Why should we search death records starting from the oldest years? One of the most important reasons is the case of married couple. When a husband died the woman very often married another man. Sometimes even after a few weeks of the time of her husband’s death. At that time people had lots of children who needed both parents to feed them and take care of them. When a woman married another man she changed last name. When it happened she would have her 2nd husband last name in the death record. That is why it is always important to check marriage records after the death of husband. This way one will discover if the woman changed the last name.
It would not be possible to discover if we start searching deaths from the most recent records
