Adding to this topic by Terry Blackmore and others, here is a word about the Cemetery records. I have found these are well worth while exploring as there is more to be found in them than in the church burial registers. This of course will relate to the late 1800s when the churchyards could not cope any longer and the Cemetery Act was passed to deal with this problem. Some years ago when I visited the Torquay Cemetery to see the grave of my grandparents, I saw that the stone recorded the name of their eldest daughter as being there with them. However, it was not until I went to their office to see the actual record that I found that their eldest son is also interred in the same grave. He is not recorded on their stone and I have no idea as to why his name does not appear there with those of his parents and his sister but there it is. Additionally I found that the Cemetery Records have the name of those persons who paid for the grave, digging etc and as this is usually a relative (plus their home address) that is another item not to be found in the Church records. Then (if you really want to know!) it also has the name of the funeral directors who handled all the arrangements for the burials. All in all makes this makes the Cemetery records well worth exploring for all of that additional info. Jean Harris in Toronto On Nov 29, 2013, at 7:18 PM, <Terryblackmore@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > Parish Burial Registers belong to the Church and the cemetery's belong to the local council. So the cemetery will have records of who is buried there, where and when. The Church just the record of when he was buried and maybe the death date. Both can be assessed, though not sure if any local councils put cemetery records on line. One might have to get the records from the cemetery. I did for a return visit to my father's burial plot. It was no where near where I thought it was. The cemetery having changed so much since I was at his funeral. Now a days of course there are death certificates that copies can be applied for from the local Registrar of BMDs. > > Terry Blackmore > OPC, Sheldon, Devon > > > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Jean, I found your comments to be most informative. Unfortunately, unless we know where our ancestors were buried, very little information is provided on the death certificates. The ones I have been able to purchase only show basic information and certainly no interment details. So, is this information available somewhere? Regards .. Joyce Sent from my iPad > On Dec 1, 2013, at 8:07 PM, "Jean Harris" <j.egerton@sympatico.ca> wrote: > > > Adding to this topic by Terry Blackmore and others, here is a word about the Cemetery records. I have found these are well worth while exploring as there is more to be found in them than in the church burial registers. This of course will relate to the late 1800s when the churchyards could not cope any longer and the Cemetery Act was passed to deal with this problem. > > Some years ago when I visited the Torquay Cemetery to see the grave of my grandparents, I saw that the stone recorded the name of their eldest daughter as being there with them. However, it was not until I went to their office to see the actual record that I found that their eldest son is also interred in the same grave. He is not recorded on their stone and I have no idea as to why his name does not appear there with those of his parents and his sister but there it is. > > Additionally I found that the Cemetery Records have the name of those persons who paid for the grave, digging etc and as this is usually a relative (plus their home address) that is another item not to be found in the Church records. Then (if you really want to know!) it also has the name of the funeral directors who handled all the arrangements for the burials. All in all makes this makes the Cemetery records well worth exploring for all of that additional info. > > Jean Harris in Toronto > > > > > >> On Nov 29, 2013, at 7:18 PM, <Terryblackmore@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: >> >> Parish Burial Registers belong to the Church and the cemetery's belong to the local council. So the cemetery will have records of who is buried there, where and when. The Church just the record of when he was buried and maybe the death date. Both can be assessed, though not sure if any local councils put cemetery records on line. One might have to get the records from the cemetery. I did for a return visit to my father's burial plot. It was no where near where I thought it was. The cemetery having changed so much since I was at his funeral. Now a days of course there are death certificates that copies can be applied for from the local Registrar of BMDs. >> >> Terry Blackmore >> OPC, Sheldon, Devon >> >> >> ------------------------------------------ >> The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon >> ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) >> and >> the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) >> List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> ------------------------------------------ >> The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon >> ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) >> and >> the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) >> List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message