> 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