Thanks Jeff. Very good point about the opening date of Allerton Cemetery! Pete On Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:47:38 +0100, Jeff Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Pete > From my experience: > Burial records are by date of burial, at least for cemeteries. > I think that the grave records, showing who is buried in each grave, are > with the cemeteries office - they will need these when further burials are > requested. > Allerton cemetery opened in 1909. > Cheers, Jeff > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 8:54 PM > Subject: [ENG-MERSEYSIDE] Liverpool Records Office - Question about > Burialrecords organisation. > > >> >> Hello, >> We've planned a visit to Liverpool records office very shortly. I've >> heard conflicting things about how the burial records are organised. A >> lady at the records office said they're organised in terms of surname. >> However online I read that they're in order of burial date, which sounds >> more likely. Can anybody shed some light on what to expect? I'm taking all >> the documention and findings with me but wondered if a little extra prep >> somewhere might pay off. >> >> A couple of questions if I may. >> >> We know the exact date of death and cemetery of one particular family >> member. Assuming that we find the burial record, will it then show who >> else is buried in the same plot? >> >> If we know the exact date of death of a family member, and that it was in >> Garston, but not the burial place, how easy is it to look through various >> cemetery records to try to find it? I'm assuming that with it being >> Garston and 1899 the first place to look would be Allerton Cemetery. >> >> Pete >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> > > > >