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Hi All :-)
Whilst I have found much information regarding the Campbell side of my family I would dearly love to find the death details of my Great Grandparents. The problem I find is trying to find the details to order forms? Is there an easy way to find information through the England BMD's? I find it vexing and frustrating to pile through 1,000s of possibilities and maybes...to me this way about it most off putting....is there an easier approach???
I wish to find the death details of John Campbell b:1857 & Janet Campbell nee:Wilson b:1857 whilst they were both Scottish born they moved to the Greater Manchester area in Abt 1902. I believe they were both still kicking in 1912...but beyond this I do not know. Is there a kind soul out there able to enlighten me as to how I may locate there Death details to order [eg: Year-Volume-Page-District]...I would be very appreciative indeed.
Thanks in Advance ~ Steve Campbell.
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Hi Steve
Unfortunately I don't know of a simple way to find a death. My only suggestion would be to look at the freeBMD website - nearly complete up to 1916 with additional deaths being added every month. By looking at Lancashire and age at death you might find the right ones!
Judi
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Hi Steve,
Janet's death may be easier to find.
Unless they were part of a move by a large number of Campbells in the early 1900s to Lancashire, there may be very few with that name. The 1901 census only lists 2 people named Janet Campbell born between 1855 and 1859 living in Lancs.
Addresses will be helpful in the search. There are 57 registration districts in Lancashire - see list here: http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/lan.htm#manc
I think they are mainly listed with volume numbers 8a to 8e. This is probably the easiest way to scan the quarterly death indexes if you are sure the death will have been in Lancs/Manchester but in several possible registration districts. (You might also be able to narrow it to a particular volume number since these are broadly geographical - for instance 8e seems to be Northern Lancashire districts).
Do you have an address? If so, how likely is it that they would have stayed there, or moved? Once you have an address, you can trace the length of stay there through electoral rolls (contact the local library).
Once you are searching beyond the Free BMD periods already transcribed, you will need to search the complete indexes by quarter. The coverage of deaths, as at 28 April 2008, is shown here:
http://www.freebmd.org.uk/progressD.shtml#1910
which shows that it is essentially complete up to 1910, with just a few deaths missing from 1904 and more than 90% transcribed up to Sep 1917.
You might also be lucky enough to find that they were living in a reg dist that has been transcribed up to the 1940s by Lancashire BMD - look here at their current coverage:
http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/deathcov.html
John may be harder, but not impossible. Taking a quarter at random (Jan-Mar 1925), the Campbell deaths in England and Wales fit onto a single page of the index, and there are 7 named John. 5 of these have a middle initial, so if you are sure that he didn't, or if you know a middle name, this reduces it to just a couple of possibles for that quarter. Three of the seven are in Lancashire: Wirral 8a, Liverpool 8b and Stockport 8a. However, the quickest way to reject all these possibilities is to notice that none of them are in their sixties (John would have turned 67 in 1924).
The page number given in the indexes is only useful once you are ready to order a certificate.
All the best
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I would include Cheshire in your search - some parts are now in the Greater Manchester area.
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Hi :-)
Oh wow how great. Thank you Ivy, Judi & Potty. Thank you all. I was bowled over by the detail of your reply Ivy. I will attempt to go over death details with different eyes from now on :-) Potty - You are correct regarding Cheshire as I do believe this was an area several branches of my extended Campbell family lived [also my place of birth] - I now live in Australia.
Going over the BMD's again last night whilst not finding any success [ as yet ] with the death details I was after - I did manage to find the marriage details for one of my fathers Aunts which had escaped my notice...details matching virtually to what my father had told me about her. Another piece to the puzzle. Proving I just need to keep my patience in check....things happen when you least expect it.
Again 'a huge thanks' I will take in all your advice and I will keep chipping away.
Cheers ~ Steve.
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