Death records in 2022

[Jon_ni]

I don't think there is widespread evidence of that happening. In the 1970's-90's newspapers had long listings of all the local deaths and virtually everyones name addess and phone number were in the P.O. / B.T phone book. Many of the death notices said funeral from their residence of xxx or late of xxx.

[Kiltpin]

I don't think there is widespread evidence of that happening. In the 1970's-90's newspapers had long listings of all the local deaths and virtually everyones name addess and phone number were in the P.O. / B.T phone book. Many of the death notices said funeral from their residence of xxx or late of xxx.

 

I agree. I believe that it was more of an American thing. Their houses are more spread out giving more privacy for any nefarious goings-on. 

Regards 

Chas

[LizzieL]

These indexes are by no means comprehensive. I just checked for five family members who died between 2007 and 2009. Only 3 out of the five were on there. Only one of those three had year of birth, none had full date of birth.

[phil57]

To be fair, the description of the collection does say, "This collection is a compiled index that covers approximately 55% of the total deaths that occurred in this time period".

[coombs]

Some have estimated year of birth counted from age at death. Date of death is listed. So for instance someone who died in July 2016, and the age at death was said to be 72, it often says something like 1944 at their YOB but they could have been born 1943.

I remember when the 1881 census was on FamilySearch IGI 20 years ago, and estimated years of births was listed on the electronic database itself for people calculated on age given on census. Of course the YOB was not given on the actual 1881 census returns.

I found a William Coombs aged 55 in 1881 in Somerset and the database said "1826" as his year of birth.

[Andrew Tarr]

I wouldn’t be happy seeing a family member’s death and associated details on Ancestry. 

I presume that, as deaths are of public record, it is the Ancestry bit that makes you unhappy ? 

[coombs]

As said I am glad we have got full DOB for some deceased people who died. I am not worried about their last known exact address, but if it is just a town it is no bother, as long as it is not their exact address or postcode being shown.

As Andrew said, deaths alone (without any address details) are public records.

[justmej]

My mother died last year and her date of death and full date of birth are both showing on Ancestry.  However, my brother who died in 2019 is not showing at all on there.

justmej

[JAKnighton]

I wouldn’t be happy seeing a family member’s death and associated details on Ancestry. 

I don't mean to be rude, but this is a very odd thing to say, considering the entire purpose of the Ancestry website and the entire field of genealogy is to document the life, death and associated details of every family member in recorded history.