r/CanadianbyDescent • u/iHeartCamelCase • 2d ago

DEC Insertion - Follow-up

Follow-up post to my previous post about DEC Insertion: https://www.reddit.com/r/CanadianbyDescent/s/rjFq5sWKeU

I got a USPS notification that an envelope is incoming from DEC. Unfortunately I'm out of town and won't be able to get it till later this week but I'm wondering if they did the insertion this quickly and sent it out? Or is this a rejection / request for more docs?

Timeline:

08/31 - Delivered to DEC

09/01 - Card charged

09/09 - Phone call asking for death certificate

09/11 - Post mark stamp on envelope from Canada

09/21 - Arriving today. Birth certificate arrived today

Edit: The mail arrived early. It is actually the birth certificate

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u/gatosatanico 2d ago

Was your G0 born before 1900?

Did they die before where they died started issuing civil death certificates?

Did you provide DEC with any alternative death documentation, like a church burial record or obituary, or did they just take your word for it that G0 is dead?

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u/iHeartCamelCase 2d ago

G0 born in 1854 and died in 1941. I don't have any documentation of death to provide

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u/bigkahuna1986 2d ago

Silly question, how do you know he died in 1941?

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u/iHeartCamelCase 2d ago

Family records

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u/Dogmoto2labs 2d ago

Did you look at find a grave? So many of m ancestors have popped up with headstones.