RECORD OF FAMILY FACULTIES. 

 Every death is registered in the following form : 



1837. Deaths in the District of Marylcbone, North, in the county of 



Middlesex. 



The words and figures in italics are filled up in the schedules as 

 the case may be, and the registers are well indexed, so that with but 

 imperfect knowledge of such facts as the full name, the date of death, 

 and the place of death, it is possible to hunt out the required entry 

 with facility. The fees are for a &quot; Particular Search,&quot; that is for a 

 search over any period not exceeding five years for any given entry, is. ; 

 for a &quot; General Search,&quot; that is, during any number of successive hours 

 not exceeding six, without stating the object of the search, \. There 

 are no printed rules concerning memoranda, but the applicant is not 

 prevented from taking a few rapid pencil notes. The charge for a 

 certified and stamped copy of an extract is 2s. &quot;]d. 



Searches and certificates of births or of marriages are regulated by 

 the same conditions. The latter give the name and surname of the 

 father of the husband and those of the father of the wife, and their 

 respective ranks or professions. It also gives the rank and profession of 

 the husband. 



Documentary evidence of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, prior to 

 the dates above mentioned, is to be obtained from Parochial registers, 

 when the place where the event took place is known. 



A record is kept at the India Office, of Europeans who have died in 

 India, together with the causes of their death. 



Wills may also afford means of supplementing missing data. If 

 they were proved in the province of Canterbury, they are easily accessible 

 at Doctors Commons. 



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