Hi Sue, This may be a daft question but are you certain that he has died? If he was born 1906 he could still be alive. Gillian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue" <smtatome@ntlworld.com> To: <eng-north-yorks@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 4:36 PM Subject: [ENG-NORTH-YORKS] Missing Death Certificate GRIFFITHS > > Hello everyone, > > I'm trying to trace a death certificate in order to obtain army personnel > records for my grandfather-in-law, William Aidan GRIFFITHS. He was born > 1906 > in Middlesbrough and married Eleanor Burrows in 1926, while in the army, > in > Aldershot, Hants. They changed their names slightly and both said they > were > 21, when they were 19 and 20. > > When his wife died in 1953 (she was living in Redcar at the time), her > death > certificate stated "Formerly the wife of William Aidan Griffiths, > Rehabilitation Officer". I believe they had been separated for a while. > > I have searched death records from 1952 to 2006, for Griffiths (William or > Aidan or Dan or Bill), for all over the country (even though I believe he > stayed around Middlesbrough), looking for someone with a matching age (to > a > couple of years) and not come up with any convincing matches (I checked > for > these people's births to eliminate them). > > Does anyone have any idea how I can find him? I've spent over a year on > this > and I had hoped the army had a 100 year rule (i.e. they would send out the > information without a death certificate if it was more than 100 years > after > his birth). I need the army information to track down where he might have > died (catch 22 situation). > > Any help gratefully received > > Sue Tomkins > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-NORTH-YORKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >