Kate J Farey

[softly softly]

Hi, I have found what I believe to be  an error/incorrect death entry in the GRO entries in 1939. How are the GRO lists compiled and where is the info for compiling them taken from. Hope this makes sense.

Thanks

John

[groom]

Hi again!

From what I understand, each quarter, superintendent registrars forwarded copies of their district’s registrations to the Registrar General in London. The registration districts hold the original birth and death records, and the General Register Office holds copies. So a mistake could have been made when  the district registration was copied into the GRO records or when the copy was sent to the GRO. Probably easier to do when that was all handwritten.

[Ruskie]

What is the mistake John? Spelling "mistakes" or variations are quite common.

[groom]

It's connected with this post, Ruskie

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=753286.0

[stanmapstone]

The GRO could correct an error in their index however the GRO has no method of informing the many holders of the index (both online and physical) of corrections they make.

Stan

[Ruskie]

It's connected with this post, Ruskie

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=753286.0

Thanks groom. 

[BumbleB]

Looking at the list of names appearing on page 971, I would suspect that Catherine Farey was also known as Kate J Farey.

Invariably the indexing per page is in alphabetical order:

Surnames A - Z
Forenames A - Z

The entries for Farey appear on page 297 of the GRO Death Registrations in March quarter 1939.  As you can see each surname is entered alphabetically, and then by forename.  The Registration Districts are different.  You can see these pages for yourself, by using FreeBMD and clicking on the "spectacle" icon which will take you to another page where you can view the scanned GRO pages.

[groom]

Looking at the list of names appearing on page 971, I would suspect that Catherine Farey was also known as Kate J Farey.

That was my immediate thought on the other thread. It seems a bit odd though that she isn't registered as Catherine J if that is the same person.  There is no sign of Kate J Filer (the person he is actually looking for) after 1930, so it's worth him checking with the register office in case there has been a mistake.

[msr]

It is quite possible that the register entry reads something like the following examples, so the index would have to reflect the same, with a note on the final page of the book of the number of duplicate entries.

1)  Kate J Farey also known as Catherine Farey

or

2)  Kate J Farey, otherwise Catherine Farey

It is also likely (I won't say certainly) that the register will have the full second name too, not just the initial J.