When I registered a death I said that the body was to be buried, I have now just seen that the person wished to be cremated.?

What ignorant society records the proposed manner of disposal on a death certificate? The death certificate confirms the legal cause of the death, it has nothing to do with what happens to the body. If you have some stupid jobsworth insisting on recording how the body is to be disposed of before the family has decided, tell him/her where to go.

"Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return to GOD who gave it" (Ecclesiastes 12:7).

"But GOD giveth it a body as it hath pleased Him, and to every seed his own body" (I Corinthians 15:38)!

Why would someone want to be cremated and not buried? Wouldn't their ashes end lost if not buried?

How bizarre. What country do you live in where a citizen registers a death and a death certificate specifies disposal of the remains?

A person can know many truths about the great benefits of buying the dead if he recites the rosary each day with care.

Why not just have it corrected.

Yes. But it depends where you are. This often arises because the preference comes to light in a will read after the certificate is filed. You should contact the registrar and explain about the change and seek their advice. Rules currently are different since there is no possibility for exhumation with a cremation and you may find it an offence to mislead the registrar.

TIRH