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which do you think is correct? Please
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John | Report | 22 Dec 2004 13:08 |
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Have you looked at 1837 online. If he died within the period you mentioned he must be in there. John |
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Kim | Report | 22 Dec 2004 13:16 |
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I saw Vic reeves in "who do you think you are " His grandfather remarried and said he was a widow and lied about his age too, he said he was 39 on 2nd marriage when he was in fact 50 and a widow in 1928 when his first wife did not die until 1940s. Apparently divorce was so expensive not many people did it!! Also you did not need to "register " the death to bury the corpse,only nneded doctors formal certificate confirming the death. so sometimes you cannot find the cert.I've a couple of relatives who are still "technically "allive from about 1810!! maybe his age is wrong if you look at wife's because he would only be 17 when first child born , could be a mistake on the marriage certificate? It's possible he changed it to be nearer his wife's age? Kim |
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Margaretfinch | Report | 22 Dec 2004 15:40 |
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Hi John 1837 is the same as the records at the FRC and I have been many times to look for the death and phoned all local cemeteries Margaret |
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Amanda, | Report | 22 Dec 2004 19:20 |
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Hi Margaret, I know how badly you need to find this one. My daughters grandfather died in 1994, we knew him but when I went to order his cert I was thrown by the fact that it was registered in Westminster, I know it's 100 years before yours but I knew when he died. A friend I help told me his Grandad was the wrong one, it wasn't, his own father registered it. A xmas pressie for you, e mail me the details of a possible death cert, or on here, and I'll order it and let you know the findings. I have been waiting for over a year to find out if I still have a job next year, and it's seems I will have. Merry xmas Amanda |
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Irene | Report | 22 Dec 2004 19:56 |
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The certificates you get are copies of copies of the original, the only true copy is the Church one (if they married in a Church), I have found a lot with different ages on the church records to the certificates I have bought. Even a death certificate for my ggg grandfather was 11 years out, I would go with the Church one as they would have got it right, but if it was copied out and sent to London then a mistake often occured. Hope you understand what I am trying to say. Irene |
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