Poisons

[MKG]

Oh, I wish! Unfortunately, my OH has a pathological suspicion of doing such things on the net - something which I find difficult to argue against and, for the sake of domestic harmony, wouldn't dream of trying to do so 

So, snail mail it must be.

(for those of you who don't know, if you do it by post you must first request the official application forms from GRO - they'll send you up to ten of each type - B, M, or D - in one go: thirty in all).

Mike

[c-side]

In the 'olden days' before you could order from GRO online you could print out application forms from their site.  Can't you do that any more?

Christine

[MKG]

Apparently not, Christine - certainly I've seen nothing about that (and they make a very strong point that the application form must be an original, not a copy of any kind). Possibly people began printing out their own versions??? and fouled up the system.

Never mind - slow it may be, but it will still get the required results 

Mike

[MKG]

Forms received, application made.

Mike

[madpants]

'waits with baited breath.....'  I've been following this thread, it's really interesting 

[Snoosh]

Mike; Surely the DC would state something along the lines of, eg. " Cause of death: Strychnine Poisoning ~ Self administered ". Or, ' All manner of vile, physical Armageddon ' (However Strychnine poisoning is explained, medically), 'Due to self administration of' ..... what ever the poor girl took.

 Granted; I'm yet to handle quite such a Cert. But the ones I've seen tend to be pretty precise as to what killed them. Sometimes we may need to red Google, to find what it all means, in layman's terms.  But, it generally comes out in the wash.

 Sod it! Look; The suspense is killing me here! If ye like; PM me the GRO Ref's and I'll send for the thing myself! Tell everyone else in a mass PM 

Mike, I can confirm what Steve G said in his post. The latest death certificate I have received from the GRO online ordering spells out the cause of death as "Suicide by Lysol poisoning whilst temporarily insane. No P.M." This was for the death of a young woman [an ancestral relative] in 1933 just months after she married!!!.
So yes, fork out the seven quid and buy the DC. It also spells out the date of the inquest in Nottingham. I have not yet tried to get the inquest or coroners report [hard for me in Australia!!!]. As I understand it Lysol was a readily available disinfectant and was certainly used for suicide purposes.

[Old Mother Reilly]

Mike:

Are you able to share the contents of the certificate with us now? And did you find anything out about the mysterious Harriet Cranidge?

Rachel

[davidrigg3]

Aaaarrggghhhhh!

I've just read through this whole thread and now am on the edge of my seat wanting to know the outcome!!

I fear we may never know, Mike hasn't been on RootsChat since November last year according to his profile.

[Old Mother Reilly]

Oh woe - let's hope a "topic reply" message in his e-mail encourages him to reappear!

Rachel