Genealogy Chat

I'm fairly new to this, so forgive me if I am asking a dumb question!! If I want to track down a death dertificate for a man who died in WWII, how and where is this likely to be registered? I have the date of death from the Wargraves commission site, but I would like to order the death certificate. Should I be able to track this down on the index pages on 1837online? If so, is it likely to have been registered some time after the date of death? Thanks in advance.

Hello. Yes, deaths are registered through the normal system, but they are quite likely to be a long way behind the event. Keep looking, its well worth the effort when you get it. Good luck. Keith

Thanks for that Keith - one further question, what district would they be registered in? would it be the deceased person's birth district, or home, or what?

At the FRC there are separate index books for Services/War/Overseas deaths - there is no info about this on the 1837 site. The Services indexes show the deceased's name, service no and regiment, then give the reference number for ordering. This means that they are set out in a completely different way from the rest of the indexes. Perhaps Keith or someone else can advise further about how these indexes can be found on 1837. Maz. XX

Hello Rebecca and Maz. Apologies for my semi correct answer. Maz is perfectly correct in that there are registrations in the FRC under special arrangements to do with the notification of the death. Specifically the Army War Records of Deaths 1914-1921 is accepted as evidence of death with the same weight as if the death had been notified to a Registrar. Deaths are therefore registered "as normal" but are not as far as I know on 1837, my answer which implied that they were was wrong, "sorry'" I answered the first part of the question only. Regards Keith

Thanks for that Keith, this has cropped up a few times before and its a pain that the site doesn't seem to be 'complete' as a result. Rebecca, I have e-mailed you direct. Maz. XX