Deceased Online adds Wood Green and Uplands Cemeteries records

From Deceased Online (www.deceasedonline.com):

Wood Green and Uplands Cemeteries now available on Deceased Online

Records from Uplands Cemetery in Smethwick and Wood Green Cemetery in Wednesbury, held by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in the Black Country, are available to view on www.deceasedonline.com. The records comprise digital scans of the original burial registers and grave details for each of the graves and their occupants. Uplands also includes a map showing in which section the grave is located.

There are multiple interpretations of the name Smethwick, historically thought to mean 'smiths' place of work', but recent interpretations suggest that the name is more likely to mean 'settlement on smooth land'. In the Domesday book Smethwick was recorded as 'Smedeuuich'. As the Anglo-Saxon pronounciation of D was 'eth', this means that the name has remained largely unchanged for many hundreds of years.

Wednesbury has a rich local history going back to the earliest medieval times. The first known spelling of the name was Wodensbyri, recorded in 1004AD. Wodensbryi translates as Woden's borough and Wednesbury is one of the few places in the UK still named after a pre-Christian deity. In 1086 the Domesday book described 'Wadnesburie' as a thriving rural community.

As with a great deal of the West Midlands, and the Black country in particular, during the industrial revolution the population of Smethwick and Wednesbury grew around the coal and steel industries, with new railways and canals connecting towns and people, and new factories providing work.

Further information:

Sandwell records available to view on Deceased Online also include:

Fallings Heath Cemetery
Heath Lane Cemetery
Oldbury Cemetery
Rowley Regis Cemetery
Rowley Regis Crematorium
Sandwell Valley Crematorium
Tipton Cemetery

Other local records in the region are available on Deceased Online courtesy of the National Archives for the West Midlands.

Upcoming Records

We're working hard on processing more than 1,000,000 burial and cremation records from authorities in London, the West and East Midlands, and the East of England.

(With thanks to Deceased Online)

Chris

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Salford records added to Deceased Online

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Salford records available on Deceased Online from Agecroft, Peel Green, and Swinton

Three cemeteries and two crematoria from Salford in Greater Manchester are available to view on www.deceasedonline.com, with records dating from 1879. Agecroft, Peel Green, and Swinton Cemeteries, and Agecroft and Peel Green Crematoria are available now. Their records comprise digital scans of the original burial and cremation registers, cemetery maps showing the section in which the grave is located, and grave details for each of the graves and their occupants.

Agecroft Cemetery

Agecroft Cemetery opened in 1903 with the name of Salford Northern Cemetery, due to a pressing need for burial space as the nearby Weaste Cemetery was near to capacity. In 1957 the Non-Conformist chapel was converted to a crematorium. In the grounds at Agecroft stands a beautiful Victorian mortuary chapel with a clock tower, now derelict and listed as a heritage building at risk. Peel Green Cemetery was opened in 1879 and was originally known as the Eccles Cemetery. The crematorium in the grounds opened in 1955 and, as with Agecroft, utilised the old Non-Conformist chapel.

Swinton Cemetery opened in 1886 and is the resting place of Henry George Crandon VC. Crandon enjoyed a distinguished military career and served all over the world, including in India, South Africa, France, and Egypt. He earned the Victoria Cross in Springbok Laagte when he and Private Berry were ambushed by forty Boer commandos whilst scouting ahead. Private Berry was shot in the hand and shoulder and his horse was injured but Private Crandon braved the bullets to ride back for him, placing Private Berry on to his own horse and leading the horse to safety on foot. With Berry safe and out of range, Crandon returned fire until the main body arrived. Crandon was buried with full military honours in Swinton Cemetery in 1953, at the age of 78.

Salford cemeteries, among many others in Greater Manchester, provide the final resting place of many people killed in the Manchester Blitz of Christmas 1940. It's estimated that 215 people were killed and 910 injured in Salford during the Luftwaffe raids of 22nd and 23rd of December, and more than 8,000 homes damaged or destroyed. The Greater Manchester Blitz Victims website, dedicated to the memory of those who died, details a total of 1,428 civilians from the Greater Manchester District, Salford included. Dr John Dudgeon Giles OBE and his wife Annie were among those killed when Hope Hospital was bombed, after Dr Giles had worked hard to transform Hope hospital "from a poor law institution to a well equipped medical centre." Dr and Mrs Giles were buried in Agecroft Cemetery. More information about some of the people killed in the Greater Manchester air raids can also be found at the Greater Manchester Blitz Victims' sister site, Trafford War Dead.

