I accidentally sent for the same death cert twice. Anna Maria Bonner died 3rd Feb 1849. The certs that came, though, were different, though both for same address. One, (handwritten) gives her as age 70, widow of an officer in the army. Death "natural sudden", informant the coroner, registered 15th Feb. The other (type) gives her as 71, widow of Francis Bonner, gentleman, "apoplexy, certified", informant Mary Elliott, present at death, registered 4th Feb. I guess a cert was mistakenly issued, based only on Mary Elliott's information. And then there was a rethink, followed by an inquest. Then a second cert was issued but the first not cancelled(?) -- Phil C.

On Thu, 2013-05-23 at 19:36 +0100, Phil C. wrote: > I accidentally sent for the same death cert twice. Were they both from the same source (register office or GRO)? If one came from the register office and one from GRO, it's possible that amendments were made locally which didn't get reflected in the copy sent to GRO. The GRO index shows only the expected 10 entries for the relevant page