Hi Odette,
I recently
found out that thousands of Death Notices / Death Registers are available on
the Internet for viewing. The years covered are 1890 to 1977. I’m sure you are
aware of this: they can be found at www.familysearch.com
There are
several other records available on the same web site, while some records appear
to be indexes only.
Actually,
it is from this web site that I found the link to your web site (located within
the “Help” pages).
Now to my
queries:
Imagine my
surprise when going through the file called “Death Indexes Open Files” to find
my own name there!! There is a code and a number against (my name) in the index
– L.W. 2641 – and I was wondering if you could tell me what the code LW means?
There is
also another Index file showing records with the abbreviation DRB or D.R.B. Any
idea what that is? I understand DR or D.R. to be “Death Register”. For the most
part I can locate the Death Register (certificates) for all my relatives for
which I have a D.R. numbers, but I could not locate certificates for the names
with DRB / D.R.B. Neither can I find the L.W one (against my name).
BTW, the
“Help” files only refer to the abbreviations: ADM, D.R. and W (Administrations,
Death Register and Will).
Regards,
Gerold Whittaker gerold@intekom.co.za
