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death cert how to find them

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# lou #

# lou # Report 28 Feb 2008 10:50

how do i find a death cert
yesterday got marrige cert of my grate grandad and grate nan .
born isaac varey 1876 middlesborough
laura webster 1882 /83 scarborough
married 1899 scarborough
children mostly born in rotherham the oldest born leeds i await birth cert but trying to find death to both any ideas thanks
xloux

Sam

Sam Report 28 Feb 2008 10:55

You need to search the death indexes which can be a long search if you have no idea when they died.

You can narrow it down a little by checking to see if Isaac was recorded as alive on his last child's marriage certificate or if Laura was one of the witnesses.

Otherwise it means trawling the complete indexes quarter by quarter and as thy could have lived until their 90's, you would need to search upto 1960's or 70's.

Sam x

Julie

Julie Report 28 Feb 2008 10:56

Someone will need to search the Complete BMD Index ranges & Images 1837-1983

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 28 Feb 2008 10:56

Start with the year in which they were last KNOWN to be alive...then trawl the full death index..........qtr by qtr.

A slow, laborious process.......and only available on pay-to-view...........unless they died before about 1920, in which case you may find them on freebmd.

Reg

# lou #

# lou # Report 28 Feb 2008 11:03

ok thanks i think i may have visited my grate nan at rawmarsh and she was old so i will start there looking around 1975 to 80 first thanks to all