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It is a bonus when the Parish register gives a bit more information for example the original home of an ancestor who is marrying into their partners village or town or if the Bishops Transcripts give a bit more than the Register ie..son of John

   My wifes family have slate,still readable Gravestones going back to the early 1700's and also Wills so we even know what furniture and in one case Ghost in the parlour they had! they were well to do Graziers..

 My family were Agricultural labourers probably with a tied cottage for the length of their hire.

Does anyone reading this have Victorian or earlier ancestors that were Agricultural labourers,Miners,Railway workers etc,etc that do have Gravestones?

On searching I notice a similar thread here..http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,371449.0.html

Hi Steve,
           That is just the help I'm hoping for..No reply from the Vicar yet..but it is Sunday! 

Carrying on from the excellent contributions going on in the thread..Finding graves at Parish Churches
Another question..
Would there still be an entry of burial in the Parish Registers if the deceased was non-conformist?

Where I live,there is a Victorian cemetery with a wall cutting it in half..not many locals realise that non conformists were buried on the side of the wall furthest from the Parish Church and Cof E burials on the other side.
Mark.

You could also check with the local library- if they don't have any information then might be able to suggest where to look next.

This is true..I have E-mailed the Vicar to see if there is any information available and I await a reply,whilst touching wood,because if there is no joy with the Church records its going to be difficult to find graves that may never of had a stone in the first place and also the graves may have been reused.

Thanks Ainslie,
                       Fingers crossed then..
Oggie.