Coming Soon:
We're working hard on processing more than 330,000 burial records for Salford's Weaste Cemetery, which will be coming to Deceased Online in the near future.

(With thanks to Deceased Online)

Chris

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More Oxfordshire burials added to Deceased Online

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More records from the historic city of Oxford available on Deceased Online

Headington Cemetery joins the Oxford cemeteries live on www.deceasedonline.com. Records from 1899 to 2007 are available to search and view, with burial and grave register scans, a grave section location map, and details of other burials in the grave.

In the 1800's the need for a new place of burial for Headington residents became urgent as the village grew, and the number of yearly burials increased in the existing burial ground at St Andrew's Church. Two acres of land were purchased for the purpose from Miss Mary Latimer in 1884 and a mortuary chapel designed by Wilkinson and Booth was built in 1885. In 1932 Headington Cemetery was extended to make space for even more burials.

Headington cemetery provides the final resting place of many notable people from the 20th century. Despite being almost blind, Henry Sanderson Furniss, 1st Baron Sanderson and son of Thomas Sanderson Furniss, graduated from Hertford College, University of Oxford, with a Master of Arts in 1893. He lectured at Ruskin College, an educational institution in Oxford for adults lacking in formal education, from 1907 to 1916 and went on to serve as the Principal of the college. His title of 1st Baron Sanderson of Hunmanby, York, was bestowed upon him in recognition of his distinguished career in education.

John de Monins Johnson, printer to the University of Oxford from 1925 to 1946, was buried in Headington in 1956. Johnson was awarded an Hon D.Litt for his work on the Oxford English Dictionary in 1928. He also collected printed ephemera; any printed material not designed to be kept or preserved. The word epherema comes from the Greek 'ephemeros' meaning, "lasting only one day, short lived". Johnson's printed epherema collection is recognised as one of the most important and significant collections in the world and was transferred to the Bodleian Library in 1968.

Major William Lauriston Melville Lee, author of "A History of Police in England", rests in Headington after his death in 1955. In 1916 Melville Lee was appointed as the head of the new Parliamentary Military Security Department No 2 (PMS2), established to spy on the British Socialist Movement and protect the British manufacturing vital to the war effort. The department worked for only a year before the controversial 'agent provocateur' methods used against Alice Wheeldon and her family resulted in it being closed down and Major Melville Lee's retirement to his house in Headington. He championed a different way of policing, a kind of policing committed to public service and prevention of crime.

Further information:
The other Oxford City Council cemeteries available to view on Deceased Online comprise Botley, Rosehill, and Wolvercote
Other local records in the region available on Deceased Online courtesy of the National Archives for Oxfordshire, Berkshire, and Buckinghamshire.

Chris

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West Norwood Burial Records now on Deceased Online

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West Norwood Burial Records now on Deceased Online

Burial records from the historic West Norwood cemetery in Lambeth, London, are now available on www.deceasedonline.com. This beautiful cemetery, one of the 'Magnificent Seven' Victorian cemeteries, was founded in 1836 and is home to a great many listed monuments. The cemetery maintains a place in the English Heritage National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens, and is recognised as a site of nature conservation value within Lambeth.

Among the notable famous people of the past buried in West Norwood cemetery lie John Dwight Doulton and his son Sir Henry Doulton. John Doulton, who died in 1873, was the founder of the firm that would become known as Royal Doulton. Originally the firm existed as a partnership with Martha Jones and John Watts, and was known as Jones, Watts, and Doulton. They specialised in industrial ware, brown stoneware, and stoneware bottles for liquid chemicals. Jones withdrew from the partnership in 1820 and, following the retirement of Watts in 1853, Doulton merged his company with his son Henry's company, Lambeth pottery, to become Doulton and Company. Henry's love of literature and the arts channelled the production of Doulton towards the manufacture of Art Pottery, for which Royal Doulton has become famous. Sir Henry was interred in a mausoleum at West Norwood cemetery made from red pottery tiles and bricks from the Doulton Works, and this has become a Grade II listed building.

Isabella Mary Beeton, author of the 1861 work Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management, is also resting in West Norwood cemetery after dying in 1865 of puerperal fever at the young age of 28. Mrs Beeton worked extensively with her publisher husband, Samuel Beeton, revitalising the The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine with Isabella listed as 'co-editress'. Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management, a collection of 24 articles from the The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine, became one of the major publishing events of the 19th century. It was immensely well received by critics of the time and sold over 60,000 copies in its first year. It is still in print today.

English architect and designer William Burges, among the greatest of the Victorian art-architects, rests in West Norwood cemetery in the tomb he designed for his mother. Burges was described by contempories as eccentric, over-indulgent, and unpredictable, but his sense of humour and lively conversation won him many friends. He was well known for his opium addiction and party-batchelor lifestyle, which some have speculated was at least partly responsible for his early death in 1881, at the age of 53. Burges left behind an incredible body of work in architecture as well as designs in metalwork, sculpture, jewellery, furniture, and stained glass. His most notable works include Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral in Cork, Cardiff Castle, Gayhurst House in Buckinghamshire, and the Church of Christ the Consoler in Yorkshire.

The 165,000 records available on Deceased Online cover 1837 to 2005 and comprise microfiche scans of the original burial registers, information showing the other occupants of the grave, and maps showing the grave's approximate location in the cemetery.

Records from West Norwood crematorium are also available on Deceased Online.

Other Magnificent Seven cemeteries available on Deceased Online:
Kensal Green Cemetery
Highgate Cemetery
Nunhead Cemetery
Brompton Cemetery

(With thanks to Deceased Online via email)

Chris

My next Scottish Research Online course starts March 11th 2019 - see www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=102. Details of my genealogical research service are available at www.ScotlandsGreatestStory.co.uk. For my Scottish and Irish themed books, visit https://britishgenes.blogspot.com/p/my-books.html. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.

Oxford burials join Deceased Online

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Records from the historic city of Oxford now available on Deceased Online

There are now almost 50,000 records from Botley, Rose Hill, and Wolvercote cemeteries, from 1894 to 2016, available on www.deceasedonline.com. Records for Headington cemetery have been digitised and will be released at a future date.

Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire in the South East of England and is known throughout the world as the home of the University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English speaking world. In the city there are examples of buildings from every major period of English architectural history. Oxford’s industries include motor manufacture, education, publishing, IT, and science.

The records comprise digital scans of all burial registers up to 2007 and computerised data from 2007 to 2016, maps showing the section in which the grave is located, and grave details for each of the graves and their occupants.

Cemeteries in Oxford provide the final resting place of many notable people throughout history. JRR Tolkien, world famous author of the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings rests in Wolvercote cemetery. He spent almost his entire adult life in Oxford and at 76 Sandfield Road, Headington, his residence for a number of years, there is a plaque displayed commemorating him.

John Richard Charters Symonds (aka Richard Symonds) is also buried at Wolvercote. He worked hard in humanitarian service in India after the partition from Pakistan and, after contracting typhoid fever, was cared for by his friend Gandhi. He worked for the UN for nearly 30 years. Symonds wrote about his relief work in the ex-colonies and was a champion of gender equality.

Edward Brooks, awarded the Victoria Cross in 1917, is buried in Rose Hill. Sergeant-Major Brooks single handedly charged an enemy machine gun, killed one gunner with his revolver and bayonetted another, causing the remaining gun crew to flee. Brooks recovered the gun and brought it back behind Allied lines, preventing many casualties.

Further information:
For other local records in the region available on Deceased Online courtesy of the National Archives for Oxfordshire, Berkshire, and Buckinghamshire, click here.

Chris

For my genealogy guide books, visit http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html, whilst details of my research service are at www.ScotlandsGreatestStory.co.uk. Further content is also published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page at www.facebook.com/BritishGENES.

Deceased Online scheduled maintenance

From Deceased Online (www.deceasedonline.com):

Deceased Online Essential Server Maintenance

We will be carrying out essential planned maintenance work to the Deceased Online server over Saturday 21st April and Sunday 22nd April 2018.

The Deceased Online service will be unavailable from midnight (British Summer Time) on Friday 20th April 2018 and will be operating as normal on Monday 23rd April 2018.

This is the first time in over 5 years where the service has been interrupted for essential server maintenance and we will keep the time where the service is unavailable to a minimum.

We are expecting to complete the work on Saturday 21st April 2018 but have scheduled Sunday 22nd April 2018 as contingency period. There may be temporary interruptions to service on Sunday 22nd April as we carry out performance tests and final adjustments.

We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Chris

For my genealogy guide books, visit http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html, whilst details of my research service are at www.ScotlandsGreatestStory.co.uk. Further content is also published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page at www.facebook.com/BritishGENES.

Norfolk cemetery photos added to Deceased Online

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Norfolk Cemeteries Photographs Now on Deceased Online

Deceased Online are proud to host an enormous collection of photographs of Norfolk cemeteries, taken by Norfolk resident Louise Cocker. The first 90 cemetery collections, a total of over 10,000 photographs, have gone live today and many thousands more are currently in process.

In her spare time, Louise has been photographing the headstones and memorials of Norfolk with her mother, Angela, since 2009. "It's something I am very passionate about," Louise told Deceased Online, "As I think it is important for future generations to be able to see where their ancestors are buried." As headstones and memorials erode and wear down over time, Louise's work has become very important for preserving the memories and stories contained within these cemeteries.

The collection covers over 100,000 people with related photographs of their headstones, memorials, plaques, and war dedications; some of which date from the 1600's. Many of the older inscriptions contain a lot of information valuable to historians and family researchers, such as the lineage and names of surviving children of the deceased; "Here under resteth the body of ye worthy and religious lady Elizabeth Pettus, daughter of Sir Thomas Pettus of Aswelthorpe, Knight, and of Elizabeth, one of ye daughters and coheires of Sir Nathaniel Bacon of Stifkay, Knight, and late wife of Sir Thomas Pettus of Rackheath, Baronett, who deceased Jan:28:1653, and left 3 surviving sonnes Thomas, Augustine and John."

Search Tips for this Collection

Due to the nature of this collection, some records may be difficult to find. Where headstones have weathered and eroded over time, some parts of the memorial text may be rendered illegible. Using a percentage symbol (%) in place of a surname or forename will bring up all names, including those recorded as illegible.

Example - Searching for "White, Sophie Anna" - no records found.
"%, Sophie Anna" will display all records with the forename Sophie Anna.
"White, %" will display all records with the surname White.
"White, Sophie %" will display all Sophie Whites, with any middle name.

For more efficient searching, use the date of death in the burial date field. If a name has less than two characters it will return more than one result so that you have greater control over finding the correct one.

Although the memorial inscriptions feature of the website has been designed for headstones, we’ve included other photos where the information might be of interest. This includes photos of plaques, sketches of the layout of graves, portraits, lists of commemorations, and long shots of the churchyards showing the relative positions of the memorials. We've prefixed some inscriptions to make it clearer what the photo will show.

Some inscriptions are too long to include; particularly ones such as war memorials, which are a long list of names. Unless the surname is in the inscription, the search will return the name but on entering the record it says there are no results. Users will need to click clear to display the inscriptions.

Should you have multiple relations in the same churchyard or cemetery, it may be more cost effective for you to purchase the entire collection of photographs for that churchyard or cemetery, rather than purchasing individual photographs.

(With thanks to Deceased Online)

Chris

For my genealogy guide books, visit http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html, whilst details of my research service are at www.ScotlandsGreatestStory.co.uk. Further content is also published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page at www.facebook.com/BritishGENES.

Burial records for London's Highgate Cemetery now online

From Deceased Online (www.deceasedonline.com):

All records for Highgate, London's most celebrated cemetery, now on Deceased Online

Highgate Cemetery in north London is reckoned by many to be the most celebrated and prestigious urban cemetery in the UK. A truly stunning example of 19th century cemetery architecture – London Cemeteries (Hugh Meller & Brian Parsons) describes it as a “Victorian Valhalla” - it holds 160,000 burials from 1839 to 2010* with records immediately available exclusively on www.deceasedonline.com.

*Records for 1863 to 1865 limited to names only.

The Cemetery is a veritable 'Who's Who' not just of notable Londoners spanning 180 years but of many who have affected the course of history from all over the world. From Commonwealth heads of state to Iranian political exiles; from punk music impresario Malcolm McLaren to German philosopher/economist/revolutionary socialist Karl Marx; from founder of the eponymous Foyles bookshop to writer George Eliot, from great train robber Bruce Reynolds to Hitchhiker's Guide creator Douglas Adams.

