Someone has asked for my help, but I'm stumped.
She has a burial record for a 20yo William Cran(n) from St Peter's, Leeds, on 8 April 1838, and would like to order a copy of his death certificate, but neither of us can find a registration of the death. He was baptised in Leeds, I think she said, so it's most likely that he died there too and not elsewhere.
We know, of course, that civil registration only came in on 1 July 1837 and that some of the early ones slipped through the net, so to speak, but I thought that was mostly baptisms. Did the vicar/curate etc not need to be shown any "official" paperwork before conducting a burial service, perhaps?
Anyone any bright ideas, please?
STG
She has a burial record for a 20yo William Cran(n) from St Peter's, Leeds, on 8 April 1838, and would like to order a copy of his death certificate, but neither of us can find a registration of the death. He was baptised in Leeds, I think she said, so it's most likely that he died there too and not elsewhere.
We know, of course, that civil registration only came in on 1 July 1837 and that some of the early ones slipped through the net, so to speak, but I thought that was mostly baptisms. Did the vicar/curate etc not need to be shown any "official" paperwork before conducting a burial service, perhaps?
Anyone any bright ideas, please?
STG
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