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Ivy That is so helpful, thankyou for finding all that information. Will contact them today, it would be great to get certificate as she died in mysterious circumstances! Thank you again. Chris

I've googled for some info, and found the following: Civil Registration Services Registration of births and deaths was introduced for the first time in Kenya in 1904 and applied only to Europeans and Americans. In 1928 the current Act CAP. 149 was enacted. This Act only provided for the compulsory registration of the deaths of Africans but not for their births. After independence in 1963 compulsory registration of all births and deaths was extended in phases to other areas beginning with Nairobi and Nyeri on 1st March 1963. On 1st September 1971 it became compulsory to register all births and deaths occurring in Kenya. If, as the name suggests, your great-aunt was a European, it does look as if her death would have been registered in Kenya, since the 1928 act was presumably in addition to the 1904 procedures. However, I haven't found any info via Google on whether the records are still available from any source. There appear to be two separate government departments involved in registration - one for companies and marriages (Registrar-General) - the other for immigration, births and deaths. You could perhaps contact the UK office of the immigration department to check whether certificates are available: London 45 Portland Place, Win $AS United Kingdom (000-44)-207 – 632371/5 207-3236717 A. Bett EMail: (normal format won't come over easily) kcomm45 ('at' symbol) aol.*com (remove spaces and *, replace 'at')

Can anyone help me please?? Can't find a record of my g aunt's death. Elsie Risborough was killed in Kenya in mid-fifties. Would it be registered there or here? Don't know where to look!