Hi Liz I agree that the death certificates can be so interesting but finding out where the people are buried is so difficult in a large city like Bristol. Not so bad with my ancestors who lived in the country parishes on the edge of Bristol but for inner city dwellers they are extremely hard to find unless you have the money to pay for searches by Bristol City Council who run the large municipal cemeteries. Thank goodness for the death indexes on the Bristol & Avon Family History website and the various burial indexes on CD issued by the same society. They are a great help. Bernice
Hi Bernice I had no early family actually in Bristol - they came in from Warwickshire, Cardiff, Somerset, Devon - after Civil Registration began. As you say, burial is a different story. I know my great aunt was buried in Arnos Vale in 1972 in the same grave as her parents but I couldn't find it when I looked even though I know there was a Memorial stone. It was damaged and had to be repaired but everywhere is still overgrown. Once we get to the 20th century many were cremated and there's little change of finding them unless I look through the cremation books. Liz www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery OPC for Street, Somerset ----- Original Message ----- From: <Bernpeg@aol.com> To: <bristol_and_district@rootsweb.com>; <E.Newbery@btinternet.com> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 8:41 PM Subject: Re: [B&D] Bad news from the GRO > Hi Liz > I agree that the death certificates can be so interesting but finding out > where the people are buried is so difficult in a large city like Bristol. > Not so bad with my ancestors who lived in the country parishes on the edge > of > Bristol but for inner city dwellers they are extremely hard to find unless > you have the money to pay for searches by Bristol City Council who run > the > large municipal cemeteries. Thank goodness for the death indexes on the > Bristol & Avon Family History website and the various burial indexes on > CD > issued by the same society. They are a great help. > Bernice > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >