1 · Post by **annie1** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 3:17 pm

Hi,

I want to order a death certificate for my mothers gt aunt Mary Ann Skinner ( nee Murray) who died in Masterton New Zealand 1931, I found a record of her death on the Masterton Council Grave site a few years ago, I went round in circles for a while,as her age was always out, but I am now certain it was her and that she had lied about her age, fingers crossed though!!

My questions are:

What information is on the certificate? is it the same as Scottish records?
How do I pay? as I'd rather not pay by credit card.

I went to the New Zealand Gov site but could not find the answers and just wondered if anyone else had ordered from them before.

Thanks
Ann

Post by **Tracey** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 7:01 pm

Hello Ann

I can tell you that all that is on a death certificate in 1971 is the deceased name and date and where they died.
The one i have a copy of must have been sent to my grandma at the time and so i havnt had to order one from NZ.

This site might be of some help though.

http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/

http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/OrderingRecords.do

Good luck

Tracey

trish1 · Post by **trish1** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 2:08 am

Not sure if this link is similar to the ones from Tracey - but it also seems to have some information

http://www.bdm.govt.nz/

Trish

Currie · Post by **Currie** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:43 am

Hello Ann,

See this page – hopefully it is up to date.
http://www.genealogy.org.nz/NZ_Research_243.aspx

See also
http://genealogypro.com/articles/New-Ze ... cords.html

NZ certificates appear to have a lot of detail but it seems you must ask for a full certificate

Alan

momat · Post by **momat** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 10:15 am

Hello Ann,

I have 1962 &1982 Certificates with this data.

You need this site.
http://www.bdm.govt.nz/

A full Certificate will give you this.

Full Names
date of Death
place of Death
cause of Death with explanation

Name of certifying Doctor and time last seen alive
sex
age and place of Birth
Usual place of residence
How long lived in New Zealand (if born other than N Z)
Marital state
Date of Burial or Cremation
place of interment
age and sex of children
Parents names (where available)
Place and date of Marriage
spouse's name
age of spouse at time of spouse's death
So there is a lot on them and worth the money
They have Credit card facility and options like bank drafts to purchase

annie1 · Post by **annie1** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 4:18 pm

Hi all,

Thank you all, for your advice on these New Zealand sites, I have had a good look at them and it has helped, it looks like I am going to get many details

Especially as I have no idea when she immigrated, I cant wait!!

Thank you all again,
Ann

Fiona C Davidson · Post by **Fiona C Davidson** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 11:52 pm

Hi Ann

Just been having a read of the replies to your email request. There is a bit of misinformation in the responses.

This is my understanding. There are two kinds of certificate available in NZ - a certificate (which is used for legal purposes) and a photocopy of the original birth, death or marriage entry. I'm a researcher based in NZ. If I was getting this cert for genie purposes I'd ask for the photocopy of the original death entry, cause it has more information than is on the legal certificate. The photocopy contains all that Mommat listed in her response. The cost for a 1931 photocopy is NZ $20 (about 6 or 7 pounds sterling). Hope this helps.

Fiona

BarbR · Post by **BarbR** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 12:28 am

Just thought I would throw this in for what it's worth......

I sent for New Zealand Death cert for my 3 x Gt grandfather who died in 1858 in Wellington. It is called a "New Zealand Death Certificate" and states it is a "certified copy of particulars recorded by a Registrar". Although there is a lot of details asked for, many of the lines have "Not Recorded" beside them and so it was disapointing not to have as much information as there was potential for. Hopefully that would not be the case with one so much later as the one you are looking for.

Anyway,
All the best
Barbara

annie1 · Post by **annie1** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:47 pm

Hi Barbara and Fiona,

I have just noticed your replies and thank you both, I have found another two who seemingly went to New Zealand from the same family, so the chances are they possibly helped with the death cert, I am going to wait and gather as much info about the other two and order photocopies of the originals.

Thanks
Ann