Family Tree Help recent death

aaroncaz

Elle83 wrote: »

Yeah I second this. I've done a substantial amount of family history research and from what you've said I too believe this is your only option.

Basically you should look at the death entry and estimate the year of birth from that. Then go to the BMD section of Ancestry and enter "Births 1837 - 1983". Type in your relative's name and the estimated year of birth and to start with, select the option to search 2yrs either side of that year (extending to 5yrs if you have no joy then 10yrs).

You'll need to click on the page that comes up for each quarter and trawl through to find any suitable matches. If there are several candidates you'd need to then order the birth certificates for all and see if anything on them (like parents names or address of birth) ring any bells. Sometimes it can be hopeless, like I have given up on my "John Murphy born in Liverpool" but often if you have a slightly more unusual name (like Norrington) or have a place of birth in mind as very likely you're likely to cotton onto the right man. And the earlier the event took place, the lower the population!

You can never be 100% certain in tracing your family tree but you can be 99% confident a lot of the time. I use https://www.genesreunited.co.uk for any genealogy questions I have btw - the tips board. If you want me to look for this relative for you I'm happy to spare you 20mins and see if I can find what you're looking for - just PM me the details you have.

Elle x.

Yes, i'm a member of Genes, i use the BBc family history board, Rootschat, and an Italian forum, got quite a few from Italy! In just over a year, i have found so much, but now it's a case of parish records, and not many of mine online! As for BMDs, be prepared to believe anything, my great grandmother was Louisa, found her remarriage under Louie! And so many of them went by different first names, to what they were reg with!

aaroncaz

this is a good site, for info on certs:

http://home.clara.net/dixons/Certificates/deaths.htm