Hello John, If you take a look at Dudley Archives & Local History web site at www.dudley.gov.uk/archives on the left hand side click on Researching Your Family History, scroll down to the bottom and you can download the Parish Register Handlists. Also on that page in the body of the text, you will see Cremations and Cemeteries. Click on the link and you can search the Public Cremations and Cemeteries. You can also download Parish Register Handlists on Sandwell Archive's web site. Hope this helps. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Bland" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 2:41 PM Subject: [Black Country] Grave Yard locations > Hello Listers, > > > > Santa delivered the BMSGH publications Staffordshire Monumental > Inscriptions > and Worcestershire Monumental Inscriptions CD's which I have been after > for > some time. However now that I come to use them, the old issue of not > knowing > the Geography of the area raises its head, and I don't know where to start > looking - particularly for my COOPER's and SHAW's. It's a bit easier for > my > SPITTLE's although surprisingly there seems to be a lack of graves with > that > family despite their supposed potential for them to be prosperous through > Nail Factoring and Rove making. > > > > Therefore I need a bit of assistance on the Geography. > > > > My Cooper's lived in Quarry Bank - what would be likely > Churchyards/Cemeteries for them to be buried in post 1901 please? > > > > My Shaw's lived in Netherton, Rowley Regis and Kingswinford - again which > Churchyards covered these areas please? > > > > Finally I note that the total monumental inscriptions for both County cd's > is over 244,000 on both cd's suggesting that it is possible that not > everyone had a gravestone or that the stones have been lost over time due > to > erosion and vandalism. What is the predominant rock used for Gravestones > in > the area? Is it likely that stones erected during the C19th and earlier > would have survived to be recorded? > > > > So far out of a high number names in my tree from these parts, I have > found > just one MI on both CDs! There must be more on them but knowing where to > look as always seems to be the case in this area of small compact parishes > spread over two counties spilt by a meandering river is the hard part! > > > > John R G Bland > > > > Spalding > > > > ------------------------------------- > The only List that specifically covers the whole of the Black Country. Run > by Black Country folk who were born and still live in the area. > ------------------------------- > 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 >