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trying to find a death record
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Ann | Report | 1 Nov 2006 13:00 |
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Which area in the UK did he die? |
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was plain ann now annielaurie | Report | 31 Oct 2006 22:32 |
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If he was relatively well-off and you have access to the Probate Index at a local office or library, it is much quickert o go through than the death index. Of course, he may not have left a will, but worth a try first! |
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Glen In Tinsel Knickers | Report | 31 Oct 2006 22:26 |
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The marriage cert route won't prove it as a definate fact. You will often find a father not noted as deceased when you already know that he was. Trawling is a free but boring process, at times it is the only way to go. Deaths are often harder to find as you don't have a timeframe to work with, your rellie may have died young, but by contrast they may have lived to be a very good age. I had one with an unusual name who was 45 in the 1901, she married a second time in 1903, i checked to 1950 and thought she must have had a third marriage. it turned out she lived to over 100 years old. BTW, cert showed cause of death as 'old age' Her daughter by the first marriage married in 1907, both the daughter and spouse had lost their fathers by the time of the marriage but the cert doesn't indicate that for either of them. Glen |
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Kevin | Report | 31 Oct 2006 16:53 |
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Pamela, the marriage certifcate for one of the children is a good idea....thanks. Carole, I actually started that process last night, trawling through 9 of deaths !!!........ I guess that might have to be the way. Kevin |
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Carole | Report | 31 Oct 2006 16:46 |
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Kevin This happened to me! I didn't know when my ggrandfather died, he was alive in the 1901 census but that's all I knew. I trawled through every quarter of every year till I found his death in 1942 aged 85. This was no easy task when the surname is Green! But the feeling of delight when I actually found him more than compensated for the droopy eyelids and stiff bum night after night after night. I think it's part and parcel of this hobby, just a dogged determination of tracking someone down, then whoopee when you find them! Good Luck Carole |
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Potty | Report | 31 Oct 2006 16:38 |
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Do you have or could you get a marriage cert for one of his children? This would tell you if he was alive then and cut down the search period. |
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Kevin | Report | 31 Oct 2006 16:32 |
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all, I'm trying to find a death record of my great grandfather HENRY GOODCHILD born 1873 parents George and Ellen, Henry was married to Dorcas Moreton. asking the immediate members of the family have proved futile, my father doesn't remember him so i would suggest he died somewhere between 1908, the year of his final child and around 1950. is this an impossible task? or does it mean shifting through every quarter of death records on Ancestry.co.uk ?? any tips gladly received. Kevin Goodchild |
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