Thanks Polly Regards Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: "Polly Rubery" <polly@rowberry.org> To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 1:19 PM Subject: Re: [B&S] Death Registration Certificates and Burial > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >