U as given for age at time of death.....

delmarco · Post by **delmarco** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 2:02 am

Hello All:
I looked up whom I hope is my GGF Bernard Feeney 644/02/2074 on Scotlandspeople. of course I ran out of credit before I could view it, however, Im unsure that it is him, the age is listed as U, what does this mean?
be kind Im a newbie!
Regards,
Karen

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 9:55 am

Year and B, M, or D ?

David

AlanMC · Post by **AlanMC** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 11:11 am

U is for Unknown when used in age.

delmarco · Post by **delmarco** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 2:49 pm

Hi David:
The year is 1864, and it is a death certificate, I thought it might be undertermind. Makes is hard to find out if its really your dfamily member huh?

Thanks,
KAren

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 4:19 pm

delmarco wrote:Hi David:
The year is 1864, and it is a death certificate, I thought it might be undertermind. Makes is hard to find out if its really your dfamily member huh?

Thanks,
Karen

Hi Karen

In that year the index that was produced some time in 1865 would not have included the age, hence the "U" - unknown - in terms of the ScotlandsPeople index, - which is not to say that there was not an age on the actual death register entry ............

Having had a keek at the death register entry involved, I can state that the age at death was 1 and 8/12 years, ........... cause of death "consumption" .......

David

delmarco · Post by **delmarco** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 4:39 pm

David,
Thanks for peeking for me, I can go in another direction now, The bernard I was searching for would have been much older than that, could be a son though...food for thought,,,,You've beena big help
Thanks Much,
Karen

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 4:56 pm

delmarco wrote:David,
Thanks for peeking for me, I can go in another direction now, The bernard I was searching for would have been much older than that, could be a son though...food for thought,,,,You've beena big help
Thanks Much,
Karen

Nae prob!!

My pleasure

David