From: ce11son@yahoo.ca   
      
   On Tue, 12 Jun 2018 04:10:53 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"   
    wrote:   
      
   >In message , Ruth Wilson   
   > writes:   
   >>On 10/06/2018 21:57, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:   
   >[]   
   >>>date of the  change; and details of people who were born less than 100   
   >>>years before  the date you look at it blanked out (e. g. dated after   
   >>>1918-6-10).   
   >>>  They remove the blanking if someone convinces them that the person   
   >>>is no  longer alive; when it was only FindMyPast that offered this   
   >>>record, that  was by for example emailing FMP a copy of the death   
   >>>certificate; I'm not  sure now.   
   >>>   
   >>I have found a few anomalies. For example, my husband's aunt - still   
   >>very much alive - has her details visible, whereas his uncle -   
   >   
   >Is she over 100?   
   >   
   >>deceased, but after the 'cut off' date, is blanked.   
   >   
   >When you say "deceased, but after the 'cut off' date", do you mean he   
   >was born less than 100 years ago? If that's the case, you can get his   
   >record unsealed by giving evidence of his death. (I sent a scan of my   
   >mother's death certificate to FindMyPast when they had the monopoly, and   
   >that worked to get her line unblanked [it took a finite time, which is   
   >fair enough]; I don't know how you tell Ancestry, or whether the two   
   >companies are using a common database. Anyone know the answer to either   
   >of those?)   
   >>   
   >>I have found the dates of birth useful, with some of the older people   
   >>being out by a year, but with the day and month the same as I have   
   >>elsewhere (e.g. if it was noted in a baptism).   
   >   
   >Yes, I've found a surprising number out by a year as you say!   
   >>   
   Same with death registrations - also commonly a year out, probably due   
   to the informant's failure to properly assemble the calculation   
   involving the birth date and the current age or they've forgotten to   
   +1 to the age for the last birthday.   
      
   >>I also have a mystery to follow up - a few phone calls to older family   
   >>members will be in order ...!   
   >   
   >Sounds juicy (-:!   
   >>   
   >>Ruth   
   >>   
   >John   
      
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