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Title: Death Certificate puzzle * solved*
Post by: gealachmor on Saturday 02 June 12 20:58 BST (UK)
Please see attached death certificate for my great,great uncle, George Duncan.
I have 3 queries.

1.  What does it say in the far left margin before  " Page 46 15 Feb 1904"?

2.  Does anyone know what it refers to ?

3.  Can anyone make out the name of the brother who informed of the death,in Column 7?


Thanks for looking .

Moderator comment: image cropped to produce small sections for deciphering
Title: Re: Death Certificate puzzle
Post by: davidft on Saturday 02 June 12 21:02 BST (UK)
1. See Reg Corr Entries Vol II (see register of correction entries volume II)

2. This indicates that a correction has been made to the entry and it will be explained in the register of corrections
Title: Re: Death Certificate puzzle
Post by: sillgen on Saturday 02 June 12 21:05 BST (UK)
Brother is shortened version of Alexander.
Title: Re: Death Certificate puzzle
Post by: davidft on Saturday 02 June 12 21:10 BST (UK)
Quote from: sillgen on Saturday 02 June 12 21:05 BST (UK)
Brother is shortened version of Alexander.


That would tie in with a tree that gives his brothers as Alexander, James, Peter and Robert (and a half brother also called Alexander)
Title: Re: Death Certificate puzzle
Post by: gealachmor on Saturday 02 June 12 21:34 BST (UK)
Quote from: davidft on Saturday 02 June 12 21:10 BST (UK)
Quote from: sillgen on Saturday 02 June 12 21:05 BST (UK)
Brother is shortened version of Alexander.


That would tie in with a tree that gives his brothers as Alexander, James, Peter and Robert (and a half brother also called Alexander)

Thanks, I did wonder if it was Alexr, as that it how they have filled in at least one of the census forms.

Where did you find a tree with a half brother Alexander ?

I have the family tree and have George with older brothers Alexander and John , older sister May, and younger brothers James, Peter and Robert, with younger sisters Isabella and Elizabeth .
Title: Re: Death Certificate puzzle
Post by: davidft on Saturday 02 June 12 21:40 BST (UK)
Quote from: gealachmor on Saturday 02 June 12 21:34 BST (UK)

Where did you find a tree with a half brother Alexander ?

Its on a tree on Ancestry.co.uk
Title: Re: Death Certificate puzzle
Post by: davidft on Saturday 02 June 12 22:30 BST (UK)
You can discount the half brother Alexander, its a mistake on the tree on Ancestry
Title: Re: Death Certificate puzzle
Post by: gealachmor on Saturday 02 June 12 23:34 BST (UK)
Thanks, I've spent the last wee while trying to find that tree (without success) and wondering about possibly having new relatives....
Title: Re: Death Certificate puzzle
Post by: PrueM on Saturday 02 June 12 23:38 BST (UK)
On the page where you downloaded the death certificate, you should find a button that links you to the entry in the Register of Corrected Entries, which you can then download.
Title: Re: Death Certificate puzzle
Post by: gealachmor on Sunday 03 June 12 00:14 BST (UK)
Thanks for that PrueM, I never noticed the RCE link, nor knew what it meant.