Blo'Norton Death

[Blue-Spirit]

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.

[peggypatch]

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

[Blue-Spirit]

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...

[Blue-Spirit]

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

[Lurker]

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

[Blue-Spirit]

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