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https://www.findmypast.co.uk/page/british-death-recordsDeaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional - Office for National Statistics
The number of expected deaths for Northern Ireland in Week 1 2026 is slightly lower than that published by NISRA in their Weekly Death Registrations in Northern Ireland, 2026 publication. This is because of small statistical coding differences, which we will investigate further ahead of next week’s release.
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/weeklyprovisionalfiguresondeathsregisteredinenglandandwales
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Births, Marriages & Deaths Search our historical records Records to Search Births, Marriages & Deaths Find out where and when your ancestors were born, married and died in Genes Reunited's complete set of birth, marriage and death records. Our collection includes both England & Wales birth, marriage and death index for 1837-2006 as well as an extensive collection of Parish records dating back as far as the 16th century.
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The Genealogist: Search Census, Births, Marriages, Deaths, Parish Records, Non-Conformist Records, Directories, Military Records, Wills & more!
Clear images; flexible search options; easy to use; excellent keyword search with occupation transcribed across all censuses; all results come with location marked on a historic map and an address-search option "Exploring The Census" - Who Do You Think You Are Magazine Winner 4 out of 5 ...the website that performed best overall was TheGenealogist.
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Explore your Scottish heritage Scotland's People
Please use these links for Ordnance Survey Name Books and Tax Rolls to search these newly released records.
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Weekly all-cause mortality surveillance (week 4 2026 report, up to week 52 2025 data) - GOV.UK
Where we have identified any third party copyright information you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned. This publication is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/weekly-all-cause-mortality-surveillance-2025-to-2026/weekly-all-cause-mortality-surveillance-week-4-2026-report-up-to-week-52-2025-data This report includes details of the weeks in which observed deaths from all causes were higher than a...
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Request records of deceased service personnel - GOV.UK
Information on requesting records of deceased service personnel. Updates to this page - Updated with additional details of records transferred to The National Archives. - Updates to details of the records held by The National Archives. - Home Guard has been removed from the list of records the MOD holds, as these have now transferred to the National Archives.
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Death investigations & reports – Prisons and Probation Ombudsman
This page contains details of death investigations that are currently in progress as well as final reports. The PPO is only able to publish final reports after sharing them with the family of the deceased person and after the coroner’s inquest has taken place.
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Birth, adoption, death, marriage and divorce - Province of British Columbia
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Find war dead War graves search CWGC
Find war dead with our War Graves search tool Find war dead records of the 1.7 million Commonwealth men and women that we commemorate Need help getting started? Explore our bitesize guides, designed to help you research an individual who died in the First World War.
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Ministry of Defence service records project - The National Archives
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is currently in the process of transferring around 10 million service records to The National Archives for permanent preservation. This is the largest and most complex transfer in our 200-year history. To date 8.2 million records have been transferred to us and the process is due to be completed in 2027.
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England and Wales weekly deaths 2026| Statista
There were 14,040 deaths registered in England and Wales for the week ending January 9, 2026, compared with 9,776 in the previous week. During this time period, the two weeks with the highest number of weekly deaths were in April 2020, with the week ending April 17, 2020, having 22,351 deaths, and the following week 21,997 deaths, a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK.
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Deaths in 2026 - Wikipedia
The following notable deaths occurred in 2026. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: - Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and a reference.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2026