help needed........ finding a burial?

[*sara*]

hi

my mother-in-law's father left them in the 1960's and she searched now and again to find him - to no avail, i have since found a death record for him.
i have not told her yet, i am sure she will be upset

i would like to be able to tell her at the same time where he was buried or cremated so perhaps she could visit to get closure.

So my question is this...... apart from trailing around cemetries in the local area, is there any way i can find out where his burial or cremation took place?  and specifically if there is a grave. i have phoned the local registar and eventually got through to someone who searched in one cemetry and came back with a no, but he must have been buried or cremated somewhere.

can anyone give me advice - i would be very grateful.

sara

[Lydart]

If you know the town or village where he died, you could try enquiring at the local crematorium (there will probably only be one serving a big area, which is why I suggest trying there first).  If that's a blank, then you could try writing to local vicars (enclose an s.a.e.), spreading out in a wider and wider area from where he died. 

If you know he died in one town, but originally came from somewhere many miles away, you could try the same searches there ?  Some people go back/are taken back to their roots for their funerals ...

[celia]

Sarah
If the death is registered in wirral there might be an orbit for him in the weekly newspaper.Or an article inside the paper,if he died elswhere the same applies.They usually give where the service was and if it was an article it nearly always gives where he was to be buried.

Celia

[ali607]

try searching on http://www.familyhistoryonline.net/
this is the NBI - its by no means complete but you might get lucky - i found 20 ancestors resting places on there this week - yorkshire is the best covered i think...

good luck
Alison

[*sara*]

thank you for all your replies,
i did think this wasn't going to be any easy task. 

He died in blackburn, lancashire which is where he was born aswell. i don't know where he lived before he died.  I did phone someone ( ithink it was the crematorium centre) and was told there are 3 cemetries in blckburn and without knowing which one it would be difficult.  i managed to persuade him to check plessington cemerty but the answer was no.  i have also tried to search local papers on line.

i will have another go and maybe try writing to the vicars as suggested.

many thanks
sara

[Jebber]

According to the Council website, Cemetery records are held at the Blackburn Central Library, see here:

http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.12210

Jebber

[*sara*]

thank you jebber, that looks very interesting.  it might be worth a visit to search,  i wonder if it will include recent burials 1996?  i will phone the library tomorrow to ask!

getting somewhere..............

thanx

sara

[celia]

Sarah
if you visit the Lancashire board,then the Lancashire resources. There should be mention of Blackburn cemeteries on there.My G.Grandparents are buried there

Celia

[ali607]

do you want to post his name and il have a look round?

Alison