At 09:41 AM 03/11/2006 -0500, art dalton wrote: >We have a problem that I hope one of you may be able to help us >with: Are there any centralized death records for St Johns ( late >1800's to early 1900's) that might be kept in a City Hall or other >such place? Also are there any Central Cemetery records that would >show date of death and possibly family names? Please see below. All records pertaining to baptisms (not births), marriages & burials prior to 1892 were the responsibility of the individual churches. Civil registrations began in 1892 & for many years after that date the Province depended on the individual churches to submit the information on these events to the Department of Vital Stats. The further back one goes in research the less likely of finding these records especially the burial records. As to what info is available on each event depends on what the churches recorded. Even today the Dept of Vital Stats does not record the information you are looking for. A birth record for today will give the child's name, parents names (usually without the mother's maiden name), date of birth & date of registration & place of birth (ie city/town). A marriage record will include the names of the bride & groom, ages & marital status prior to the wedding & place of event - again if this was submitted to Vital Stats. A death record will give the name, age, marital status & place of death - it will NOT give you the cause of death & like the marriage records the parents names are not released even if they have that info on file. Sometimes you might get a bit more info from the burial records held by the individual churches. Please not that the burial records for many Roman Catholic Cemeteries do not exist prior to 1892 & Mount Carmel Roam Catholic Cemetery in St John's only has records for the past 20 yrs or so. Back to the Cemeteryl records - they usually include the burial plot & by cross-referencing the plot info you might find who else is buried in the same plot - chances are they are related. Headstones are another source as well as the "Births, Marriages & Deaths" as recorded in Newfoundland newspapers 1800-1890 by Gert Crosbie. Again if these events were recorded in the newspaper they give very little detail such as "left wife & large family. Funeral from deceased residence on xxxx date". Sometimes you will get a bit more info but that is not the norm. Debbie Jeans, CG(C) Certified Genealogist (Canada) St.John's, Newfoundland

There are also death registers for the period 1891 to 1949, these registers are available on microfilm through the Latter Day Saints. Unfortunately they do not record the marital status or the parents. I have found descrepancies in the registers ie age at death does not always reflect what I have as birth year. I have also found that the date of death on the vital stats does not always agree with the headstone if there is a headstone. Mabel Deborah L Jeans <[email protected]> wrote: At 09:41 AM 03/11/2006 -0500, art dalton wrote: >We have a problem that I hope one of you may be able to help us >with: Are there any centralized death records for St Johns ( late >1800's to early 1900's) that might be kept in a City Hall or other >such place? Also are there any Central Cemetery records that would >show date of death and possibly family names? Please see below. All records pertaining to baptisms (not births), marriages & burials prior to 1892 were the responsibility of the individual churches. Civil registrations began in 1892 & for many years after that date the Province depended on the individual churches to submit the information on these events to the Department of Vital Stats. The further back one goes in research the less likely of finding these records especially the burial records. As to what info is available on each event depends on what the churches recorded. Even today the Dept of Vital Stats does not record the information you are looking for. A birth record for today will give the child's name, parents names (usually without the mother's maiden name), date of birth & date of registration & place of birth (ie city/town). A marriage record will include the names of the bride & groom, ages & marital status prior to the wedding & place of event - again if this was submitted to Vital Stats. A death record will give the name, age, marital status & place of death - it will NOT give you the cause of death & like the marriage records the parents names are not released even if they have that info on file. Sometimes you might get a bit more info from the burial records held by the individual churches. Please not that the burial records for many Roman Catholic Cemeteries do not exist prior to 1892 & Mount Carmel Roam Catholic Cemetery in St John's only has records for the past 20 yrs or so. Back to the Cemeteryl records - they usually include the burial plot & by cross-referencing the plot info you might find who else is buried in the same plot - chances are they are related. Headstones are another source as well as the "Births, Marriages & Deaths" as recorded in Newfoundland newspapers 1800-1890 by Gert Crosbie. Again if these events were recorded in the newspaper they give very little detail such as "left wife & large family. Funeral from deceased residence on xxxx date". Sometimes you will get a bit more info but that is not the norm. Debbie Jeans, CG(C) Certified Genealogist (Canada) St.John's, Newfoundland ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Share your photos with the people who matter at Yahoo! Canada Photos