By
Esther Eley Jones
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| Death Certificate for Bernard Keith Midkiff |
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in July 215 I wrote an article, Bernard Keith Midkiff: The Little Boy Who Wasn’t Forgotten. In the
article I stated that little Bernard Keith died of SIDs. The 13 January 1959
when the baby died, the cause of death that was given to a family member was SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome).
This morning I received an email from my sister
stating that my brother-in-law would like to order a headstone for the baby and
his mother, our sister Jean who died 21 Feb 2012. My sister asked if I would get the birth and
death certificates for both of them? This request was a challenge for me since
I don’t know the place of Jean’s death. I do have the birth dates and places of
birth for both Jean and Baby Bernard Keith. I started the search by going to Ancestry.com and begin the search for
Bernard Keith. That search proved to be a good one since a volunteer had taken the time to take photos of the grave
marker and the vital information and place it on Findagrave.com. Bernard Keith’s interment was also on
Findagrave.com, but not his mother Jean’s information.
Then, I decided to do a Google
search to see if there were any online death certificates for them. There was a
death certificate placed online for Bernard Keith Midkiff. As I read through the death record and came to the
information for the cause of death I was shocked as to the cause of death listed on
the record. After the initial shock of the cause of death wore off, I began to realize now more
than before how important it is to have records to verify family information.
This information for the cause of death is an important fact for anyone who is
doing a family medical history.
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