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Are the death records incomplete ?

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Phyll

Phyll Report 12 Oct 2010 17:09

I can't find my Gt. Grandmothers death anywhere either. Born Tullett, married a Newman and then married a Chandler. Still alive on 1911 census. Did she marry again or has she disappeared into thin air?

I have just about given up.
Phyll

Researching:
Newman, Pavey, Sinden from Sussex. Latham from Bucks & Herts

Rambling

Rambling Report 12 Oct 2010 13:24

Don't forget that the name the person was born as may not be the name they commonly used, they may have used a second name by which the informant may have known them.

Researching:

Nickydownsouth

Nickydownsouth Report 12 Oct 2010 12:55

I think as in all records there is always a margin for error, and yes some may be missing...thats with out allowing for mistranscriptions...

I can`t find my grt grandmothers death at all.. been looking for years......I now know she was alive in 1911 as she appears on the census, and know fact she was dead by 1948 when my mother started dating my father, apart from that I can`t find her at all...and at £9.25 a shot i don`t want to order certs without being pretty sure its her...

so yes I feel they could be incomplete...



Nicky.

Researching:
Furniss/Furness in Lancashire,Critchett in Devon and London, Keemish/Camish/ Kemish from Hampshire then Cambridge, Copper and Godden in Kent, Spink/Spynk in Norfolk and Cambridge

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 12 Oct 2010 12:34

deaths are registered in the area they occurred. its possible someone died at an addess that came into another area, also if the death occurred at the end of a quarter it may have been reg just into the next month so would be in the following qtr after death

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 12 Oct 2010 12:31

Not sure why you cant find them they are complete. do you want to give name so can have a look for you

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Maurice

Maurice Report 12 Oct 2010 12:22

Are the death records incomplete? Is it just random whether a name got in to them?

To practice in how it works, I have searched on some British deaths of folks who I knew, so knew the exact date for. Some are just not showing, in the same periods and regions as others that are showing, and this includes one as recent as 1984.

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