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>> From: Ann Watson FISHnetscape.net>

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>> Very strange since several years ago I applied for and received my
>> father's parents' death certificates despite the fact that I was no way
>> their "nearest living" relative. How would the government even know who
>> was the "nearest living" relative? It has been interesting however to
>> note the changes in information supplied on death certificates in the
>> province of Ontario over the years. They are no longer very useful for
>> genealogical purposes.

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> I, too, had no problem obtaining the death certificate of my
> Grandfather's sister, who died in Canada in the 1960's. I certainly am
> not her "nearest living" relative as she had a daughter still alive in
> Canada at the time I bought the cert. I just signed my name and no
> proof was required. It didn't tell me anything I didn't already know, ...