Hello Douglas,

   The certificates are legal documents that have been certified by the
officials at Vital Statistics.  They are looking at the original
document on site and certifying the data on the document.  The July 2009
dates means that they completed the work on those dates and they issued
a certified copy on those dates even if your grandparents died back in
the 1960s.  

So, the information is golden and you should trust it as though it was
issued in 1960 & 1963.

Troy Valos
Sargeant Memorial Room
Norfolk Main Library
Norfolk Public Library

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Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] Martins in Caroline?

I recently applied for and got information about grandparents death from
the
Department of Vital Statistics in Richmond.  My question has to do with
the
form in which this came back to me.
One died in 1960 and one in 1963. Both died in Lynchburg and in the same
hospital. On one I got a Certificate of Death with all the details. ON
the
other I got a Certification of Death that gave name, date of birth and
date
of death.
One was issued on July 1, 2009, and the other July 7, 2009. They were
both
signed by the same person.
Any thoughts
Douglas Burnett
Satellite Beach
FL

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