My sister in law's mom had just passed away a few weeks ago due to aneurysm. As much as she wanted to hide the sorrow, it seems that the pain is unbearable as it happened as subtle and as unexpected. Another thing that added up to her burden was they can't bury her mom easily as the death certificate wasn't easily processed. A death certificate is required to obtain burial permits. Anyway, many people think that a death certificate is not an important document. Well friends, it is. In the US and UK, it serves as a public document and can be obtained by any people regardless of their relationship to the deceased. For example, deathcertificatesearch.org has a vast database of death records in the United States. Whatever you want to search there regarding death certificates and records, you will surely find it. For more information, proceed here.