Hi Bernice! Then I should look in places such as find-a-grave, too, I suppose. Never thought of that. Thanks! Cindy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of bernice pegler Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 10:16 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [B&S] Question on calculating actual death dates from burial records Hi Cindy The burial registers will tell you the burial date but if you can find the actual tombstone then the death date will be carved on it rather than the burial date. I would suggest the burial date would have been within a week of the death in those days. Bernice ----- Original Message ----- From: "Baum, Cindy, OPM USA" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 1:23 AM Subject: [B&S] Question on calculating actual death dates from burial records > Hi, Listers, > > I have burial dates for some ancestors in Bitton and nearby parishes. > However, these dates obviously do not tell me when the person actually > died. Was there any "typical" time between death and burial in the > late 1700s to mid-1800s? > > Thanks, > > Cindy > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ______________________________________________________________________