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Hello Lily, Thanks for your further thoughts. I am not sure whether the Hackney Registrars Office have pre-digitalisation copies of their records. Due you mean the original paper copies, or microfilm copies, or some other type of copy of the original records/certs? They have told me that the had 2 digital copies of all their data, & both of these were interfered with by the hacker. They are not sure how effective any recovery of their digital data will be, or how long it will take, but said it would be months at least. I will obviously get back to the HRO to try to clarify. Best wishes, Michael

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Thanks John, I will wait & see if Hackney Registrars Office is able to restore their local registrations & old BMD certificates database after the hack, [they are not optimistic about that]. They say their attempts  to do this may take a further 4-6m at least. I am prepared to wait, & if necessary visit their Office, when Covid-19 restrictions allow. Best wishes, Michael. PS: APC must have had some paperwork to legally bury her, so my search must continue !

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Hello Folks, I have looked at the next page after the partly filled burial record of Margaret. The first entry was a mistake & is crossed out. It was partly completed as well, but interestingly was a copy of the entry just before Margaret's entry. Altogether, 4 pages that I now have show no other problems. So still a bit of a pickle. Any thoughts or ideas would be very welcome

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London and Middlesex / Re: Hackney Registrars Office & the 2020 Cyber Attack
« on: Wednesday 03 March 21 22:37 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you very much everyone for your suggestions & help, especially Rosie, to get this topic back on the rails, so to speak !!

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London and Middlesex / Re: Hackney Registrars Office & the 2020 Cyber Attack
« on: Wednesday 03 March 21 00:52 GMT (UK)  »
Hello Ruskie, I have tried your kind suggestions, now over 25 times with no joy !! Possibly I am doing something wrong, or else there are some gremlins in the system. The only thing I noticed was that instead of 'post' in bottom right, there was 'save'. Any further ideas? Thanks, Michael

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London and Middlesex / Re: Hackney Registrars Office & the 2020 Cyber Attack
« on: Tuesday 02 March 21 11:20 GMT (UK)  »
Hello Annie, I have not intended for the strike through of part of my message to occur, & don't know how it happened, so apologies. If you have any advice as to how to edit it, so the strike through is removed, as I don't know how to do that, I would be very grateful! Best wishes, Michael

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London and Middlesex / Hackney Registrars Office & the 2020 Cyber Attack
« on: Tuesday 02 March 21 03:51 GMT (UK)  »
It is with quite a lot of sadness that I heard about this cyber attack, which has affected this [among many] part of Hackney Council's records. At the moment it looks as if recovery or reconstruction, if possible, will potentially take 3 months plus. They are working on it as best they can. I am interested in the local BMD database, [as opposed to the GRO BMD database], & the copies of the original BMD Certs. These have been affected by the attack, despite electronic copies having been made, by way of backups. My concern is that East London is such an important area for genealogy in the UK, especially in the 1800's & early 1900's. I really hope that recovery of the data is possible, although probably difficult, & wish those working on it, special skill & wisdom.

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Thanks Lily for your thoughts on this bizarre record. I am trying to get a copy of the next page in the APC Register for that very reason at the moment. I also wondered whether it might be because her death was a Coroner's Case or something. I am scratching the bottom of the barrel a bit here ! Any further thoughts or ideas are VERY, VERY WELCOME !!!!

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Has anyone any ideas as to why this direct tree member of my family has fields mentioned in her burial record left blank [please see quote for details]. I would be very very grateful for any help or thoughts about this

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