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Having trouble finding the date of Samuel Harry Boon's death .He was born ic 1869 married c 1890 to Elizabeth JOnes in MIie End LOndon. We know he spent he last years in Littlehampton Sussex as my husband has vague memories of going there, so must have been late 1940's but I can't find anything more. Help

You will have to search through the complete index on Ancestry (it's free to search) qtr. by qtr and year by year. This is the address you need:- http://content.ancestry(.)co.uk/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8966&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 remove the brackets. Kath. x

You will need to look through the complete death indexes quarter by quarter until you find him. Despite what it suggests the quick partial search has not been transcribed for those years. I have pasted below something I did for somone else on this topic To find a GRO reference http://www*ancestry*co.uk/search/rectype/vital/freebmd/bmd.aspx replace the * with dot This is the address for the Ancestry website. To look up census details on ancestry, you have to pay, but you can look up the births marriages and deaths for free, all you have to do is register. There is a full easily searchable index for 1984-2004 There is a partial index for 1837 -1983, this would always be your first port of call because it is searchable by name so quicker, If you are lucky you might find the person on that, but despite what it says the deaths have only been transcribed to about 1910ish, similarly the marriages and births are not complete, it is an ongoing project. Some of the older records are not transcribed either. So sometimes you will need to search the complete indexes for 1837-2003, quarter by quarter until you find the person you are looking for. Sometimes when you search a year, it may only show results in three quarters. This does not mean that there was no one of your name in that quarter; it means the image is missing. To look at the missing quarter, go back to the page with the search box on it, scroll down the page and you will see all of the years listed. Choose the year you need, then the missing quarter. Then choose the letter of the alphabet for the name you want. It is then just a matter of scrolling through the images until you find your name. Of course although bmd's were supposed to be recorded from 1837, it wasn't strictly enforced until 1875, so some events were not registered, so bear that in mind if you are looking for earlier records. This will give you the year, quarter, registration district and a GRO reference and from that you can order the certificate. To order the certificates which cost £7 http://www.gro.gov*uk/gro/content/ replace star with dot The shortcut to ordering certificates on line is at the bottom of the page Linda