----- Original Message ----- From: "Cara_Links" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 9:06 PM Subject: DEATH CERTIFICATES -HEADSTONES ETC. >I am sorry about being absent but Family does come first ( the living >anyway) and this is one of those cases. > > Persons required to register deaths were:- > 1- Some person present at death ( not necessarily a family member) > 2-Some person in attendance during the last illness of the deceased > 3-the Occuppier of the house or tenement where the death took place > 4-or someone else residing in the house or tenement where death took place > 5-any person presentat, or having knowledge of the circumstances of the > death > > The information they were required to supply was:- > 1- the date and place of death > 2-the name and surname of deceased > 3-The sex of the deceased > 4-the condition of the deceased as to marriage > 5-the age of the deceased at last birthday ( hence those that did not know > the person's birthdate guessed at age) > 6-the rank, profession, or occupation of the deceased > 7-the certified cause of death, and the duration of the final illness. > > Informant and the registrar were both required to sign each entry, which > was also to include the date of registration, the residence of the > informant and his or her 'qualification' ( for example "present at death") > Notice to the registrar of the death was to be given in 7 days, and full > details in 14 days. > > Now whilst the registrar may have received information of the death he did > not always receive the full details within 14 days. > > And it is common that even when civil registration arrived, a certain > proportion of all three categories Birth, deaths and Marriages went > unregistered. > It would be impossible to give an accurate number, as registration > depended very much on local conditions and on individuals responsible for > such. > > It was not until such a time that a certificate was necessary for official > purposes, that sometimes the event became registered. > > After having transcribed many deaths, from parish registers, vestry books > and burial books, I am sorry to have to disagree with Nivard that one > could not be buried without a certificate, as in many cases the clergy, be > them Protestant or RC, or wheelbarrow, only needed a body to bury, and > this is what happened, I will agree that as time marched on circumstances > changed, and right of burial did require a permit, and other burials s did > require a certificate of death, but did the people pre 1900 always receive > one? > I dont think so. > > As far as tombstones are concerned, you will be lucky if you can locate a > graveyard with the headstone within it, and certainly if Julie is seeking > 1826 headstone for a child, it will be a long search to locate it, I dont > say it does not exist, I am saying now it will be a long search to locate > it, which means that the area where said person may have been buried may > by now be a park or a car park and all headstones have been turned to > rubble. > > > Cheers > Cara > > > I use BullGuard Spamfilter to keep my inbox clean. > It is completely free: www.bullguard.com/freespamfilter > > I use BullGuard Spamfilter to keep my inbox clean. It is completely free: www.bullguard.com/freespamfilter