https://funeral-notices.co.uk/

Jellybaby_1 · 2021-09-21 22:27:43

I was watching the new series of A House Through Time and David Olusoga happened to mention this site for death notices, he found the death of a woman who had lived in the house he was researching. I never knew this site existed, its a UK version of rip.ie. I can't find how far back the notices go, anyone else here know?

21-09-2021 11:27PM

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Jellybaby_1

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I was watching the new series of A House Through Time and David Olusoga happened to mention this site for death notices, he found the death of a woman who had lived in the house he was researching. I never knew this site existed, its a UK version of rip.ie. I can't find how far back the notices go, anyone else here know?

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#2 22-09-2021 09:52AM

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I think it is relatively new. Blog posts go back to July 2020. They say they have 4.7m death notices, some are historic, some are current. There would be 500000-600000 deaths a year in the UK.
A random search over the past decade for a surname showed results in every year.
The Wayback machine has only got captures from August 2018 though.
Hopefully it will become a really useful resources over time, just like rip.ie.

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#3 22-09-2021 01:57PM

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Yes indeed, rip.ie is a great resource. If they ever want help transcribing old notices I'll apply!!

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