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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 ?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-death0 -
OP It is the official site you are searching? Mentioned earlier.
General Register Office - Online Ordering Service - Login (gro.gov.uk)
If you go down to the woods today you better not go alone.1 -
Yes that’s the one 👍Grumpelstiltskin said:OP It is the official site you are searching? Mentioned earlier.
General Register Office - Online Ordering Service - Login (gro.gov.uk)0 -
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 more0 -
Was probate granted? You need a death certificate to do that.....#2 Saving for Christmas 2024 - £1 a day challenge. £325 of £3660
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Will you be using this for the search it’s not on there https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/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 more0 -
Good suggestion. You could search to see whether probate was granted (although it might not have been needed - do you know) here...JGB1955 said:Was probate granted? You need a death certificate to do that.....If he shows up there - you'll know there must have been a death certificate.0 -
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.If you go down to the woods today you better not go alone.0 -
Iv checked one year either side of death date that’s what it checksGrumpelstiltskin 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.0 -
Nothing on therebobster2 said:
Good suggestion. You could search to see whether probate was granted (although it might not have been needed - do you know) here...JGB1955 said:Was probate granted? You need a death certificate to do that.....If he shows up there - you'll know there must have been a death certificate.0
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