On Thu, 22 Jan 2015 22:53:54 -0000, Claire Wickens via <sfhg@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Well... I just tried out the index by searching for a friend who died > three years ago. They have his year of birth and date of death correct > but have moved the registration district from Suffolk to Devon. Claire, where have you seen the registration district? The entry for my father shows only 'residence place at death' which I know is not where he died. = Malcolm. > -----Original Message----- > From: sfhg-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sfhg-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf > Of Marion Woolgar via > Sent: 22 January 2015 20:01 > To: sfhg-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SFHG] Ancestry: Death Indexes 2007 to 2013 > > A new index has appeared on Ancestry for Deaths between 2007 to 2013, but > I'm not sure where the information has come from. At first, I thought it > was the GRO Death Indexes, which would mean that this new information > would > complete the Death Indexes from 1837 to 2013, but this is what Ancestry > has > to say about it: > "About England and Wales, Death Index, 2007-2013 > This index provides death details for people in England and Wales, > specifically their name and title, gender, postcode, date of birth or > age at > death, and date of death." > Also: > "Source Information > Ancestry.com. England and Wales, Death Index, 2007-2013 [database > on-line]. > Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. > Original data: British Death Indexes. Various sources." > > Of course, all this vagueness makes me wonder just how reliable the data > is > going to be. I wonder if some of it has come from the new probate > registry > web site, but then, why stop at 2013? Any ideas? > > Best wishes, > > Marion Woolgar > Bognor Regis, West Sussex > SFHG Member No: 3323 > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SFHG-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 > SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message -- Malcolm Austen <malcolm.austen@weald.org.uk> GENUKI trustee <genuki@weald.org.uk> Pedigree User Group <chairman@pugweb.org.uk> Oxfordshire FHS <webmaster@ofhs.org.uk> FFHS Communications Officer <communications@ffhs.org.uk>