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Finding out where an ancestor is buried

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LIELA

LIELA Report 7 Jun 2013 16:35

Thanks all - you are all so helpful

jolee

jolee Report 7 Jun 2013 10:49

Dont know if this is any help but 1931-2001 Potterspury was transferred to the Towester reg. district which comes under Northamptshire

Researching:
Barking, East London, Kent.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 6 Jun 2013 23:06

She may not have been buried...............

Google for info about cemeteries in the area, than contact them to ask if they are able to carry out searches

LIELA

LIELA Report 6 Jun 2013 20:09

Thank you all
It relates to my maternal Granfather's mother Lilian/ Liliian A Brawn, 1911-1953. The death was registered In North Bucks and they lived in Potterpury , about 10 miles from Newport Pagnell

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 6 Jun 2013 19:48

A lot depends when/where the person died - we can sometimes find parish burial records. Also (but not very often) there may be something in the British Newspaper Archives.

Does this relate to someone on one of your other threads? Point us in the right direction and we can try .....

DazedConfused

DazedConfused Report 6 Jun 2013 19:32

Sadly finding a burial is probably one of the hardest things to do.

Here in London people moved about so much and crossed the river many times in their working and residential lives

It is not uncommon for someone born one side of the river to be buried on the other side with their family.

Another place to try is the local paper and hope that an obituary was placed. But as this was an added cost not everyone could afford to do this.

It is all very hit and miss

And once found, it could be a communal grave with no headstone. OR a private grave also with no headstone.

Sorry if this all sounds a bit off. But burials have in my experience been an absolute nightmare.

Found the grave of g.gran very early on in my research. And one HOT Saturday morning went from darkest south london across London to equally dark north London (took around 1 1/2 hrs) got to the cemetary which did not open until 11 am. Got the map from the groundsman, only to find NOTHING, NADA, ZILCH an unmarked grave.

I learned my lesson from this. And now if looking will always phone the graveyard in advance to ensure that there is some sort of marker or headstone.....

On that Saturday it was also the rehearsal for the Trooping of the Colour.

I got home hot, tired and very very fed up...... But I saw parts of North London I never knew.... :-D

Researching:
We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars, Oscar Wilde New avatar, my dad age about 3/4 months, could have been worse, it could have been the awful nude on a rug!!

jax

jax Report 6 Jun 2013 19:19

Unless you can find a burial online...its a case of trying all the churches or cemetaries near by
you can try here but need credits to view

http://www.deceasedonline.com/

Researching:
Nothing much

LIELA

LIELA Report 6 Jun 2013 19:05

Hi - is there a way to do this - I know where the death was registered - thanks