Would you include any Westminster burial records (if there is such a thing...), or would you include them with the lack of Westminster records. I have a group that are lost in Westminster.....thx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cliff Webb" <cliffwebbhistorian@yahoo.co.uk> To: <middlesex_county_uk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 5:29 AM Subject: Re: [MDX] Cemetery Records > There has never been a rule as to where a deceased person had to be > buried, and it can be very difficult to locate an individual. The > churchyards in the central London area were generally closed starting in > 1853. St Mary Whitechapel was so closed, but not until the 1870s. Mile End > Old Town was still within the ancient parish of St Dunstan Stepney, whose > burial ground was still open in 1840. The local Cemetery, Tower Hamlets > Cemetery, was not open until the next year, 1841. Almost all the local > records of burial are at London Metropolitan Archives and have been > digitised by Ancestry.com and are available to subscribers to search. > Ancestry have also indexed the post 1813 burials, though it has to be said > that the indexing is rather hit and miss, and certainly a search of each > register showing burials available in 1840 in the "Tower Hamlets" section > is the most likely way to find someone dying in London or Whitechapel > Hospital in 1840. > Regards > Cliff Webb > > > > ************************************** > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** > superfluous old messages in replies. > > List Admin can be contacted at: Middlesex_County_UK-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIDDLESEX_COUNTY_UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >