Can one still get? - Genealogists' Forum

grannyfixit · #1 21-01-10, 09:12

You used to be able to get letters passed on or info about immediate relatives from National Insurance Offices

( that was only way i found out my Father had died 20 + years ago )

Is that system still in existance does anyone know

Olde Crone · #2 21-01-10, 11:09

grannyfixit

I have a feeling this service has stopped. It was called Traceline, I think?

You could google Traceline and see what comes up .

OC

Nell · #3 21-01-10, 17:34

It was called Traceline and I think its defunct now.

LindyTumblethump · #4 22-01-10, 18:23

Not sure if this sort of thing would be available via the Freedom of Information Act, I have a friend in Australia who oddly asked me just a few weeks ago if her brother could be found via his birth date and name only via national insurance office. xxhugxx

kiterunner · #5 22-01-10, 18:26

I think it would be exempt from the Freedom of Information Act.

LindyTumblethump · #6 22-01-10, 19:12

Hmm thought so, I cannot think of another way to possibly find him. xxhugxx

JBee · #7 22-01-10, 21:15

Unfortunately Traceline disappeared when its department changed name and it became part of another government entity.

You can search ancestry historical records (deaths to 2005) putting in a name and year and place of birth - if there's a hit it should give the exact date of birth.

Alternatively if he's still alive there's 192.com or tracesmart but both cost money

Olde Crone · #8 22-01-10, 22:50

Traceline was very quietly disbanded, as a money saving exercise, as JBee says and by the time reports of its death reached the press, it had already gone.

OC