HELLO listers, 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. For years all we knew about our paternal ancestors was that our g-grandfather/grandmother were William Dalton(Dolton) and Deborah Raine(Rhines). Both born in St. Johns, NL, William was born Jan 6,1848 and Deborah was born abt. Sept 15,1840, they married May 31,1871 in St. Johns. A year ago my brother went down to Lynn, MA, where they both died and reviewed the available records to check the death notice for our Great-Grandparents. William died Feb 29, 1904 at 55 years old. His parents were listed as William Dalton and Susanna Biddiscombe, Susanna being born in St Johns, NL and William being born in England. Deborah (maiden name was spelled Rhines) died March 20, 1936 at 95 years old. She was born in St Johns. Her father's name was listed as John, born in England. No name was given for her mother, but stated she was born in Newfoundland. After searching on the Newfounldand site, Chebucto, we found that Susanna was born Sept 15, 1829 to George Biddiscombe and Elizabeth Harris. They also had a son James, born Feb 1827. Elizabeth died sometime in 1829 to 1831, and George married Anne Dowden on Jan 7, 1832. They had at least 2 children, George Irwin, born Aug 3, 1834, and Margaret, born May 1. 1836. We also found that William Dalton (Dolton) and Susanna Biddiscombe were married June 18,1847 at St Thomas Anglican Church in St Johns. Witnesses were Catherine Biddiscombe and William Hiser. My brother sent an e-mail to St. Thomas Church, looking for additional information from the marriage record and they answered saying there was nothing further in the records. William and Susanna had the following children. Maybe someone out there has a connection to one of them. William, born Jan 6, 1848 ( Our Great-Grandfather as mentioned in the beginning, married Deborah Rhines.) Catherine Theresa, born Aug 8, 1850 Elizabeth, born Feb 2,1853 Susanna, born March 18, 1855 William John, born Dec 31, 1856 Harriet, born April 3, 1860 Samuel, born Feb 26, 1863 Charlotte, born March 6, 1866 Annie Elizabeth, born March 18,1869 We have no information on any of their children, except William, the first born. We have found a marriage for Catherine Dolton, spinster, St Johns, to Thomas Ryans (Ryan), bach., Pouch Cove on Oct 19,1872. Witnesses were Samuel Honeywell and William Hewardine. This may be our Catherine Theresa, but we have been unable to confirm that. We are hoping that someone may be able to help us find more information on William and Susanna. Our best hope now seems to be to find a death record or burial information. We believe from information in city directories, that William died sometime in 1897/1898. Susanna died sometime after 1904. When William, their son, died in Lynn, Mass. in 1904, his obituary stated that he was survived by and aged mother and 2 sisters in St Johns, Newfoundland. We do not know which 2 sisters. More than likely they were married, so an obituary for William or Susanna might tell us their names. We also do not know when or where in England William was born, so that makes it nearly impossible to identify his parents. Does anyone know in which newspaper we would be most likely to find an obituary and how it can be accessed ? We would appreciate any information that you have on any of these people above. Thanks in advanced for any informaion that may be provided to us. Art Dalton Sanford, ME.