Hi Bob Thanks for your interest. There are six burials listed which I think are 'mine', as follows:- Burial: 12 Feb 1904 St Peter, Halliwell, Lancashire, EnglandRobert AITKIN - Age: 14 Abode: 6 Avondale Street Register: Burials 1895 - 1904, Page 185, Entry 1480 Burial: 8 Apr 1916 St Peter, Halliwell, Lancashire, EnglandWalter AITKEN - Age: 35 Abode: 31 Horrocks Street Bolton Register: Burials 1913 - 1922, Page 45, Entry 360 Burial: 11 Mar 1920 St Peter, Halliwell, Lancashire, EnglandHarry AITKEN - Age: 3 Abode: 3 Bowen Street Bolton Register: Burials 1913 - 1922, Page 140, Entry 1120 Burial: 13 Mar 1929 St Peter, Halliwell, Lancashire, EnglandJoyce AITKEN - Age: 9 months Abode: 54 Mona Street Register: Burials 1922 - 1930, Page 172, Entry 1371 Burial: 10 Jul 1931 St Peter, Halliwell, Lancashire, EnglandThomas Walter AITKEN - Age: 73 Abode: 31 Horrocks Street ( died at Thornley's Hospital) Register: Burials 1930 - 1940, Page 22, Entry 175 Burial: 8 Dec 1936 St Peter, Halliwell, Lancashire, EnglandLouisa AITKEN - Age: 76 Abode: 25 Shackleton Grove Bolton Register: Burials 1930 - 1940, Page 137, Entry 1095 but I'm primarily interested in the last two - Thomas Walter and Louisa Aitken, who were my great-grandparents. If you can offer any help or advice, I would of course be delighted! Could I just ask a general question about the MI/graves project? Did you have to get the permission of the current vicar to start such a project? I live opposite a church with a graveyard, and have been wondering if I might be able to do something similar in the future - at the moment, other commitments mean I don't have the time to spare, but I feel it could be a useful thing to do, and also very interesting. Look forward to hearing from you. Regards, Janet Curran> From: [email protected]> To: [email protected]> Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:59:22 +0100> Subject: Re: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] St Peters Halliwell - graveyard> > Hi Janet,> You're not wrong about the potential difficulty of finding the grave.> > There are getting on for 18,000 burials in the churchyard, and many of the> headstones have not survived.> > We are working on a complete grave transcription to be linked to the burial> transcripts, and ultimately we hope also to link in MIs and photographs of> the headstones. It's a massive project, of course, and not at all> straightforward so I can't make any immediate predictions for when the> additional data might begin to appear.> > But you do know how to win friends - thanks or your kind comments.> > If you'll send me the details you've found so far I'll see if it's possible> to locate the grave for you.> > Regards, Bob Thornley> _________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the next generation of Windows Live http://www.windowslive.co.uk/get-live

Hi Janet, I have an image of the grave entry that I'll send off list. The grave is in section B, number 383. I'll try to help you to find it. On the general question of transcribing data for your local church, it depends whether you have in mind transcribing the monumental inscriptions in the churchyard, or whether you plan to transcribe the church registers. If the latter, then it depends to some extent whether the registers have been filmed and where they are now kept. It's generally necessary to obtain the permission of the record holder. That can be the vicar or the local or county record office. If you are just planning to do the MIs the requirements are less stringent, but it would certainly be courteous to seek the approval of the vicar before embarking on a large project. If there is serious doubt about approval being forthcoming, in some circumstances it can be worth considering whether it might be easier to get forgiveness than it would be to get permission. If you do decide to have a go LAN-OPC would be very interested in supporting your efforts and subsequently publishing them on the web for free access. Please get in touch again if you decide to go ahead and you're interested in getting involved. Regards, Bob Thornley, Bolton -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Janet C Sent: 14 April 2008 19:59 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] St Peters Halliwell - graveyard Hi Bob Thanks for your interest. There are six burials listed which I think are 'mine', as follows:- Burial: 12 Feb 1904 St Peter, Halliwell, Lancashire, EnglandRobert AITKIN - Age: 14 Abode: 6 Avondale Street Register: Burials 1895 - 1904, Page 185, Entry 1480 Burial: 8 Apr 1916 St Peter, Halliwell, Lancashire, EnglandWalter AITKEN - Age: 35 Abode: 31 Horrocks Street Bolton Register: Burials 1913 - 1922, Page 45, Entry 360 Burial: 11 Mar 1920 St Peter, Halliwell, Lancashire, EnglandHarry AITKEN - Age: 3 Abode: 3 Bowen Street Bolton Register: Burials 1913 - 1922, Page 140, Entry 1120 Burial: 13 Mar 1929 St Peter, Halliwell, Lancashire, EnglandJoyce AITKEN - Age: 9 months Abode: 54 Mona Street Register: Burials 1922 - 1930, Page 172, Entry 1371 Burial: 10 Jul 1931 St Peter, Halliwell, Lancashire, EnglandThomas Walter AITKEN - Age: 73 Abode: 31 Horrocks Street ( died at Thornley's Hospital) Register: Burials 1930 - 1940, Page 22, Entry 175 Burial: 8 Dec 1936 St Peter, Halliwell, Lancashire, EnglandLouisa AITKEN - Age: 76 Abode: 25 Shackleton Grove Bolton Register: Burials 1930 - 1940, Page 137, Entry 1095 but I'm primarily interested in the last two - Thomas Walter and Louisa Aitken, who were my great-grandparents. If you can offer any help or advice, I would of course be delighted! Could I just ask a general question about the MI/graves project? Did you have to get the permission of the current vicar to start such a project? I live opposite a church with a graveyard, and have been wondering if I might be able to do something similar in the future - at the moment, other commitments mean I don't have the time to spare, but I feel it could be a useful thing to do, and also very interesting. Look forward to hearing from you. Regards, Janet Curran> From: [email protected]> To: [email protected]> Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:59:22 +0100> Subject: Re: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] St Peters Halliwell - graveyard> > Hi Janet,> You're not wrong about the potential difficulty of finding the grave.> > There are getting on for 18,000 burials in the churchyard, and many of the> headstones have not survived.> > We are working on a complete grave transcription to be linked to the burial> transcripts, and ultimately we hope also to link in MIs and photographs of> the headstones. It's a massive project, of course, and not at all> straightforward so I can't make any immediate predictions for when the> additional data might begin to appear.> > But you do know how to win friends - thanks or your kind comments.> > If you'll send me the details you've found so far I'll see if it's possible> to locate the grave for you.> > Regards, Bob Thornley> _________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the next generation of Windows Live http://www.windowslive.co.uk/get-live :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. Other people can learn from them! :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: ------------------------------- 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