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Hi there

I am trying to find a Will for my ancestor, Robert Dent, who died in Norton, Durham on the 5 April 1857.  The Durham Probate Records can not find a Will in 1857, and the York Probate Sub-Registry office have searched from 1858 to 1861, and found nothing.  I am sure he must have left something, as he inherited properties from his father, and his son became a landowner too, several years after he died.  I live in Australia, so can't the indexes myself, but I was wondering if anyone knew how else I might be able to 'look' at the index for my ancestor?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Kind regards.

Sally.

Hi Kiwi

Yes, I did find my ancestors graves at the Beckett Street Cemetery.  I found the burial, grave and map details at the history centre in the Leeds City Library, when I was in England.  The staff there were really helpful, and I found all the information I needed within 10 minutes.  To start your search with the documents they have, you need to know the persons full name, and the year they died (preferably the quarter) too.

Unfortunately I don't know where you can get photos, however, if you can get to a Latter-Day Saints Church family history centre, you can order in the transcripts of the MIs of Beckett Street, for burials from 1845-1997.  I did also post a message on here, asking if anyone could check the MIs for me for Beckett Street.  The grave I was looking for was not on it because when I went to the grave, my ancestors headstone was almost buried.  I only found it as I was looking for it.  The graveyard was in a real mess with broken headstones everywhere.  We had to dig overgrowth off our ancestors graves.  Although there were 6 people buried in the two graves, there was only one headstone, so we think the other parts of the headstone where moved or broken.

Anyway, I hope this helps in your search.

Sally.

Hi All

Many thanks for your help. I'll be going to visit the grave next week, so hopefully I'll find them!

Sally.

Hi There

I'm wondering if anyone has access to baptisms in any of the churches in Sculcoates, and is able to look up a baptism for an L Moore (male) in 1898.  I'm wanting to confirm if there is a person of this name whose parents are John Moore and Jane Elizabeth Parker.

Any help is really appreciated.

Many thanks.

Sally.

Hi There

I'm wondering if anyone would be able to help me find the MI for my ancestor called Jane Elizabeth Moore who died in 1935 aged 78 years old.  She died in the subdistrict of West Sculcoates in Hull.  I've just found these details on the Yorkshire BMD website, so I don't have access to more details at the moment.  We're visiting another relatives grave in Hull on Friday, and hoping we can quickly find out where Jane is buried so we can visit her on Friday too.  I think waiting for a death certificate would take too long.

Many thanks to anyone who can help.

Kind regards.

Sally.