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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Durham => Topic started by: Andi R on Wednesday 16 September 20 03:28 BST (UK)
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Hi
Can anyone point me to a free resource that allows me to locate where ancestors buried
Or if buried or cremated
Andi R
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No single complete dataset.
Use Ancestry/FindMyPast/ archived newspaper announcements at your local library or visit Durham archives .
Still not guaranteed to locate it.
Pauline
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You could also create a free account with FamilySearch (easy to do) and look on their catalogue link for burials at Churches or cemeteries near where your ancestors lived.
https://www.familysearch.org/en/
You could also try looking on Find A Grave.
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery-browse/England/County-Durham/Durham-Unitary-Authority/Durham?id=city_411565
Or if in the South Shields area of what used to be Durham (now Tyne and Wear):
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery-browse/England/Tyne-and-Wear/Metropolitan-Borough-of-South-Tyneside/South-Shields?id=city_422555
Or Jarrow Cemetery:
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2339961/jarrow-cemetery
Or try Durham Records Online.
https://www.durhamrecordsonline.com
If you think you might have ancestors buried at Harton Cemetery, South Shields - this is a free resource showing names of those who have memorial inscriptions (scroll down for name links):
http://web.archive.org/web/20160428135154/http://www.bagejohn.webspace.virginmedia.com/Harton%20Cemetery%20M.I.%20Index.htm
I would also suggest asking on here on RC giving more specific info such as a name, death date and location, as you never know, someone might be able to help further with advice or may have already researched the same ancestor and might know the answer.
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Depends on the timeframe, Co Durham has some of the best online resources.
Family search.org has probably the best resources, through their catalogue search, but you Do need to know the rough location first.
Where and when was the last know address? That would be a good starting point, my research in that area tells me they didn’t move around that much. Generally 3 or 4 burial sites.
If the death was historic, you could try durhamrecordsOnline which you can do a free search which might give you a start (pay to view the transcript for more details). There are a few other sites but you do need a good starting point to search as there might be some trawling through records involved.
Sorry we crossed River Tyne Lass.
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No need to say sorry jc26red. :) I manage to cross posts with people all the time on here - it is easily done.
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You could try a free search on https://www.deceasedonline.com/
New areas are added on a regular basis.
Another one to try : https://www.ndfhs.org.uk/
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As others have said, there is no 'one size fits all' resource. A few more places that may help:
Various Durham cemeteries that are available on Family Search
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=800454.msg6579260#msg6579260
Free Reg is a good resource for parish register transcripts
http://www.freereg.org.uk
Durham records online is a pay site, but does allow free searches, the results can often help to pin down when and where - though to see the transcript details you would need a sub or pay per record.
https://www.durhamrecordsonline.com
and Rootschat is searchable - if you know where they were living when they died, search for the place name. Often queries and replies contain info on what is available and where.
Boo
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A long shot but a Will sometimes includes a request for burial etc.
A gt.aunt's Will showed that she wanted a cremation and her ashes buried in her mother's grave; I found the request was carried out from a burial register.
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If all else fails you can go direct to the Council but a £25 fee applies for them to search the records.
https://www.durham.gov.uk/article/2239/Search-burial-records
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Thank you, I'll try that
No single complete dataset.
Use Ancestry/FindMyPast/ archived newspaper announcements at your local library or visit Durham archives .
Still not guaranteed to locate it.
Pauline
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Im sorry if Ive missed someone and not said thank you, to everyone who replied
But in the past 2 weeks, I have been in a local graveyard, accompanying a family member, standing at the side of her 5 year olds freshly dug grave, who died recently of SUDEP,. They put her to bed as normal a happy, fit child and she died without warning
So with respect, my priorities are with my sister the childs mother
And I thought I had answered you, i really did, again I appologise
Take care
Andi-elizabeth
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I am really really sorry, if I have missed saying thank you to all who replied to my request to be pointed in the direction of some information
There has been a childs death in my family and I may have moved my priorities somewhat
I thought i had sent replies, I really did
Take care
Andi
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Condolences; deaths are never easy to handle especially when it is a child.
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I am sorry to read about this bereavement. Condolences on this. I appreciate hearing from you again.
I accept that under the circumstances this bereavement has been on your mind since your post for help yesterday morning.
Thank you for responding.
Take care too.
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Thank you
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Thanks, I have to give it a go once covid in that area is lower
Regards and thanks
If all else fails you can go direct to the Council but a £25 fee applies for them to search the records.
https://www.durham.gov.uk/article/2239/Search-burial-records
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deceased on line is a new one
ThanksYou could try a free search on https://www.deceasedonline.com/
New areas are added on a regular basis.
Another one to try : https://www.ndfhs.org.uk/
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Whilst the fees can be seen as a little high total cost can soon mount up.
If I relay on some of my own findings that may help.
I made a list of all my relatives whose graves I wanted to record then we took a trip to Bradford Archives which is only about an hour from home.
There I spent an hour or so on the microfische looking through the records and making a note of the cemeteries, section and plot number for each person.
Before we went off to Scholemore Cemetery we visited the Cathedral to see where many of not only my own ancestors had their baptisms, and marriages but also those of my Wife’s ancestors. This turned out to be very useful as whilst talking to someone in the office I noticed a CD that had been produced by the local Family History Society, it lists all the burial records 1681-1837.
At the cemetery it is well huge and there was no plan, no sections identified just numbers on certain graves. We never did find the one grave we were looking for.
Since then we have obtained a plan of the cemetery and we now know where we went wrong. The section numbering and plot numbering are not logical in our time but probably made sense when the graveyard was first laid out.
If you can a visit in person to the Archives can help or even hire a researcher for a couple of hours if you have enough records to find.
Local Family History Societies can also help. Manchester FHS were very helpful to us, especially when we visited the Archives there.
If you are going to visit a cemetery do go armed with a plan.
In the window of the office of the Cemetery in Bradford there is a big printed sign:-
We Do Not provide any assistance to Family History researchers.
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Hi Biggles,
Thank you for this, costs would mount up as I have a few relatives
I dont quite know how these new restrictions in Durham are going to have an effect
Andi
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Why not give us one or two names?
Depending on the time frame we might be able to help.
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Hi ya everyone, sorry not replied sooner but im back after a period of illness at work, trying to catch up, on eight weeks work, I will read all the brill replies and get back to you
Thanks Andi