{"id":583,"date":"2011-01-15T11:31:38","date_gmt":"2011-01-15T18:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/?p=583"},"modified":"2011-01-15T11:31:38","modified_gmt":"2011-01-15T18:31:38","slug":"how-to-document-a-death-england-and-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/15\/how-to-document-a-death-england-and-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Document a Death, England and Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"

How\u00a0do you\u00a0document a death? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Some of the principal genealogy databases that provide births and marriages for the British Isles do not include deaths\/burials–<\/p>\n

… Because<\/strong> deaths and burials recorded\u00a0in church records are often incomplete\u00a0as to coverage of the population and as to recording the details of the who dead actually are.<\/p>\n

…Because<\/strong> the advent of the internet\u00a0combined with\u00a0the interests of the genealogists, you now\u00a0have the creation of secondary lists–compiled sources–from a variety of records.\u00a0<\/p>\n

[I don’t wish to imply that these databases are unreliable. Or that the information upon which they are based is questionable, even when the actual source itself is not stated.\u00a0 Compilers have taken considerable pains to ensure that their transripts have been double-checked.]<\/p>\n

…Because<\/strong>of these considerations, you will want to corroborate the death\/burial information for your ancestors from more than one database\/source.\u00a0 While such verification is always a good idea, it is essential that you corroborate the information to assure an accurate pedigree.\u00a0 Dead children do not have descendants.\u00a0 And many of the dead share the same name, and could share the same birthdate.<\/p>\n

Check those databases listed in Genealogy Evidence Blog, 8 Jan 2011,<\/strong><\/em>which include births, marriages, and deaths if you have not already done so.\u00a0 Then corroborate that information or supplement what you found, or add to the data using these databases.<\/p>\n

$__http:\/\/www.findmypast.com<\/a>\u00a0 Index to Death Duty Registers, 1796-1903<\/em>.\u00a0 Inheritance taxes paid on estates with personal property more than L20 and\u00a0 re4al property more than L100.These may contain actual street addresses in cities and towns and state who received what amounts.\u00a0 1812-1857, the original registers provide an index to probates in England and Wales.\u00a0 Since the property requirement was lowered to any property more than L20, most people whose estates were probated are included.\u00a0<\/p>\n

__http:\/\/www.nationalarchives.gov.uk\/documentsonlkine<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 FREE index to Death Duty Registers, 1796-1811.\u00a0 This database also includes an index for wills for the same dates.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Strategy:<\/strong>\u00a0 Find ancestral names in the indexes, then check the Family History Library for microfilm copies of the original records.<\/p>\n

Monumental Inscriptions and actual photographs of individual gravestones can be found in several databases:<\/p>\n

__http:\/\/www.find-a-grave.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

__http:\/\/www.interment.net<\/a><\/p>\n

__http:\/\/www.cemeteryjunction.com<\/a><\/p>\n

__http:\/\/www.historyfromheadstones.com<\/a><\/p>\n

__http:\/\/www.gravestonestudies.org<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n

__http:\/\/www.icfa.org<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 The International Cemetery and Funeral Association can point you to additional cemeteries already transcribed.<\/p>\n

__http:\/\/bmdregisters.co.uk<\/a>\u00a0 Indexes to non-conformists church records.\u00a0 A database in progress.<\/p>\n

County-wide death indexes and MI’s [M<\/span>onumental I<\/strong>nscriptions] can be found online, on CD, and in print.\u00a0 Consult the Family History Library Catalog to\u00a0identify these .\u00a0 Individual churchyard and regional\/area databases are also available. Your favorite genealogy evidence guru, Arlene Eakle.\u00a0 http:\/\/;arleneeakle.com<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n

PS\u00a0 Stay tuned in–for a third installment of online vital records for ancestors from England and Wales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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