Genealogy Chat

Bit long winded so will write it all below!

Hi all, I am wanting to buy the death dert for my 3x great grandmother, Sarah Baker, but am torn between two possibilities. She is buried in Deeping St James in Lincolnshire which is where her husband came from. She was born in Grantham. She died in 1848. On the 1841 census they are living in Cambridgeshire but very close to Deeping St James. After her death her husband always lived in D St J until his death. She died 20th Jan 1848 - the only reasonably close death entry for that quarter is in Lincoln (which is 40 odd miles away). However for the following quarter there is an entry for a death in Bingham which although a similar distance from D St J is only 14 miles from Grantham (where she was born). Can a death be registered more the 2mths after the death occured? Was registering deaths compulsory then. They were a very good family for registering events - this is the only one I am missing. If anyone can give me any advice as to which death cert they think is most likely hers I would be very grateful. Many thanks Liz

hi, i live not far from deeping st james, and depending on which side of the river you live depends on if it is classed as lincolnshire or cambridgeshire. i cant help with the death though.

If I were you, I would apply to the relevant register office for one of them, giving the date of her death and saying 'if she is the wife of ......'; the cheque will be returned to you if it is the wrong person; and ask for your application to be forwarded to the other register office if that is the wrong one. And enclose SAEs. The GRO would not return the cheque; register offices do.

If you look on GENUKI web site you will see that DSJ was in the Bourne Sub Reg district of Lincolnshire Reg District. If you got for the Lincoln one and use the Lincoln Reg Office they are very good & will refund money or part of money if they can't find the right person. Especillay if you give them as much information as you have. Google for Lincoln Registration Office and you can always e-mail them. Jennifer

Yummy Mummy - I know what that's like. I was born in Leicestershire but we had a Derby postcode!! Joy - thank you for the advice. I shall certainly do that. Do you know though if a death could actually be registered more than 2 months after it happened. I thought there was some time limit. Jennifer - that's the problem. I can't find a death registered in Bourne. The one for Lincoln is for the actual registration district of Lincoln which is a long way north of D St J & Bourne despite being in the same county. Best wishes to all Liz

Liz, I think it is with birth ones that it is supposed to be registered with 6 weeks, I believe, ( ? ) but sometimes they were done later. I know of one that was registered in time but the registrar at the time put it into the next quarter. ... :-)

Thanks Joy

Just to thank thanks to Joy & Jennifer for your advice. I went through the local registry offices as you advised & eventually found her, not as either of the 2 possibilities but as Mary Baker & not Sarah. No wonder I was having problems!! The registration district was the one I thought it should be though. Thank again for your help Liz