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I need help finding (hopefully free) sources for finding DOB/Death records of deceased relatives in the UK. ?
I am technically an ex-pat. My parents and I emmigrated to the US in the late 60's. My mother (londoner) is searching for details of her father. He died before I was born... I have his full name, but cannot locate him at all online. I can find her mother... or at least I think so. I have info on siblings, father/mother, etc. But not a firm date of death... This is bothering her, that she can't remember. Please help me help her.
Ancestry.uk.com gave me NO results that matched....
This relative died around 1960-1961 - born around 1908, or there abouts.
Most of the search sites have nothing that goes back then.
It's like my grandfather didn't exist.
4 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
sign up at ancestry.com, then quit after the 2week trial and they wont charge you
- 5 years ago
Ancestry.Com has some birth records. You didn't say about when your great grandmother was born. Many states did not record births and deaths and issue certificates until the first quarter of the 20th century. Actually in Texas they started in 1903 but it wasn't until after WW2 that a law was passed requiring the information be sent to the state and certificates issued. So before that time many people who were born or died at home never got recorded. You could be enrolled at school, get a job, join the military, apply for and receive a social security number without a birth certificate. However when the time came for those that didn't have one to draw social security they had to get delayed certificates by going before a notary with someone who could give evidence of their birth. So it might be your great grandmother never had a birth certificate. If you feel she had one you could write the Bureau of Vital Statistics in the state she was born.
- 1 decade ago
This one looks to be your best bet from what I found.
I hope that helps and best of luck!
p.s. I'll keep looking and update if I find a better site
Source(s): http://www.coraweb.com.au/ukbdm.htm
