I've just posted this on another forum to help someone, so I thought I would also post it here.
Trying to find a death in the registers for the 20th century is often a problem. One technique I use is quite often successful. Using the telephone directories on Ancestry.co.uk, I search to see if they had a telephone. When their name drops off the directory that may well be as a result of their death. You can also check to see if in later years the partner takes over the telephone number.
The date they drop off the telephone directory is your starting point to go back through the registers. I have normally found the death within 1 - 5 years prior to them dropping off the directory.
Hope this helps anyone.
Trying to find a death in the registers for the 20th century is often a problem. One technique I use is quite often successful. Using the telephone directories on Ancestry.co.uk, I search to see if they had a telephone. When their name drops off the directory that may well be as a result of their death. You can also check to see if in later years the partner takes over the telephone number.
The date they drop off the telephone directory is your starting point to go back through the registers. I have normally found the death within 1 - 5 years prior to them dropping off the directory.
Hope this helps anyone.
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