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    1. Re: Burials (and where to find them)?
    2. eve via
    3. > 1. In the 1960s, was it at all common for (Catholic) bodies to be > transported the kinds of distances from Herts to Yorks, in order to be > buried with a spouse (etc.)?# If the family concerned could afford it, this would seem very likely. It was a relatively simply transport job by them (but not cheap) I have seen records of a body being transported by train from High Wycombe to the Hebrides to reach the family burial plot, with all the complications of train changing/boat use that would have involved. > > 2. We know about DeceasedOnline, BillionGraves and the Ancestry and FMP > (etc.) parish records, and to look for burial intentions in wills and > historical newspaper articles. Do you know of any other useful sources > of interment information that might apply? I think you have covered it -if there was a memorial service in Buntingford, or even a death announcement , there could well be a newspaper report of the ultimate destination. > EVE Author of The McLaughlin Guides for Family Historians Secretary, Bucks Genealogical Society

    01/27/2015 05:38:22