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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Norfolk => Topic started by: Blue-Spirit on Tuesday 14 February 06 01:25 GMT (UK)
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In search of a date of death for William Anness, reported sometime in the Diss Express, but cannot find it as a lack of date.
William Anness died some time in the 1930s at Blo'Norton, under the Guiltcross hundred, a date would be real helpful. No church records as I understand.
Thank you.
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If he was buried in the churchyard at Blo'Norton then the Norfolk Record Office does have the burial register for that period ref PD 198/8. Have you tried searching the civil indexes for the death certificate which would give you a death date? You can search them for free at www.ancestry.co.uk.
Peggypatch
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If he was buried in the churchyard at Blo'Norton then the Norfolk Record Office does have the burial register for that period ref PD 198/8. Have you tried searching the civil indexes for the death certificate which would give you a death date? You can search them for free at www.ancestry.co.uk.
Peggypatch
Hi Peggypatch;
William was deffently buried Blo'Norton.
I was to understand that the Blo'Norton registers were stolen some yrs ago, but perhaps I am wrong if you know they are at the records office, this would be worth usa searching.
I have used the free BDMs on rootsweb but not at the link you suggest.
Many thnks for the reply..
regards...
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If he was buried in the churchyard at Blo'Norton then the Norfolk Record Office does have the burial register for that period ref PD 198/8. Have you tried searching the civil indexes for the death certificate which would give you a death date? You can search them for free at www.ancestry.co.uk.
Peggypatch
Just checked the NRO web site and see they have the registers listed along with your reference I should be able find him.
thanks again
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The Guiltcross registration district was abolished in 1902 and Blo Norton became part of the Thetford registration district. In the original GRO Death Index there is the following entry:
March quarter 1930
William Anneas age 86
Thetford registration district
Volume 4b page 374
I know the spelling is different but I thought I'd mention it just in case the surname was recorded incorrectly. The page the above entry appears on is typed so there is a possibility it could be a case of a typing error as "a" & "s" are next to each other on a typewriter. Equally, obviously the entry could be recorded correctly.
Good Luck
Lurker
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Lurker, Thats my man, since my search I have tracked down William but only via tracking through newspapers, a bonus was we were able to find a picture of him.
Your info helps a great deal so we can obtain a certificate.
Many thanks for your help and efforts...
best wishes