Useful, Stan thanks for that. It appears i might just have been working too hard/too late to spot it. You raise a pertinent thought in my head: Does that mean that before 1874 (or 1836)i might have problems tracing the death of English/Welsh relatives? or does the 1874(1836) act just replace a previous one? Cheers Jack --- Stanmapstone@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 25/02/2007 23:03:36 GMT Standard > Time, > topoisomer@yahoo.com writes: > or would all the victims been hurridly buried and > that > might explain the apparent lack of Death Register. > ______________________________________________________________ > It was illegal not to register a death from > whatever cause. > The 1874 Act: > Section 9 The death of every person dying in England > after the commencement > of this Act, and the cause of such death, shall be > registered by the > registrar in the manner directed by the Births and > Deaths Registration Acts, 1836 to > 1874. > Section 17 The person who buries or performs any > funeral or religious > service for the burial of any dead body, as to which > no order or certificate under > this section is delivered to him, shall, within > seven days after the burial, > give notice thereof in writing to the registrar, and > if he fail so to do > shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten > pounds. > > Regards Stan Mapstone > > > ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== > To Post a message to this list send it to, > DUR-NBL-L@rootsweb.com > > ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== > List Web Page > http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/durhamgenealogy/index.phtml > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to DUR-NBL-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > ___________________________________________________________ Web email has come of age. Don't settle for less than the All New Yahoo! Mail http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html