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Help with Registration District please

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Maureen

Maureen Report 14 Mar 2007 11:04

Can anyone please tell me if someone died in Woking Surrey what registration district would show on GRO. I cant find Woking as such, Surrey seems to be divided into North, South etc but can find no mention of Woking on any of them. Its a very common name i am looking for, a few possibilities coming up as Croydon, could that be them? I am interested in years 1900 - 1980's Also, is there an easy way of finding out registration districts from Free BMD, or rather, what area the place comes under if it isnt in itself a registration district? Maureen

Heather

Heather Report 14 Mar 2007 11:10

Well, there is the genuki site? http://www.fhsc.org.uk/genuki/REG/ SURREY NORTH WESTERN REGISTRATION DISTRICT Registration County : Surrey. Created : 1.4.1934 (out of Chertsey, Farnham and Guildford districts). Sub-districts : Frimley & Egham; Runnymede; Surrey Heath; Walton & Chertsey; Woking. GRO volumes : 2a (1934-46); 5G (1946-65).

Thelma

Thelma Report 14 Mar 2007 11:13

On Ancestry from any census. Type Woking in parish ,leave rest of form blank Registration district: Guildford Sub-registration district: Woking ED, institution, or vessel: Surrey County Asylum

Annabel

Annabel Report 14 Mar 2007 11:14

Found the following cheers Annabel Registration County : Surrey. Created : 1.7.1837. Abolished : 1.4.1934 (succeeded by Surrey North Western and Surrey South Western districts). Sub-districts : Albury; Godalming; Godalming Rural; Guildford; Ripley; Woking. GRO volumes : IV (1837-51); 2a (1852-1934).

Researching:
Williams,Cooper,Barton, Paull, Cornwall, Lincolnshire,Fulham, Kent, Cheshire

Colette

Colette Report 14 Mar 2007 11:20

http://www.genuki.org.uk/cgi-bin/places?SRY,TQ005586,5,Woking Regards Colette

Researching:
Pratt..Kenilworth...Ralston..Glasgow....Haizelden..Chiddingly Sussex..Benson..Troutbeck Cumbria.

Sam

Sam Report 14 Mar 2007 11:20

From 1837-1934 it came under Guildford. From 1934 onwards it is Surrey North Western District. Sam x

Maureen

Maureen Report 14 Mar 2007 11:32

Thanks everyone, so my assumptions of Croydon are all wrong - unless they moved of course. Thanks Jim, you always seem to know the answer to my questions, i did a simlar sort of thing but on Free BMD, but i put the name of Smith in thinking that there had to be at least one family i would find, didnt realise you could do it on ancestry without a name. Maureen