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GOV.UK for births/deaths

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Kathryn

Kathryn Report 10 Feb 2024 08:33

Good morning. Sometime ago (I can't find the message), someone informed me that on the Gov.Uk website you could enter a date of birth and it would bring up a date of death or vice versa. They gave me all the details how to do this. For the life of me I can't remember how to do this. Has anyone any ideas please?

Thanking you in advance.

Kathryn

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 10 Feb 2024 09:14

Your best bet is to go to the site and check the options on offer for info input ;-) ;-)

Kathryn

Kathryn Report 10 Feb 2024 10:11

Thank you ErikaH.

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 10 Feb 2024 10:58

Probably not what you mean - but . . . . .

If the person died in England or Wales;
and if you find their death registration on FreeBMD.
and if the death was registered from the Apr/May/Jun qr of 1969 onwards,
it tells you their exact DOB (or at least what the informant thought the DOB was).

Before A/M/J 1969 it only tells you their age at death - again, depending on what the informant thought it was.

FreeBMD death records only go up to approx 1995-ish (varies from place to place).
You can find later deaths , up to 2021, on the GRO site - but that only gives you the year of birth, and not an exact date.

https://www.freebmd.org.uk
https://www.gro.gov.uk

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

Kathryn

Kathryn Report 10 Feb 2024 11:14

Thank you very much ArgyllGran most helpful.

Regards,

Kathryn