This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: BryanHoggarth Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.yks.general/15642.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Nancy >From FreeBMD the probable record in the death indexes for your John FAWCETT is this one Deaths Sep Qtr 1860 Fawcett John Scarbro 9d 174 Of the free sources of info in England FreeBMD is something you should use. Apart from having almost all civil registrations of Births Marriages and Deaths from when the started in Sep Qtr of 1837 to 1920 the site also has a link as to how you order a certificate online from the central UK office at Liverpool. The certificate will cost you £9,25 and that will tell you when and where he died and who registered the death. The September Qtr covers any death registered in July, August September in the Scarborough District. Given the info from Geoff I expect this entry must be the one who was buried at Scarborough in July. There does not seem to be any other deaths in the area for John FAWCETT as you can see yourself on FreeBMD. Thus your date of 1st Septmeber seems like it might be wrong. Maybe someone took the entry of September Quarter and just stuck in a date of 1st September - then several other people just copied it without querying the source. If you do not want to get a copy of the certificate you could try a query on the East Riding of Yorkshire Board - though its a bit of a toss up as to whether the North Riding Board may be better. You should also check out the ERY FHS web site. They may have facilities for chat or looking things up. At least you can see what documents they have published. If you can find an MI for John it may also tell you when Mary died and was born. Some years back there was some discussion about people doing Photos of Gravestones in Scarborugh cemeteries - do a search for Scarborough Graves and it should find the discussion. Also as I first suggested; get in touch with the Scraborough Cremetorium & Cemeteries Office. Geoff VASEY said he was related to George VASEY the botanist but did not mention Mary VASEY. There were quite a few on them about in that area and that time. Bryan GLS. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.