Yesterday (28 Oct) I was in London with two teenger girls to entertain - so I sent the hubby off with them to the Cartoon museum followed by the London transport musuem (WW1 buses) whilst I went an entertained myself at First Avenue House and the Temple Church.
It was my first visit to First Avenue House - which is why I didn't offer to do anything as I didn't know what I was meant to do! :o Anyway fellow searchers there were very helpful with the mechanics of ordering etc but I still have a query.
I had the actual date of death for three people but even after searching for 10 years I couldn't find any entries for them. They were all professional people: a Dr in 1924, a Diplomat in 1929 and a retired Army officer in 1952 and I have all three death certificates. Is it my bad searching or might there be some other reason?
As an aside there was a very "spooky co-incidence" during my search as I came upon the entry for another cousin who I wasn't even looking for. He had come through WW1 with honours and I had seen his medal card with his home address in 1921. But there was the entry Died 28 October 1926 at sea - St Mary's Barracks Gambia.
It was my first visit to First Avenue House - which is why I didn't offer to do anything as I didn't know what I was meant to do! :o Anyway fellow searchers there were very helpful with the mechanics of ordering etc but I still have a query.
I had the actual date of death for three people but even after searching for 10 years I couldn't find any entries for them. They were all professional people: a Dr in 1924, a Diplomat in 1929 and a retired Army officer in 1952 and I have all three death certificates. Is it my bad searching or might there be some other reason?
As an aside there was a very "spooky co-incidence" during my search as I came upon the entry for another cousin who I wasn't even looking for. He had come through WW1 with honours and I had seen his medal card with his home address in 1921. But there was the entry Died 28 October 1926 at sea - St Mary's Barracks Gambia.
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