Can one still get?

[grannyfixit]

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]

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]

It was called Traceline and I think its defunct now.

[LindyTumblethump]

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]

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

[LindyTumblethump]

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

[JBee]

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]

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