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Title: Deaths
Post by: old queen on Thursday 08 November 12 16:00 GMT (UK)
How do you find a death of someone who may have died between 2005 and2012 if you don't no the date of death. :-[
Title: Re: Deaths
Post by: KGarrad on Thursday 08 November 12 16:06 GMT (UK)
I don't think the indexes from 2005 are available online?

You need to visit one of these places to see the printed indexes:

Birmingham Central Library
Bridgend Reference and Information Library
City of Westminster Archives Centre
Manchester City Library
Newcastle City Library
Plymouth Central Library
The British Library
Title: Re: Deaths
Post by: old queen on Thursday 08 November 12 18:15 GMT (UK)
thank you for your help.
Title: Re: Deaths
Post by: Reiver on Thursday 08 November 12 20:54 GMT (UK)
I'm probably way out of date.  Presumably the printed BMD indexes are no longer available at St. Catherine's House in London?

Reiver
Title: Re: Deaths
Post by: KGarrad on Thursday 08 November 12 21:16 GMT (UK)
Just a bit out of date!
The GRO Indexes were moved from St Catherines's House in 1997!
Title: Re: Deaths
Post by: Reiver on Thursday 08 November 12 23:35 GMT (UK)
Woops e daisy!!

Does that mean if I wanted to look at the BMD, say, for last year I would be able to find them at an Archive/Library?  How soon after a quarter has finished would they be placed in say an on-line index?


 Perhaps there is a source for this sort of info.

Reiver
Title: Re: Deaths
Post by: KGarrad on Friday 09 November 12 07:12 GMT (UK)
The latest BMD's available anywhere online are from 2006 - 5 years ago.
5 years is the cut-off point, I believe.

I think that any BMD within the last 6 months (maybe 1 year) simply aren't available anywhere?
Title: Re: Deaths
Post by: LizzieW on Friday 09 November 12 11:24 GMT (UK)
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Does that mean if I wanted to look at the BMD, say, for last year I would be able to find them at an Archive/Library?

Not sure how recent the records are that can be seen, but as far as I know post 2005 can only be viewed at the places mentioned by KGarrard which doesn't help if you don't live anywhere near any of them.
Title: Re: Deaths
Post by: old queen on Friday 09 November 12 18:09 GMT (UK)
Thank you all, the one I was looking for died maybe 2 to3 years ago.
Title: Re: Deaths
Post by: heatherjulie on Friday 09 November 12 21:11 GMT (UK)
Hi
Have you tried looking at cemetery records. Do you know where they died?

Heather
Title: Re: Deaths
Post by: Reiver on Saturday 10 November 12 13:44 GMT (UK)
Thank you for the information folk.  It is much appreciated.

Reiver
Title: Re: Deaths
Post by: old queen on Saturday 10 November 12 15:39 GMT (UK)
No Heather I no he died in moston and that is all I no, I only found out he had died becouse I was lookind for his brother and was told he had walked away from the family some years ago.
Title: Re: Deaths
Post by: heatherjulie on Saturday 10 November 12 16:35 GMT (UK)
Have a look on www.burialrecords.manchester.gov.uk/

I don't know if they are up to date. I know that the www.tameside.gov.uk records are updated very quickly. Oldham records are also available on line

Heather