Hi Karen - No, it was a recent death in Islington London. Liz www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery OPC for Street, Somerset ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Lynn" <karenalynn@gmail.com> To: <bristol_and_district@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 10:42 AM Subject: Re: [B&D] Accessing Death Certificates online > On 28 January 2010 10:35, Liz <e.newbery@btinternet.com> wrote: > >> While watching yesterday's episode of Heir Hunters on BBC, they referred >> to >> obtaining a Death Certificate "online". By this I got the impression >> that >> they found it online and didn't order it online. Can anyone explain >> this? >> > > Was the death in Scotland? I believe they can be accessed on-line. I'm > not > aware of a way to view English death certificates on-line - unless anyone > else knows differently? > > Karen > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:44:23 -0000 "Liz" <e.newbery@btinternet.com> wrote: Hello Liz, > Hi Karen - No, it was a recent death in Islington London. In that case, all they'll have seen is the index. That will include DoB, enabling the company to quickly locate a birth event, and then order that cert. as well. The law precludes putting the actual registration data online in England and Wales. Scotland, as has been shown, has different legislation and Scottish certs *can* be viewed online. However, even then, there are restrictions. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent"