Death certificate

bombom66

km1500 said:

sounds as though the death wasn't registered and that is why it is not appearing in the search

did you or anyone actually do it ?

https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/help/support/bereaved-family-friends/practical-legal/register-a-death

We didn’t his wife may have we don’t know she died surely she would have had to have a death certificate for accessing his savings etc ?

Grumpelstiltskin

OP  It is the official site you are searching? Mentioned earlier.

General Register Office - Online Ordering Service - Login (gro.gov.uk)

bombom66

Grumpelstiltskin said:

OP  It is the official site you are searching? Mentioned earlier.

General Register Office - Online Ordering Service - Login (gro.gov.uk)

Yes that’s the one 👍

km1500

yes if she needed a death cert to access bank accounts etc then the death will have been registered.

without the name so I can search I can't really help more

JGB1955

Was probate granted?  You need a death certificate to do that.....

bombom66

km1500 said:

yes if she needed a death cert to access bank accounts etc then the death will have been registered.

without the name so I can search I can't really help more

Will you be using this for the search it’s not on there https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/

bobster2

JGB1955 said:

Was probate granted?  You need a death certificate to do that.....

Good suggestion. You could search to see whether probate was granted (although it might not have been needed - do you know) here...

https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills

If he shows up there - you'll know there must have been a death certificate.

Grumpelstiltskin

Just noticed death was Dec 2019, have you checked first quarter 2020?

With Christmas and New Year there could have been a delay in registering.

bombom66

Grumpelstiltskin said:

Just noticed death was Dec 2019, have you checked first quarter 2020?

With Christmas and New Year there could have been a delay in registering.

Iv checked one year either side of death date that’s what it checks 

bombom66

bobster2 said:

JGB1955 said:

Was probate granted?  You need a death certificate to do that.....

Good suggestion. You could search to see whether probate was granted (although it might not have been needed - do you know) here...

https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills

If he shows up there - you'll know there must have been a death certificate.

Nothing on there