I am resending this message which I sent yesterday afternoon as it has not appeared back or in the archives. Can anyone tell me from when it became necessary to have a Registration of Death certificate before a burial could be arranged. The reason for asking is that I have a two post 1837 burials but am unable to find a registration for them. Tony

Hi Tony You have always needed a burial certificate since 1st July 1837. This is either supplied by the registrar when the death is registered OR by the coroner if there is to be an inquest (but he no longer needs the body). But the death itself cannot be registered until the inquest has reached a verdict, which these days can be well over a year even in fairly simple cases. And I have one even in the 1840s where there was a considerable delay before the burial and the registration. So I would suggest looking well past the date of death (at least two years). Another consideration might be that the death took place somewhere different to where the body was buried - I have one relative who was unlucky enough to die on Weymouth promenade when he was there on holiday (from Bristol) - or this might even be abroad (or Scotland!), so not appear in our registration system at all. HTH Polly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Harrison" <a.harrison@tesco.net> To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 12:28 PM Subject: [B&S] Death Registration Certificates and Burial I am resending this message which I sent yesterday afternoon as it has not appeared back or in the archives. Can anyone tell me from when it became necessary to have a Registration of Death certificate before a burial could be arranged. The reason for asking is that I have a two post 1837 burials but am unable to find a registration for them. Tony ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message