Documenting Death -- The Certificate The U.S. started maintaining vital records in 1900 and by the mid-1930s all states were collecting mortality data.

To serve these purposes, individual states have a death certificate form based on the US Standard Certificate of Death, and while the documents can vary slightly, they are largely similar as they ...

Death certificates are a common legal document needed for several affairs after death, ... Often funeral homes generate the certificate, filling out parts of the form before sending it off to a ...

The Government spokesperson said, “To date, the Registry General has not yet received any requests for short-form death certificates. For more information, ...