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death certificates 1700-1900
« on: Friday 04 November 16 18:22 GMT (UK) »
Asking if anyone knows whether or not reason for someones death is listed on their death certificate for the years of 1700-1900.  I would like to order some from this period, but only if the diagnosis for death is listed, and also  where would I seek or order one?   thank you gob lin
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Re: death certificates 1700-1900
« Reply #1 on: Friday 04 November 16 18:44 GMT (UK) »
There will only be death certificates from 1837, when Civil registration began.

They can be ordered from www.gro.gov.uk -
Look up first in the indexes at freebmd

They should give cause of death.

Prior to 1837 you are reliant on Parish records of a burial. They do not as a rule give cause of death
Edmonds/Edmunds - mainly Sussex
DeBoo - London
Green - Suffolk
Parker - Sussex
Kemp - Essex
Farrington - Essex
Boniface - West Sussex

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Re: death certificates 1700-1900
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 05 November 16 09:06 GMT (UK) »
Hi goblin :)

Which country's death records are you looking for? 

What lizdb has said is correct for England & Wales but Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Eire all have separate systems.  Each member state of the USA keeps its own records, and the same is true of the Australian states and territories.

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« Reply #3 on: Saturday 05 November 16 09:23 GMT (UK) »
Me again :)

Do you have a particular reason for posting on the Oxfordshire board?  Most of the parish records for this county are now available on Ancestry and some of them go back to before 1700.  I have seen some with the cause of death noted, especially when there were epidemics of cholera etc.

Carol (Oxford born & bred!)
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Re: death certificates 1700-1900
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 05 November 16 12:40 GMT (UK) »
I was looking for records for the uk, , I am on ancestry.co.uk but have not found any records for death certificates for my ancestors  They were from the crawley, hailey,oxon uk area and also salford, oxon, uk   Thank you for your help, marlene  usa
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Re: death certificates 1700-1900
« Reply #5 on: Monday 07 November 16 10:16 GMT (UK) »
Do you want to give us some names, along with their yrs of birth if known, and year of when and where they were last heard of?
Edmonds/Edmunds - mainly Sussex
DeBoo - London
Green - Suffolk
Parker - Sussex
Kemp - Essex
Farrington - Essex
Boniface - West Sussex

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Re: death certificates 1700-1900
« Reply #6 on: Monday 07 November 16 13:00 GMT (UK) »
Yes I will, that would be great, I have the date of death, but hoping to find out what they died from.  Daniel ward, born chadlington, oxon uk, died in crawley, uk.  I believe buried in the hailey churchyard.  His death date was 7/19/1863.  James Fawdrey, born  2/23/1772, witney,  oxon,died 6/8/1845, I believe he is buried in salford,oxon,uk   Sussanah ward, wife of the above Daniel, died around 1861, crawley,oxon,uk.  She also was born in chadlington oxon,uk  I believe she is buried in a church yard in crawley, oxon.  Thank you for any information you might find.  marlene
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Re: death certificates 1700-1900
« Reply #7 on: Monday 07 November 16 13:17 GMT (UK) »
Hi Goblin

From www.freebmd.org.uk

Death registered Sept 1/4 1863 which includes July & Aug deaths

Ward    Daniel        Witney    3a   431

a check on the new service at www.gro.gov.uk suggets this man was aged 80

and this

Deaths December 1/4 1859

Ward    Susannah         Witney    3a   408

she was aged 72   

Witney district covers Crawley

http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/witney.html
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Sherry-Paddington & Marylebone,
Longhurst-Ealing & Capel, Abinger, Ewhurst & Ockley,
Chandler-Chelsea

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« Reply #8 on: Monday 07 November 16 13:21 GMT (UK) »
and this, with a variant spelling,

Deaths June 1/4 1845

FAWDRY    James        Witney    16   105

he was 73
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Sherry-Paddington & Marylebone,
Longhurst-Ealing & Capel, Abinger, Ewhurst & Ockley,
Chandler-Chelsea