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Burial and death records for most Catholic countries may include the following information, depending on the time period when they were created:
- Date of the record, usually the burial date
- Given name and surnames of the deceased
- Marital status of the deceased
- Name of spouse of the deceased
- Age of the deceased
- Occupation of the deceased
- Given names, surnames, residence and birthplaces of the parents
- Note regarding the masses to be performed for the soul of the deceased
- Note as to whether the deceased left a will
- Names of witnesses
- Name or signature of the officiating priest
The information included in these records usually follows a specific order; however, it is not uncommon to find the same information in different order. See example below.
Burial Record Sample: Paragraph Form
Phrases
- Marginal Notes
- Place Phrase
- Document Date Phrase
- Ceremony Phrase: the Burial
- Name of the Deceased
- Additional Information about the Deceased
- Last Rites Phrase
- Testament Phrase
- Relationships of the Deceased
- Certification Phrase
Transcription
Planas
Cos
Die decima septima Januarij millesimi septingentesimi quinquagesimi
quinti in caemeterio Paro[chi]alis ecclesiae B[endicti]. Mariae de Seva Vicen[sis] Dio[cesi]
data fuit ec[clesi]ca sepultura Cadaveri Francisci Planas Bracerij
loci de Seva qui obierat die praecedenti postquam receperat sacra
menta, que ecclesia solet aegrotantibus impeatiri, et suu[m] ordina
verat testamentu[s] paulo ante obitu[s] paenes R[ector]rem de Seva
caelebrata fuerient tria official funeralia consueta, videlicet
obit[uali]s novenalis, et capitis anni cu[m] assistentia triu[s] Presbite
roru[s] et Ludimagistri quibus clargiut[s] fuit stipendiu[s] solitum
Jura Par[ochia]lia sunt solute.
Translation
Planas
Cos
On the seventeenth day of January of one thousand seven hundred fifty
five in the parochial cemetery of the church of Blessed Mary of Seva, dioceses of Vic
in the church, a burial was given to the body of Franciscus Planas farm laborer
of the place of Seva who died the previous day after he received the last rights/sacraments
which the church habitually imparts to those who are sickening, and his will
having been put in order shortly before his death by the assistant parish priest of Seva
three of the customary official funeral services were celebrated, namely
the funerary [mass], novenal [mass], and anniversary [mass] with the attendance of three priests
and the schoolteacher? which [clergymen] has been paid [and] the customary fee
for the parochial [funeral] rights are paid.
Burial Record Sample: Pre-Printed Form
Transcription
| No. 810 Johnston |
Anno 1884 die 29 mensis Augusti Ellen Johnston ex 5 Olive street aetatis 46, in communione S. Matris Ecclesiae animam Deo reddidit Sacramentis munita cujus corpus die 31 mensis Augusti sepultum est in caemeterio apud Ford Fredericus d. Heurter, miss[ionarius] coad[jutor] |
Translation
| No. 810 Johnston |
In the year 1884 on the 29th day of the month of August Ellen Johnston of 5 Olive street age 46, in [full] communion of the Holy Mother Church, gave up her soul to God, having been fortified by the sacraments [last rights], whose body on the 31st day of the month of August was buried in the cemetery in Ford Fredericus d. Heurter, missionary, assistant [to the parish priest] |
Burial Record Sample: Tabular Form
Left Page
Transcription
| Annus millesimus octini gentesimus quinquagesi mus secundus 1852 |
Habitatio defincti |
Nomen Cognomen et Conditio Defuncti |
||
| Dies et Mensis | Pagus | N[ume]rus domus |
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| Mortis | Sepulturae | |||
| Die vigesi ma quarta Octobris 24 |
26 ejusdem |
Bergud minor |
8 | Franciscus Tokra filius Nicolai et Mariae agr[icola] |
| Die 17 decima septima Novembris |
18 ejusdem |
Bergud major |
82 | Catharina Afrie Sor filia Valenteni Malhiae et Helenae agr[icola] |
| Die 28 vigesima octa va Novembris |
30 ejusdem |
Bergud minor |
14 | Helen Kersul uxor Martini agr[icola] |
| Die 17 decima septima Dicembris |
19 ejusdem |
Bergud major |
52 | Joannes Briran fil[ius] Mathaei et Mariae agr[icola] |
| Die 23 vigesima tertia |
ejusdem | D[ict]o | 72 | Margaritha filia d[i]f[unct]i Mathaei et vid[uae] Helenae Afric Sor agr[icola] |
Translation
| The year one thousand eight hundred and fifty second 1852 |
Residence of the deceased |
Name, Last Name, and Occupation of the deceased |
||
| Day and Month | District | Number of house |
||
| Of Death | Of Burial | |||
| Twenty-fourth day of October 24 |
26 of the same |
Bergud minor |
8 | Franciscus Tokra son of Nicholaus and Maria farmer |
| 17 Seventeenth day of November |
18 of the same |
Bergud major |
82 | Catharina Afrie Sor daughter of Valentenus Malhiae and Helena farmer |
| Twenty-eighth day of November |
30 of the same |
Bergud minor |
14 | Helena Kersul wife of Martinus farmer |
| 17 Seventeenth day of December |
19 of the same |
Bergud major |
52 | Joannes Briran son of Mathaeus and Maria farmer |
| 23 Twenty-third day of December |
of the same | the same | 72 | Margaritha daughter of the deceased Mathaeus and his widow Helena Afric Sor farmer |
Right Page
Transcription
| Religio | Sexus | Aetas | Morbus seu canosa Mortis |
Fuit S[anctus] Sacra[me]ntes provisus |
Sacerdotis sepelientis Subscriptio |
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| Catholica | Acatholica | Graeca | Masc[ulu] | Feoemina | Ann[us] | Mensis | Dies | |||
| 1 | 1 | 10 | 24 | Consumtio | Jos. Vodes [paraphus] Cappellanuso |
|||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Debilitas | Idem | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 42 | 6 | 15 | Consumtio | fuit provisa | Idem | |||
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Spasmus | Idem | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 20 | Februs gastica | fuit provisa | Idem | |||
Translation
| Religion | Sex | Age | Disease or Cause of Death |
The last rights were provided |
Signature of the burying priest |
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| Catholic | Non-Catholic | Greek | Male | Female | Year | Month | Day | |||
| 1 | 1 | 10 | 24 | Consumption | Jos. Vodes [paraph] Cappellanuso |
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| 1 | 1 | 1 | Weakness | the same | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 42 | 6 | 15 | Consumption | was provided | the same | |||
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Convulsions | the same | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 20 | Gastric Fever | was provided | the same | |||
