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Compulsory registration of deaths
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Michael | Report | 25 Jan 2009 14:34 |
As the registration of deaths was not compulsory until 1875 has anyone had trouble finding a death record before that date .I cannot find a trace of great great grandfather John who seems to have disappeared without trace around 1850. His wife(or widow) remarried in 1858 but we know that they were not always widows! |
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Stephanie | Report | 25 Jan 2009 14:47 |
who are u looking for sometimes another pair of eyes helps |
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Potty | Report | 25 Jan 2009 14:54 |
I cannot find a death registration for my great grandmother even though I have been given her death/burial details from parish records by a relative. |
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Sharon | Report | 25 Jan 2009 14:57 |
hi mike |
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Michael | Report | 25 Jan 2009 15:18 |
Hi again |
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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it | Report | 25 Jan 2009 15:23 |
Its births that weren't compulsory till 1875 .the registrar ,before then, had to go around his area and sign up births ,when it was realized that some births were being missed it became the responsibility of the parents to go to the Registrar within 42days of the birth .ie six weeks, and register the birth. A fine was imposed if this wasnt done.Mind you they had to catch em first!!. I have a birth of 1898 not reg cos the dad was an Army deserter and it would obvious he had been at home for the child to have been conceived lol!! |
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InspectorGreenPen | Report | 25 Jan 2009 15:35 |
Registration was officially compulsory from 1837, but it was the responsibility of the registrar to collect the details for births and deaths. It was easy for some to slip through the net. Some parents still believed that is was sufficient for the child to be baptised. |
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Gwyn in Kent | Report | 25 Jan 2009 15:50 |
Is it possible to check parish registers for the area where the family were living in 1841 and 1851? |
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Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) | Report | 25 Jan 2009 16:04 |
Quoting from Mark Herber "Nearly all deaths were registered ..." which makes me wonder whether a few did slip through the net. |
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Michael | Report | 25 Jan 2009 16:15 |
Hello,Mike again |
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