Genealogy Chat

If the death you found is the right place, dont discount it. Often the informant wouldnt really know the age of the deceased and make a guess. And it is an unusual name.

Hi Melvyn, I have been looking for a death between 1889-1891 and can't find it anywhere at the family records office or a search at the local office, also phoned the cemeteries in the area and no burial record I have looked for over 3 years for this death. I have given up all hope of ever finding it. Someone told me that a certificate of death from the doctor was enough to bury someone. Good luck Margaret

Hi Melvyn, The age could be out as my Grandads was out by at least 8 years and my Grandmother was the Informant who knew his age. regards June

Thats food for thought Merry. Thanks

Thank you June, I have seen that one and I think it could be him with the wrong age

Just for info: I had always thought that a burial couldn't take place unless a death cert had been shown to the vicar/undertakers etc. In the course of research however, I have found that in the early days of civil reg many deaths were not registered, just like births. The enforcement of compulsory registration occurred in 1875 - the same year as compulsory birth registration. Merry

Hi Melvyn, Just found a death dont know if its yours but put it on your other thread on Records Office June

Did people have to register deaths by law. I am looking for Jeremiah Tattersall's death after 1871 and it is not there.