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Title: Ages on Indexes (Deaths)
Post by: Melbell on Monday 06 October 25 15:27 BST (UK)

Please can anyone help me with a question about ages on Indexes of Death - GRO and FreeBMD?

I have an entry for an 'Unknown Male' which appears on GRO as '0', and as blank on FreeBMD.
 
Thanks,
Melbell

Title: Re: Ages on Indexes (Deaths)
Post by: Pheno on Monday 06 October 25 15:54 BST (UK)

What year is this?

Pheno

Title: Re: Ages on Indexes (Deaths)
Post by: Milliepede on Monday 06 October 25 15:59 BST (UK)

Death ages on Free BMD don't appear before a certain date if that explains it.

Can you search for unknown male on Free BMD?  Haven't tried that before.

Title: Re: Ages on Indexes (Deaths)
Post by: MollyC on Monday 06 October 25 16:17 BST (UK)

Age at death begins 1866 in FreeBMD, because it starts in the old indexes then.

Title: Re: Ages on Indexes (Deaths)
Post by: Melbell on Tuesday 07 October 25 15:13 BST (UK)

Thanks for all your of replies.

I remember now that the early indexes don't include ages. I suppose that I was hoping to get an adult rather than a baby! (Sometimes GRO gets it wrong).

The year in question is 1852.
         
Both sites accept Unknown instead of the Surname.

Melbell