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just wanted to know what is the easiest way to search for deaths with limited information?
deaths which am looking for are annie smith 4.10.1894 born in stewkley bucks but moved befor was 1 to holloway islington and when young to willesden. smith is her maiden name tho.
also her brother william thomas smith 4.7.1896 born in islington.

any help please

many thanks

Some deaths on Ancestry give the date of birth but it would still be difficult without a surname and area. I think it is deaths after 1970ish for dates of birth.
A middle name would probably make it easier!

ok thanks, details i have given are from there birth certificates

Deaths from 1970 show the date of birth as given by the informant.
You may need to know who Annie married though for her surname.

yea thats difficult to find her marriage thats why thought ill try deaths,

so if william lived till 1970 he will be at least 74 by then quite old in them times isnt it?

Wiliam must have died before 1970 as thers no death coming up for his birth date

No not that old . my gran was born in 1881 and died in 1969 .

ok thanks, ill try having a look, only have limited areas to look tho, does any one use freebmd, im unsure how you put the date of birth on there

These are the ones after 1970, just searching using her birthdate (that died in the south of England)

Name: Annie Frances
Birth Date: 4 Oct 1894
Death Registration Month/Year: Dec 1989
Age at death (estimated): 95
Registration district: St Albans
Inferred County: Hertfordshire
Volume: 10
Page: 849


Name: Annie Wragg
Birth Date: 4 Oct 1894
Death Registration Month/Year: 1972
Registration district: Ipswich
Inferred County: Suffolk
Volume: 4b
Page: 2576

could you please have a look for the deaths of these aswell if you get a minute,

charles ernest smith 16.05.1901 born in willesden
john edward smith 14.03.1904 born in willesden

ok thanks for them two so now do i search to see if that married name married annie smith??

Sorry , nothing obvious coming up for those but if they died before 1970 Ancestry doesn't give exact date of birth and of course, it would depend on the informant knowing the exact date of birth.

ok thanks,

so many blank walls, :-(

Look on Freebmd for marriages. There was an Annie Smith married a Wragg in Sheffield in 1941 and 2 marriages in the London area for an Annie Smith to a Francis but I would take that as enough evidence to order the certificates!

No deaths matching those exact details

When were they last KNOWN to be alive?

freebmd only covers up to about 1940..........so exact birth dates will not show

The later deaths are on Ancestry.......subscription site.

hi, i dont know when they was last alive, dont really know alot about them.

i cant seem to find the mariages on freebmd that you have found for annie smith yo francis

My apologies Veronica, I had typed in Francis with an "i" rather than an "e".

Even if you don't subscribe, you can do a free search on Ancestry.
(I would recommend the old-style search - the old/new switch is just below Ancestry's main menu bar - at top right.
The switch doesn't appear on all screens - you might have to do a rubbish search to get it to appear.)
Without a sub, they won't tell you full detais, but you can keep on specifying things and pin down the event year.
So although the yob's wrong, there is this:

Exact Search Results - England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
Name: Annie Louisa Power
Birth Date: 4 Oct 1889
Death Registration Month/Year: 1971
Registration district: Brent
Inferred County: Greater London
Volume: 5a
Page: 494
[quarter 3]

NB Willesden RD became Brent RD in 1965q2.


Try a search on FreeBMD first, but they've very little from 1950 on.

For events thru 1983, go to FreeBMD's home page
http://www.freebmd.org.uk/
and use the "View Images" link to access the image of the GRO index page - it's a klunky interface, though.
This image will fill in missing details, at least thru 1983

hi mgnv

i have got a bit lost with what you have said