Death Records Now

What kind of information can you find in a public death record? What makes these records one of the most commonly searched for types of vital records in America? If you’ve never actually searched for a death record before, you might be surprised to learn about some of the stuff that is found within it. These records can be very informative in both information on the deceased and also information on their family and survivors.

Here are some of the basics you can find in a public death record:

· Name of the deceased

· Date of the death

· Date of birth

· Obituary/death notice

· Cemetery location/ burial details

· Records of spouses

· Records of children and other family members

· Cause of death

· Death certificate

· Funeral records

· Genealogy database

· And more

The exact results of the death record will depend on different factors. For example, different states may have different laws regarding exactly what gets recorded at death. So a death record from one state may contain additional information than that of another state.

Another factor that can contribute to what’s in the death record is where you obtain the records. There are many different databases online offering death records but they are not all created equally. One may provide more information than the other and one may be more confidential and accurate than the other. Some may provide basic info for free and additional information for a fee. However all death records will have some or all of the basic information above.

Once you learn what’s in a public death record, you can see the different ways in which you might be able to use such records. Some people use them for tracking their family history or creating a family tree. This can be a great way to catch up on your family heritage and trace where you came from. You can look up your parents, grandparents and as further back as records allow and see all of your family history. You can then trace these people according to who married who, how many children they had and more.

Public death records are also sometimes used to do background checks or criminal type investigations on people. They can also be used to help write a biography of someone who is deceased. Because of the information held within a death record, especially if there is an obituary, you could learn more about someone’s life even if you had never met them while living.

This is just a touch on the most common uses of public death records. Since the information is public, anyone can get it and use it however they want, as long as they are not used to break the law in any way. A firm understanding of what’s in a public death record will help you use them to your advantage should you ever need to.

Rose Quadee
http://www.articlesbase.com/relationships-articles/whats-in-a-public-death-record-718235.html

He was living in Jackson, Michigan but were unable to find just what cemetery

he was buried in or if he has family left. Is Albion
maybe a possibility? That’s Albion, Michigan. Thank you

EDIT: You have very rich family heritage indeed. Even though I am having a hard time finding Thomas Chehowski, it seems that your lineage is to be found in the Riverside Cemetery.

If I were you, I’d go to the Riverside Cemetery and do some personal investigation.

EDIT: I am adding this in hopes it helps. I copied and pasted this paragraph from this link–http://www.lithuaniangenealogy.org/articles/Michigan/albion.html

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&fkt=741&fsdt=4805&q=ancestors+chehowski&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
then click on Lithuanians in Albion, Michigan (I added this link just in case the link up above doesn’t work).

Now, when you click on the link, read the second paragraph more carefully. If you need more information on your ancestory, the gentleman who authored this article will gladly help you out.

You see his name? I’m excited and I hope you are too. His name is Frank Passic, Albion Historian.

I can’t help it. When I find any little diamonds in the rough that might help in your search, I have to give it to you. I suggest you read the whole story for it’s very interesting.

Another Lithuanian living here in the 1920s was Modist Kazlauckas (1893-1942). A native of Lithuania, Modist (his father’s name was Kasper) came to Albion from nearby Battle Creek where he had worked as a cook at the Post Tavern. He married a local Polish girl, Clara (Chehowski) Marzic, in 1924. The couple had an infant son, Kasper Klaus Kazlauckas, who met an untimely death at one month old on September 5, 1928. Clara had gone upstairs to check on the baby and found it dead–it had been bitten by a spider. The family then moved to Grand Rapids, where Clara (1905-1941) met a tragic death from burns received in a kerosene explosion in her home. Modist died a year later in 1942, and the family is buried in the Catholic Section of Riverside Cemetery, next to the Miknevich family. They are listed in the cemetery records under the shortened surname "Kaus."

This seems to support the obiturary, that is posted below, about Clara Kaus. And, as you can see in the obituary posted below, Thomas Chehowski is her father.

Of course, being that Clara Kaus was born in 1905, I don’t think this is the same Thomas Chehowski because the one you’re looking for was born in 1904.

There is also the possiblity that this particular Clara and Thomas were brother and sister.

EDIT: This is one other option. It’s called ancestorsatrest.com and it costs $2.95/month–http://ancestorsatrest.com/michigan.shtml

EDIT: I keep trying different things and still no luck. I even tried this.–http://www.ancestorhunt.com/michigan-genealogy.htm

EDIT: It seems that you will have to scour through the cemetaries to locate him.
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&source=hp&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=cemeteries+in+kent+county+michigan&fb=1&gl=us&hq=cemeteries&hnear=kent+county+michigan&view=text&ei=boiySvbNEYeANtPakc0L&sa=X&oi=local_group&ct=more-results&resnum=1
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&view=text&hl=en&gl=us&q=albion%2C+michigan+cemetaries

NOTE: I found this website for Kent County, MI. You have to pay to see this information.
https://www.accesskent.com/VitalRecords/
Here is the one for Jackson, MI
http://www.vitalrec.com/micounties2.html#Jackson
Of course, you can just go to Michigan vital records
http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,1607,7-132-4645—,00.html

NOTE: If he served in the military, I have found this record.
36404325-CHEHOWSKI,TOM-KALAMAZOO, Mi–Since this shows that the date of enlistment was 10/13/42, this is probably not him. http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/calhoun/military/ww2/enlistment/armyenli73gmt.txt

I will start my search here for you and see what I can find.
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp
You have to put his name in to get the results.
——————————————————————————–
Tom CHEHOWSKI
Birth Date: 15 Oct 1904
Death Date: Jul 1981
Social Security Number: 381-07-9681
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Michigan

Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 49509
Localities: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan
Wyoming, Kent, Michigan

Death Benefit Localities
Zip Code: 49509
Localities: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan
Wyoming, Kent, Michigan

Kaus, Clara Cemetery: Riverside
Inscription/Remarks: b. 1905. d. 2 February 1941, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Burial 6 February 1941. Block 907, Lot 2, Grave 4. Page C-14. Father: Thomas Chehowski. Mother: Katherine Dolegowski. Husband: Kasper Kaus Kazlauckas. Married 1924. First husband Frank Marzic.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=obituaries+for+thomas+Chehowski+kent+county+michigan+july+28+1981&btnG=Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
http://www.lithuaniangenealogy.org/databases/mi/albion/index.html?letter=K

Try either:

Riverside Cemetery
1301 S. Superior St.
Albion, MI 49224
Phone: (517)629-2479–Ok, I tried here and they have four people with that last name but Thomas isn’t one of them and when I gave the date of death, none of them matched.

OR

Albion Memory Gardens
26905 B Drive South
Albion, MI 49224
Phone: (517) 629-8700–Ok, I tried here too and no one by that name is buried there.