England/Wales Death Index 1989-2019 on Ancestry.

[Margarett]

I've just looked at my late Mum's record on the 1989-2019 death index on Ancestry. All details correct, except for one crucial one. The date of death! She died on 9th March 2017 (09/03/2017), but the record has it as 3rd September 2017, which is 03/09/2017!!! If all of the records have been transcribed like that, there's no hope!!

[gardener]

I checked my parents and they are both in the right way round. It is an interesting point though - maybe some other records have been entered like that too

[Margarett]

I just checked another couple of relatives, and they appear correct. Apparently, the records hav ecome via a data company from obituaries and funeral directors records.

[BC Wench]

Could depend in which country that data company came from. As in the USA they would normally say the month first so today's date would be August 26th 2020 (08/26/2020) whereas in the UK we tend to say 26 August 2020.

[Margarett]

B C Wench, you are right. But this is written as 3 Sept 2017, not in figures.