Death Records Death records include the name and age of the decedent, date of daeth, name of father and mother (often maiden name). In this case it also includes the number of years in the U.S. Pictured above is the death record of Rose Cohen Tartasky, grandmother of Richard Waldman. Information provided on death records such as names of parents and years in the U.S. are not necessarily reliable because they were provided by a third party. (In the example shown, the evidence is that it is reliable.)