Hi all, I'm posting this, with consent, on behalf of a frustrated colleague, who's trying to track the burial place of a relative. (I don't have details of names or dates as yet - these questions are more for eliciting pointers I can pass on to my colleague, and perhaps include in the FAQs if they might be useful to others.) The lady in question joined the Catholic Church in order to marry her husband, who later died some time in the 1930s in Wakefield, Yorkshire. The lady lived on, dying in Buntingford, Hertfordshire, in the 1960s. Searches in Herts (including with the assistance of councils) have failed to find the lady's burial place. The assumption is that, having converted to Catholicism, she was buried rather than cremated. So, questions for the wise heads here assembled: 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.)? 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? Thanks in advance! Jon -- Maintainer, soc.genealogy.britain FAQs: www.genealogy-britain.org.uk *** WATCH OUT FOR THE SPAM BLOCK! *** Replace 'deadspam' with 'green-lines' to reply in email!

On 2015-01-26 23:00:01 +0000, Jon Green said: > Hi all, > > I'm posting this, with consent, on behalf of a frustrated colleague, > who's trying to track the burial place of a relative. > > (I don't have details of names or dates as yet - these questions are > more for eliciting pointers I can pass on to my colleague, and perhaps > include in the FAQs if they might be useful to others.) > > The lady in question joined the Catholic Church in order to marry her > husband, who later died some time in the 1930s in Wakefield, Yorkshire. > The lady lived on, dying in Buntingford, Hertfordshire, in the 1960s. > Searches in Herts (including with the assistance of councils) have > failed to find the lady's burial place. The assumption is that, having > converted to Catholicism, she was buried rather than cremated. > > So, questions for the wise heads here assembled: > > 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.)? > > 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? > > Thanks in advance! > > Jon The assumption about burial rather than cremation because she was Catholic may be in error. I have seen a few RC deaths in the (admittedly later) 1960s where the choice was cremation. My only real experience of RC registers at that time is in the NE of England. Funeral registers for that time frame have been deposited with the local archives. They record when the Requiem Mass took place, and where they were buried or cremated ( and record which of the two were chosen). If your friend knows where this lady died, I'd start looking for the records of the nearest RC church. They may be deposited or may even still be in the parish. (though my experience is limited, I don't know if this is common throughout the country) Other than that, check the same in the area where her husband died , find where he was buried and yes, I suppose its possible her body was taken there for funeral/burial/cremation. A lot would depend on available funds to do that, if she had family who would arrange it etc. -- Tickettyboo

On 26/01/2015 23:00, Jon Green wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm posting this, with consent, on behalf of a frustrated colleague, > who's trying to track the burial place of a relative. [...] Thanks, all, for your help. I'll pass on your pearls of wisdom! Jon -- Maintainer, soc.genealogy.britain FAQs: www.genealogy-britain.org.uk *** WATCH OUT FOR THE SPAM BLOCK! *** Replace 'deadspam' with 'green-lines' to reply in email!