Death/Burial services in churches.

[Michael Dixon]

Starting this new topic to avoid clogging up an existing topic !
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Searching recently for burial places in Newcastle, I learned that death/burial PARISH records only covered up to about 1853 ( when I think the church graveyards became full).

 Burials after that time were in new and bigger and "civil" cemeteries within Newcastle. And these burials are recorded in burial/grave purchase, etc registers . ( available in archives, libraries  etc)

My familiarity with Catholic church records tells me that a Catholic church record was a death record, rather than a burial record ( although many priests annotated the death register, with name of cemetery where buried.)

So, my question is , I think, after say 1853, where can I find Parish records of church  services which preceded the burial . Or did such services take place. ?

Michael Dixon (dying to know)

[diddymiller]

hi michael - interestng topic. the FRc produce a fact sheet on burials:

www.familyrecords.gov.uk/frc/pdfs/burial_records.pdf

not sure it answers the question but may help.

Diddy

[Michael Dixon]

Thanks for that , Diddy.

I found it interesting in that it reflected what I learned when trawling church and cemetery records.

I probably fudgely asked more than one question. But it seems as if Newcastle's situation was typical throughout the country when traditional parish church graveyards were bursting and new cemeteries and civic cemeteries were been created to meet the new need.

But it does not answer, the question whether Anglican churches, say after 1853, held a pre-burial church service and recorded such in a parish register !


Michael Dixon

[Preshous]

Hi Michael

I'm curious now. I will head off tomorrow and see the good Father D and pick his brains. Well thats assuming he is still with us.

Gary