Name and Birth Year - Possible to find year of death?

MrMatisse · 21-09-2012 6:54pm #1

Hi I have someone with a rare first name and their year of birth.

Is there anyway I could find their year of death?

Many thanks !

Waitsian · 21-09-2012 7:27pm

MrMatisse wrote: »

Hi I have someone with a rare first name and their year of birth.

Is there anyway I could find their year of death?

Many thanks !

What year were they born?

MrMatisse · 21-09-2012 8:10pm

1892

Alicat · 21-09-2012 8:29pm

Have you been able to narrow it down at all to a certain period of time?

MrMatisse · 21-09-2012 8:32pm

Not at all , literally thats all I have

Waitsian · 21-09-2012 9:10pm

What's the unusual first name? Did he/she die in Ireland, do you at least know that?

MrMatisse · 21-09-2012 9:51pm

Dont really want to post the name on a public forum but yes I believe died in Dublin

Waitsian · 21-09-2012 10:06pm

MrMatisse wrote: »

Dont really want to post the name on a public forum but yes I believe died in Dublin

PM me if you like.

shanew · 22-09-2012 8:03am

If you have a year of birth and a name then you can try putting those in to the search criteria on the BMD Index along with an estimate of the year of death. The online Index covers dates up to 1958.. I'd allow a few years either way for year of birth, as it's not always reported accurately.

You could also try online newspapers - e.g. IrishNewsArchives and Irish Times - these are subscription, but you can usually do a basic index search.

Shane

Equality · 16-10-2012 5:28pm

Try to narrow it down first.

Check to see if they are listed on either census. If yes, then the year of death is obviously later, so this narrows your search.

If you find them on the census, you know where they were living. A lot of people did not move very far, so once you find them on the census you may have the place of death. If so, visit the local graveyard/talk to local people.

Name and Birth Year - Possible to find year of death?

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