What is the deaths index?
- The deaths index is an index to the deaths registers that have been
produced since compulsory civil registration of deaths began in England
and Wales on 1st July 1837 (although penalties for non-registration were
not introduced until 1875)
- The index is maintained by the
General Register Office (GRO)
- The deaths registers themselves are not available to the public but
anyone can inspect the index to the registers
- The details given in the deaths index may be helpful in themselves but
they are usually used to find the details necessary for ordering a copy of
a death
certificate
- In particular, the deaths index gives you the 'GRO index reference'
for each death. The 'GRO index reference' consists of the details given in
the volume and page columns for each death entry
- There is a full explanation of the indexes at the
'Using the general register office to research family history' pages
on the Directgov web
site
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Page last updated: 23rd June 2011
