Hi My understanding is that Civil Registration was the responsibility of the Registrar until 1875 - he or she had to go out and collect info on births, marriages and deaths in their area, rather than the individual having to report the event, and that this procedure led to some registrations being later than the optimum. I've been told that a Death Reg was required for a burial to take place, unless the minister knew the family involved, and there was no hint of any problem with the death.... Among my ancestors, I certainly have one Death Registration three quarters after the actual burial was noted in the parish registers..... Hope this helps Geoff in Sevilla ____________Still climbing trees after all these years!> From: yzzil.yrruc@virgin.net> To: eng-yks-bradford@rootsweb.com> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:06:38 +0000> Subject: Re: [YKS-BRADFORD] ENG-YKS-BRADFORD Digest, Vol 2, Issue 256> > I should have said the 1857 registrations were both in the Jul-Sept quarter, > I know little about this in the 1850s, but wouldn't the registrations have > to take place within a certain length of time?> > Liz> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stephanie Lever" <salever1@rogers.com>> To: <eng-yks-bradford@rootsweb.com>> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 8:34 PM> Subject: Re: [YKS-BRADFORD] ENG-YKS-BRADFORD Digest, Vol 2, Issue 256> > > > Re the Death Index and William Whyte Query. Bear in mind that the GRO > > index> > is an index of the death REGISTRATIONS. While he may have died in 1856,> > perhaps his death wasn't registered until 1857. Maybe he is one of the > > two> > results for 1857.> >> > Just a thought.> >> > Stephanie Lever> > (researching HALLIDAY, SUTCLIFFE, HEMINGWAY)> >> >> > -------------------------------> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > ENG-YKS-BRADFORD-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 ENG-YKS-BRADFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks Geoff, I now have this picture in my mind of a little man scurrying around with a bundle of papers from house to house lol. It must have been a full time job when Bradford began to expand so rapidly and with the influx of people from places such as Norfolk and Cambridgeshire. I presume this was necessary as many people could not read or write then. The different accents must have made transcribing what was said very difficult, no wonder there are so many discrepancies in spellings of names and places. Liz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff Watson" <geoffwatsone@hotmail.com> To: <eng-yks-bradford@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 6:59 AM Subject: Re: [YKS-BRADFORD] ENG-YKS-BRADFORD Digest, Vol 2, Issue 256 > > Hi > > My understanding is that Civil Registration was the responsibility of the > Registrar until 1875 - he or she had to go out and collect info on births, > marriages and deaths in their area, rather than the individual having to > report the event, and that this procedure led to some registrations being > later than the optimum. I've been told that a Death Reg was required for a > burial to take place, unless the minister knew the family involved, and > there was no hint of any problem with the death.... > > Among my ancestors, I certainly have one Death Registration three quarters > after the actual burial was noted in the parish registers..... > > Hope this helps > > Geoff in Sevilla > ____________Still climbing trees after all these years!> From: > yzzil.yrruc@virgin.net> To: eng-yks-bradford@rootsweb.com> Date: Wed, 14 > Nov 2007 22:06:38 +0000> Subject: Re: [YKS-BRADFORD] ENG-YKS-BRADFORD > Digest, Vol 2, Issue 256> > I should have said the 1857 registrations were > both in the Jul-Sept quarter, > I know little about this in the 1850s, but > wouldn't the registrations have > to take place within a certain length of > time?> > Liz> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stephanie Lever" > <salever1@rogers.com>> To: <eng-yks-bradford@rootsweb.com>> Sent: > Wednesday, November 14, 2007 8:34 PM> Subject: Re: [YKS-BRADFORD] > ENG-YKS-BRADFORD Digest, Vol 2, Issue 256> > > > Re the Death Index and > William Whyte Query. Bear in mind that the GRO > > index> > is an index of > the death REGISTRATIONS. While he may have died in 1856,> > perhaps his > death wasn't registered until 1857. Maybe he is one of the > > two> > > results for 1857.> >> > Just a thought.> >> > Stephanie Lever> > (! > researching HALLIDAY, SUTCLIFFE, HEMINGWAY)> >> >> > > -------------------------------> > To unsubscribe from the list, please > send an email to > > ENG-YKS-BRADFORD-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 ENG-YKS-BRADFORD-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 > ENG-YKS-BRADFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message