Death Search

[Joe123]

Hi everyone,

Please could someone tell me how I can search for a death that has taken place in the last two years. Unfortunately I only have a name,date of birth & possible area,  the genealogy site I belong to only searches up to 2005!

Thanks - Joe

[KGarrad]

The GRO (General Register Office) has not released the indexes to 3rd parties.
You can only view these in person at:

    Manchester City Library
    Birmingham Central Library
    Bridgend Reference and Information Library
    Plymouth Central Library
    City of Westminster Archives Centre
    London Metropolitan Archives
    The British Library

This will include the provisional indexes from 2009 until June 2010.

[Joe123]

Thank you 

[dawnsh]

Hi Joe

I have access to the index at the London Metropolitan or City of Westminster Archives.

If you want to send me a pm with the name and date of birth (for verification purposes if the name is frequently occuring) I can check next time I'm there.

Dawn

[davidrigg3]

Hi Dawn,

Quick question - is it an easily searchable indexed database or do you have to know the approximate date and then trawl through pages and pages of entries?

thanks,

[dawnsh]

The England & Wales indices are compiled by year, then surname and first names and a date of birth is shown.

The indices are online upto 2005 with Ancestry and 2006 with FindMyPast, from 2007 (to currently March 1/4 2011) is a manual search - the old way of doing research - year by year, fiche by fiche 

Dawn

[davidrigg3]

Thanks Dawn,

I'm not especially desperate to find the particular death I'm thinking of, its a 'nice to have' kind of situation. I think I'll just wait until the records are available online somewhere.

Thanks again.

[CambsBurgess]

Have you tried the local newspaper for where they were living when they died? Often there is a obit in there, and if it's that recent it might be on the newspaper's website.

[davidrigg3]

Hmm, good idea, I'll have a trawl around, although I've only got the very vague info of 'maybe 2007' so I'm not holding my breath, nor will I be too disappionted if I don't find it for a while.

Thanks,