I wonder if someone might know where a person would have to go to register a death, in this case, if they were living in Llanrhystud in the 1840s? Where was the nearest office? Would they have to walk to Aberystwyth? I have presumed most people would have to walk a reasonable distance to register a BMD especially if they lived in the countryside, but was there a maximum distance between registries in those days? Thanks Edward

Hi Edward! As you correctly imply Llanrhystud came within the registration district of Aberystwyth but there would have been a local registrar who would be responsible for recording details of the death and reporting them to the superintendant registrar of the district. There would be no need for individuals themselves to travel the 8 or 9 miles to Aberystwyth. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward Llewellyn-Jones" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 11:48 PM Subject: [Dyfed] Registry Office for Llanrhystud CGN >I wonder if someone might know where a person would have to go to register > a death, in this case, if they were living in Llanrhystud in the 1840s? > Where was the nearest office? Would they have to walk to Aberystwyth? I > have presumed most people would have to walk a reasonable distance to > register a BMD especially if they lived in the countryside, but was there > a > maximum distance between registries in those days? > Thanks > Edward > > ================================ > Dyfed list http://home.clara.net/daibevan/DyfedML.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message