On 2013-08-15 09:02:34 +0000, Mick said: > Hi all, > Are there any cremation name and date indexes available for the > Isle of Wight or the UK? > I have goggled and looked at genealogy sites but can only find burial > indexes > > Mick. IOW. Local archives offices may have the crematorium records. Other than that, I often use online books of remembrance to verify dates of death etc. They are kind of hit and miss though. Firstly , the particular crem may not 'have' an online version of their b-o-r and secondly an entry is not an automatic thing, the name will only appear if the relatives paid for an entry to be made. Another point is that often the online b-o-r's are only searchable by date (the entry normally goes in on the date of death) and if all you know is the quarter of the year the person died in that can mean a long trawl though images to find if they are in there. The info you can find varies, from just a name and a brief message to birth-death years and a list of relatives names, it all depends on what the relatives specified (and paid for). Apart from all that, I have found them to be a great source of info :-) To give you an example of one I have used for Birtley in Co. Durham, their online book is here: http://www.remembrance-books.com/birtley/ and I got so fed up of trawling through 3 months worth of images (at up to 3 images a day) to see if I could find folk, I transcribed the whole shebang by name to make it easier for me (and others) to find names on there.The transcription, if anyone is interested is here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/72670077/birtley.pdf Theory is, you see if the name is on the transcription then you can go look at that date in the online book to see what it says. If there is anyone interested, I am in the process of doing the same thing for Saltwell Crematorium, Gateshead, Co Durham. Their online book is here: http://sites.bookofremembrance.eu/index2.php?site=gateshead and my transcription (currently for dates jan-sept only, but I am working on the last quarter) is here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/72670077/saltwell-jan-sep.pdf I am hoping to do others as and when time permits [Disclaimer: I am not the world's best typist, so there may well be errors, if anyone finds any, I will be happy to amend them] -- Tickettyboo

On Thu, 15 Aug 2013 15:34:31 +0100, Tickettyboo <tickettyboo@mail2oops.com> wrote: >On 2013-08-15 09:02:34 +0000, Mick said: > >> Hi all, >> Are there any cremation name and date indexes available for the >> Isle of Wight or the UK? >> I have goggled and looked at genealogy sites but can only find burial >> indexes >> >> Mick. IOW. > >Local archives offices may have the crematorium records. Other than >that, I often use online books of remembrance to verify dates of death >etc. They are kind of hit and miss though. Firstly , the particular >crem may not 'have' an online version of their b-o-r and secondly an >entry is not an automatic thing, the name will only appear if the >relatives paid for an entry to be made. Another point is that often the >online b-o-r's are only searchable by date (the entry normally goes in >on the date of death) and if all you know is the quarter of the year >the person died in that can mean a long trawl though images to find if >they are in there. >The info you can find varies, from just a name and a brief message to >birth-death years and a list of relatives names, it all depends on what >the relatives specified (and paid for). Apart from all that, I have >found them to be a great source of info :-) > >To give you an example of one I have used for Birtley in Co. Durham, >their online book is here: > >http://www.remembrance-books.com/birtley/ > >and I got so fed up of trawling through 3 months worth of images (at up >to 3 images a day) to see if I could find folk, I transcribed the whole >shebang by name to make it easier for me (and others) to find names on >there.The transcription, if anyone is interested is here: > >https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/72670077/birtley.pdf > >Theory is, you see if the name is on the transcription then you can go >look at that date in the online book to see what it says. > >If there is anyone interested, I am in the process of doing the same >thing for Saltwell Crematorium, Gateshead, Co Durham. Their online >book is here: > >http://sites.bookofremembrance.eu/index2.php?site=gateshead > > and my transcription (currently for dates jan-sept only, but I am >working on the last quarter) is here: > >https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/72670077/saltwell-jan-sep.pdf > >I am hoping to do others as and when time permits > >[Disclaimer: I am not the world's best typist, so there may well be >errors, if anyone finds any, I will be happy to amend them] Thank you, I cannot find anything for the Isle Of Wight Have been right over their web site. With mostly cremations now this will be a growing need! Please tell me you are moving to the IOW :-) Mick IOW.

On 2013-08-15 16:28:35 +0000, Mick said: > On Thu, 15 Aug 2013 15:34:31 +0100, Tickettyboo > <tickettyboo@mail2oops.com> wrote: > >> On 2013-08-15 09:02:34 +0000, Mick said: >> >>> Hi all, >>> Are there any cremation name and date indexes available for the >>> Isle of Wight or the UK? >>> I have goggled and looked at genealogy sites but can only find burial >>> indexes >>> >>> Mick. IOW. >> >> Local archives offices may have the crematorium records. Other than >> that, I often use online books of remembrance to verify dates of death >> etc. >> <snip> > > Thank you, I cannot find anything for the Isle Of Wight > Have been right over their web site. > > With mostly cremations now this will be a growing need! > > Please tell me you are moving to the IOW :-) > Mick IOW. he he :-) No, after a long time flitting from place to place we have 'finally' retired and settled so no, I wont be moving again :-) If you think there may be a crematorium record for someone you are looking for, have you tried contacting the bereavement services dept of IOW to ask about records and access? They may not be aware that there are folk like us who would be interested in accessing the records/ book of remembrance. I find that email is a better option than telephone as it gives the recipient a bit more time to deal with a query and quite often they can be really helpful -- Tickettyboo