Does anyone know if there is an index to the graves at St Peter's Halliwell? I recently discovered - courtesy of the PR transcriptions on Lancs OPC site (and a huge thank you to the wonderful volunteers who do this transcription!) - that at least one of my direct ancestors is buried there. I would love to go and see the grave next time I'm able to get to Bolton, but have looked at the aerial shots of the graveyard on Google Maps, and realise it could be difficult to find a particular grave without some clues! Any advice would be greatly appreciated Janet Curran Lytham St Annes, Lancs _________________________________________________________________ Win 100’s of Virgin Experience days with BigSnapSearch.com http://www.bigsnapsearch.com

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 From: Janet C Does anyone know if there is an index to the graves at St Peter's Halliwell? I recently discovered - courtesy of the PR transcriptions on Lancs OPC site (and a huge thank you to the wonderful volunteers who do this transcription!) - that at least one of my direct ancestors is buried there. I would love to go and see the grave next time I'm able to get to Bolton, but have looked at the aerial shots of the graveyard on Google Maps, and realise it could be difficult to find a particular grave without some clues! Any advice would be greatly appreciated Janet Curran Lytham St Annes, Lancs