On Thu, 05 Feb 2015 09:42:18 +0000, Ian Goddard <[email protected]> wrote: >On 04/02/15 23:46, Kate wrote: >> >> >> "eve via" wrote in message >> news:[email protected] >> >> >>> >>> Would someone with access to FMP be kind enough to send me a copy of >>> the the >>> burial/death record for James WARD, died 1788, St James Westminster. I >>> placed it as Middlesex as it didn't show as Westminster. I already >>> have his >>> Will. >>> The death record for his brother has not survived and James is my last >>> hope >>> in the search for their parents. >> >> You are unlikely to get any help from finding the burial entry for >> James. In >> 1788, you mostly get just the name of the person and date of burial. (not >> even an age unless he was very old indeed fior the time). The will would >> have been a better bet, since wills often mention brothers (and looking for >> two in a family is more productive than looking for one.) >> However, if he held any copyhold property, track down the manorial records, >> since these may often show inheritance of land from a father (or uncle). >> If he >> only acquired it by purchase, he was just being difficult. >> EVE >> >> >> Author of The McLaughlin Guides for Family Historians >> Secretary, Bucks Genealogical Society >> >> I was hoping a burial record might have stated "son of...". > >IME you only get that sort of annotation in the burials of children. > Occasionally also if there is more than one of the same name and place and that is the chosen style of disambiguation.