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|    john to Tim Powys-Lybbe    |
|    Re: FindMyPast's 'UK Deaths (2007-2016)'    |
|    26 May 18 09:22:33    |
      From: john1@s145802280.onlinehome.fr              On 25/05/2018 17:00, Tim Powys-Lybbe wrote:       > Peter Calver has today and kindly passed on that these death records for        > 2007 to 2016 have just been released onto FindMyPast's site. He        > explains that they are possibly only half of the actual deaths and that        > he has found errors or oddities in the data.       >        > I have gone through a few of the 71 known deaths I have identified on my        > records for this period.       >        > Various remarkable features:       > (a) We are given the precise death date       > (b) And we get the death place       > (c) We only get the birth year or nothing       > (d) We do NOT get the references for ordering from GRO.       >        > So I wonder where the date comes from?       >        > My guess is something close to the probate indices.       >        > Does anyone know what publicly available documents these might have come        > from?       >               On the FMP website       United Kingdom Deaths 2007-2016       Discover more about these records:       These records, provided by Wilmington Millennium, include over two and a       half million entries with just under two million records pertaining to        the years 2007 to 2013. The remainder of the records cover the years        2014 to 2016.              The majority of these records will either contain the date of birth or        age at death for the deceased individual. Death records included in this       collection span the United Kingdom and include England, Scotland, Wales,       Northern Island, the Isle of Man, and Jersey.              According to Wilmington Millennium web site, their two databases are        Mortascreen and Halo:       - Mortascreen, the UK's most effective deceased suppression file (for        marketing databases)       - Halo, identifies deceased names and verifies home addresses for fraud        prevention              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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