In a message dated 24/09/2003 07:20:47 GMT Daylight Time, ruthjo@adam.com.au writes: > burials of infants with the note " No service" written beside the entry. > Hi Ruth, I don't know if you have had any replies, but one of the reasons for no service being held was that the infant had not been baptised. The Church of England does not now charge a fee in respect of the burial of a stillborn infant, or the burial of an infant dying within one year after birth, but I don't know what the position was in the 19th. century. Regards Stan Mapstone