Going back home to die

[greyingrey]

I'm trying to find someone who lived in Nottingham, but whose death I've been unable to find there (her husband & children continued living there). I think she may have come from Leicestershire originally, so I was wondering if she'd maybe died there. I've found one or two possible candidates, but the entries show their residences as being in Leicestershire. Am I right in thinking that if she'd died in Leicestershire, for whatever reason....especially if she'd been staying with family there....there'd be a good chance her residence would have been listed there ? In other words, is it still worth my while trying to follow up these entries ?

Thanks

[Janet in Yorkshire]

A death had to be registered in the reg district where it took place, rather than in the district of the usual abode of the deceased.
How recently did the lady die? Could it have happened whilst on a visit to relatives/friends? Or on holiday abroad? During specialist hospitalisation which might have had to have been in another county?

A common cause of not being to track someone is mis-spelling of the surname, having an additional "official" forename, the age being "guessed"/misrecorded on the cert or in the index.

Do you want to post more details in the hope that someone may be able to help?

Jay

[greyingrey]

Thanks Jay. The only reasons I've got for thinking that she may have died in Leics are that we haven't been able to find her in Notts, she may have been born in Leics & the counties are close enough together for frequent visits. I've found a family of the same name where I think she may have been in Leics, so I'm trying to reconstruct that & then I'll come back & see what we can make of it (I'm talking about 1800-1830 & I think they were ag labs, moving about a bit)

[Janet in Yorkshire]

Right, well before civil reg then.(I was talking more 20th century!)
So only PR to go on and bear in mind that not all parishes have had their records put online. :(

Jay