Surname Patrick death 1st qtr 1951 Missing from GRO index

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Wow

Again brilliant responses, and here was me traipsing around the local supermarket, not concentrating on the food shop -- just wondering where old George was --   its no wonder, the locals look at me skew whiff  -  crazy lady in the aisle.   

Anyhow, I really appreciate all your work and I am going to risk a quick £9.25 on the one that seems to be correct --- George Paton 4b - 451  but will ask for it to be checked.... first

thank you xxx

xin

[rosie99]

Let us know how you get on Xin 

Rosie

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Yes will do, I am sure that will be the correct one... so fingers crossed



here's a pic of the house I am hoping they lived in  -   in Ramsey - its lovely - but it could well have been the one next door, not sure which is no 8..

xin

[rosie99]

That is a lovely house Xin.  I think it is number 9 though     

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01g8y/

I think number 8 is the one to the left

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01g8z/

Rosie

[rosie99]

No 8 is a listed building though 

http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-54431-8-church-green-ramsey-cambridgeshire/comments#.Vg_zgPlVhBc

I think most of them along there probably are.  No 7 which is a single storey building is also listed and is described as an estate office

[dawnsh]

If you order it exactly online as it appears in the GRO index, as Paton, the GRO should send you the 'correct' cert with the surname as Patrick.

If however someone there reads the cert before despatch and thinks you have ordered incorrectly, you'll get your £9.25 back.

In this case it might be worth your while phoning the GRO (0300 123 1837 not a premium rate number) and order over the phone explaining that you think there is an error with the compilation of the index.

[dawnsh]

Might be worthwhile adding a postem to the freebmd transcriptions for the Patrick entries listed as Paton along the lines

GRO index is incorrect. Entry should be recorded with the surname Patrick.

Freebmd (et al) won't do anything as their transcriptions correctly show what is in the index. So these Patrick deaths won't ever be found unless someone does a first name, surname PAT*, (where * is a wildcard) and year search or a first name and reg district search

[rosie99]

I had thought about doing that Dawn and mentioning the probate index entry. 

I will  (in a bored moment  )  add notes to the rest of them that are after the entry for Alice G.  It is a shame that freebmd don't have a facility for listing these errors.

Rosie

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Thanks for lovely info re the house  

and thanks Dawn for helpful info re ordering cert.  Maybe I will ring first    

I hardly dare - tell BMD they have it wrong, I did read the notes on reporting an error, and thought uuhmm... needs reading again and thinking about

Rosie you are braver than me

 But   YES  it does need sorting cos as has been noted -  there are a lot of Patricks down as Paton and a lot of confused re-searchers out there.

 

xin