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Fiona

Fiona Report 22 Jan 2015 12:16

How long before I can apply online for a death certificate for a relative who recently died please? I am not the immediate relative. Thank you

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 22 Jan 2015 12:57

you wont find deaths online after c2005/7 depending on the site and then not all have been transcribed

you would have to order the cert from the local register office to where the person died

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Fiona

Fiona Report 22 Jan 2015 13:20

Thank you Shirley

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 22 Jan 2015 15:45

Actually just seen ancestry have added deaths to 2013 ! But they aren't complete

You could try a search though you may be lucky

If you don't have access then PM me and I will take a look for you

Give me all the details you know for the person you are looking for

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

DazedConfused

DazedConfused Report 22 Jan 2015 19:57

And I think that now for more recent certificates you may need to explain why you want it.

Researching:
We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars, Oscar Wilde New avatar, my dad age about 3/4 months, could have been worse, it could have been the awful nude on a rug!!

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 23 Jan 2015 07:44

Think that's only for birth certs, Dazed. :-)

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

+++DetEcTive+++

+++DetEcTive+++ Report 23 Jan 2015 09:41

If they had an Estate which went to Probate, you might find a listing here.

https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills

Wills/Grants can be ordered at a cost of £10.

NOTE - not everyone's Estate gets listed. Small Estates or if everything was left to the surviving spouse tend not to be included.

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Cynthia

Cynthia Report 23 Jan 2015 12:02

Hello Fiona and welcome to the Community boards.



(I'll let Fiona know how to find her replies) :-)

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DazedConfused

DazedConfused Report 23 Jan 2015 13:35

The 'new' records on Ancestry are not quite what you expect. They are not f4om the GRO. Many/none have a GRO index. Most have some date on then, not always the death date.

There is a lot on the Ancestry FB page.

What it looks like is someone has tried to create a death database from the newly released probate reords and got it so very wrong!!

Researching:
We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars, Oscar Wilde New avatar, my dad age about 3/4 months, could have been worse, it could have been the awful nude on a rug!!

Fiona

Fiona Report 23 Jan 2015 14:04

Thank you all. I do check here almost every day but I have other interests too. I have done alot of FH research over the years.

I have just lost both my Grandfather and his wife my step Grandma in the last 2 months. I guess I will have to ask my aunt the name of the homes they died in to apply. I know the area.