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Ireland / Re: Lax registration of death
« on: Sunday 14 October 18 20:38 BST (UK) »
A Death was supposed to be registered within a year.If that time was exceeded permission had /has to be obtained from the General Registrar by means of a Statutory Declaration.This is noted on the Certificate.There may have been practical reasons for the non registration e.g the Registrar attended the local village/ town about once a week at a specified time.This was often 3-4 mls.which in most cases had to be walked.So not really user friendly.Family owned cars were very scarce in 1950s .Public transport was spasmodic,depending where one lived.Another stipulation was the Cause of Death cert ,which was needed for Registration had /has to be signed by last doctor who attended deceased.Could be a problem in certain cases.Hope this helps.