Thread: Tracing suicide

Hello all



Does anyone know how I would find out the death date of someone who committed suicide? I cannot find it in any BMD records. Would it be recorded anywhere different because it was a suicide?

Thanks for your time.

Tiggy

Hi Tiggy,



I'm not 100% sure, but I should imagine the death would have been registered as normal.



Mrsp

[quote name='banditfivealive' date='01 January 2010 - 09:51 PM' timestamp='1262382666' post='211172']

Hi - They woud have been recorded as normaI as Iong asit was after 1837. I had one in my tree for 1882 and I was abe to get a certificate that stated the facts. If you post what you know then it can be checkedby someone#bandit

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[quote name='tiggy' date='01 January 2010 - 08:31 PM' timestamp='1262377904' post='211152']

Hello all



Does anyone know how I would find out the death date of someone who committed suicide? I cannot find it in any BMD records. Would it be recorded anywhere different because it was a suicide?

Thanks for your time.

Tiggy

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HI Tiggy



Have you tried Ancestry Births Deaths Marriages 1916-2005??



Mark

Hello

Thank you for replies and offer to help.The person whose death record I am trying to find is George L Stratton b 1881 Dundee. He died sometime between 1914-1918. This is going by the birth of his last child b Mar 1915 and when his widow married again in Mar 1918.The family lived in Camberwell London.

I have found several George Strattons listed on various sites but none match for age which would be 35ish.

Ann

[quote name='markf' date='02 January 2010 - 03:14 PM' timestamp='1262445247' post='211254']

HI Tiggy



Have you tried Ancestry Births Deaths Marriages 1916-2005??



Mark

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Thank you Mark

Yes I have tried that.No luck unless the george Stratton from Southwark has his age wrongly listed, shown as 67.

Ann

[quote name='tiggy' date='02 January 2010 - 03:22 PM' timestamp='1262445726' post='211258']

Thank you Mark

Yes I have tried that.No luck unless the george Stratton from Southwark has his age wrongly listed, shown as 67.

Ann

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Hi Ann



Same unit as my dad!!!



http://www.cwgc.org/search/SearchRes...x=33&send.y=12



Mark

It would help if you knew where he died. How did you know he committed suicide? Sometimes there is a delay in registration because there's an inquest and the coroner then registers the death. Local newspapers nearly always include a report of the inquests in their area, and sometimes - though not always - the coroner's records survive too.