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CERTIFICATE, IE:

GEORGE WR PURVIS BORN 1916 SUNDERLAND BUT IT SAYS 1a DOES THAT MEAN HE DIED IN NORTHUMBERLAND. PLEASE X

1a is the GRO code for the area of registration are you looking at the birth or the death ??

This death?

England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
about George W R Purvis
Name: George W R Purvis
Birth Date: abt 1916
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1968
Age at Death: 52
Registration district: Sunderland
Inferred County: Northumberland
Volume: 1a
Page: 821

The death took place in Sunderland.


When ordering thr death cert, you will be asked for the Year(1968) and Quarter (thats the Apr May Jun or Q2) the Volume (1a) and page (821).

Andy

This one ?

Name: George W R Purvis
Birth Date: abt 1916
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1968
Age at Death: 52
Registration district: Sunderland
Inferred County: Northumberland
Volume: 1a
Page: 821

his death was registered in the Sunderland Registration district that is code 1a which is actually Tyne and Wear


this is what is covered by Sunderland
SUNDERLAND REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Durham.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : East Sunderland, Monk Wearmouth, North Bishop Wearmouth, Ryhope, South Bishop Wearmouth, Southwick, Sunderland East, Sunderland First, Sunderland Fourth, Sunderland North, Sunderland Second, Sunderland Third, Sunderland West, West Sunderland.
GRO volumes : XXIV (1837–51), 10a (1852–1946), 1A (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Sunderland



The transcriber of the records must have thought Sunderland was in Northumberland. You don't need the County when ordering the cert so you can ignore it

THANKYOU BOTH SO MUCH XXX

IM PLEASED ITS SUNDERLAND YOU GET A CERTIFICATE BACK IN DAYS XX