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No Death Certificate Online
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Is there a reason I cannot find a death cert online from around 1939-1943 latest?
I have the birth cert but no death record.
I have tried a wide search & alternative spellings of the name.
Its really bugging me!!!!!
I have the birth cert but no death record.
I have tried a wide search & alternative spellings of the name.
Its really bugging me!!!!!
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A death certificate won't exist unless someone formally registered the death. As O_G suggests, that might not have happened during the chaos of war. (A funeral director normally isn't meant to bury someone without a full death certificate but, during wartime, it's possible that just an interim certificate from a doctor might have sufficed, with nobody ever getting around to taking that interim document to a register office to formally register the death).
Also, if the person had a middle name, they might have been known to their friends and family by that name, resulting in their middle name being used, instead of their first name, on a death certificate.
If the person's surname sounded German, they might have thought it best to change it when war with Germany broke out.
Those are just a few of the vast number of reasons why a death certificate might seem to be missing.
Also, if the person had a middle name, they might have been known to their friends and family by that name, resulting in their middle name being used, instead of their first name, on a death certificate.
If the person's surname sounded German, they might have thought it best to change it when war with Germany broke out.
Those are just a few of the vast number of reasons why a death certificate might seem to be missing.
I use scotlands people for records.
Definately dead- I have other family members in the grave…. Died in infancy but I dont know what age I am told around age 18months.
No middle name - I have birth cert.
I wondered if he died in Ireland as we have family there but I really doubt they travelled at that time.
His name is on the headstone….. assuming he is definately there.
Definately dead- I have other family members in the grave…. Died in infancy but I dont know what age I am told around age 18months.
No middle name - I have birth cert.
I wondered if he died in Ireland as we have family there but I really doubt they travelled at that time.
His name is on the headstone….. assuming he is definately there.
Have you checked the Mormon's FamilySearch website? It's often amazing to see what information it holds about people:
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^^^ Any website that accepts input from its users can never be relied on (including both Wikipedia and The AnswerBank). However I find FamilySearch is quite good. For example, it reminded me that my father was actually one of five children (rather than the three that I knew), with two of his siblings dying at birth or in infancy.
When looking at the site toward the end of last year, I was surprised to see that my uncle (whom I'd not seen for over a quarter of a century but with whom I occasionally exchanged quizzes and crosswords that we'd each set) had passed away. Not entirely trusting the site, I still sent a Christmas card to his address but, as I never got one back, I assume that the site's information must be correct.
When looking at the site toward the end of last year, I was surprised to see that my uncle (whom I'd not seen for over a quarter of a century but with whom I occasionally exchanged quizzes and crosswords that we'd each set) had passed away. Not entirely trusting the site, I still sent a Christmas card to his address but, as I never got one back, I assume that the site's information must be correct.
I know it's stating the obvious, but the internet was not around in 1943.
Many paper records got destroyed 1943-1945 by enemy action.
With no info on the deceased, it is difficult to be more specific (e.g. when and how did he die.)
Have you tried Commonwealth War Graves (it's where my Dad'd death in 1945 is recorded).
Many paper records got destroyed 1943-1945 by enemy action.
With no info on the deceased, it is difficult to be more specific (e.g. when and how did he die.)
Have you tried Commonwealth War Graves (it's where my Dad'd death in 1945 is recorded).
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