There are many more writers, actors, military men and women, scientists, journalists, artists, sportsmen and women, cooks, and thousands of other Londoners remembered in the graves, vaults, mausoleums, and columbaria of Highgate. The cemetery also features some of the most unusual and creative memorials and architecture found in any cemetery.

The records available now on Deceased Online include:

• digital scans of original registers

• grave details indicating all those buried in each grave

• location maps for most graves.

For more information about many more notable people buried there and the history of Highgate Cemetery, read the first of Emma Jolly's blogs at http://deceasedonlineblog.blogspot.co.uk/.

Highgate Cemetery is managed by Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust, a not for profit organisation which depends on any revenue generated through visitors to the Cemetery and other sales including records now online. However, please note: restricted access! Avoid a wasted journey: Highgate Cemetery West is closed to the public. You cannot visit a grave without an appointment. See www.highgatecemetery.org/visit/searches.

Finding graves in the open East part of the cemetery is also very difficult. Please either read further notes on the Deceased Online website about Highgate Cemetery or visit the Cemetery's website www.highgatecemetery.org for all the cemetery rules.

There are now records for four of London's Magnificent Seven Cemeteries available exclusively on Deceased Online; the others being Brompton, Kensal Green, and Nunhead. Across London, we have nearly 5 million burial and cremation records for 54 cemeteries and 4 crematoria available on Deceased Online.

(With thanks to Deceased Online)

Chris

For details on my genealogy guide books, including A Beginner's Guide to British and Irish Genealogy, A Decade of Irish Centenaries: Researching Ireland 1912-1923, Discover Scottish Church Records (2nd edition), Discover Irish Land Records and Down and Out in Scotland: Researching Ancestral Crisis, please visit http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html.

Bath and Somerset records added to Deceased Online

From Deceased Online (www.deceasedonline.com):

Bath and North East Somerset: records for first three sites now available on Deceased Online

Over the next few weeks, all records for eight cemeteries and a crematorium managed by Bath and North East Somerset Council in south west England will be added to www.deceasedonline.com

Immediately available are over 120,000 individual records for two cemeteries near Bath city centre together with Haycombe Crematorium located on the south west edge of the city.

The two burial sites are Twerton Cemetery in Bellots Road and St James Cemetery (formerly Lyncombe, Widcombe and St James), with records that date back to 1861. Haycombe Crematorium records date from its opening in 1961.

As well as digital scans of registers, the records available on Deceased Online also include grave details, indicating all those buried in each grave, and section maps for both cemeteries indicating the section of the cemetery where each grave is located.

Over the next few weeks, records for another five cemeteries managed by Bath and North East Somerset Council will be added to Deceased Online.

The historic city of Bath is a world heritage site and famously dates back to Roman times. Its spa heritage became extremely fashionable in the 18th century with Beau Nash presiding over Bath's rich culture, and Jane Austen lived in the city in the early 19th century. Emma Jolly's latest blog looks at some of the records now available for Bath and North East Somerset.

Other south west England records available on Deceased Online include Blandford Forum (Dorset), Cullompton (Devon), Wiltshire Council, and records from The National Archives collection for many sites.

(With thanks to Deceased Online)

Chris

For details on my genealogy guide books, including A Beginner's Guide to British and Irish Genealogy, A Decade of Irish Centenaries: Researching Ireland 1912-1923, Discover Scottish Church Records (2nd edition), Discover Irish Land Records and Down and Out in Scotland: Researching Ancestral Crisis, please visit http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html.

Deceased Online promotion offers double value on vouchers

From Deceased Online (www.deceasedonline.com):

Buy one, get one free: pay per view vouchers doubled in value until 29 August 2016

Deceased Online is delighted to offer our registered users the opportunity to double up on pay-per-view vouchers* used to access records and data on www.deceasedonline.com *Excludes subscriptions

This special holiday promotion starts immediately and runs until midnight (British Summer Time) on 29th August 2016.

Under the 'buy one get one free' offer, all voucher purchases, which start from only £5.00, will be doubled in value. For every voucherpurchased, the same value will be added to your account in the form of a bonus

When purchasing vouchers simply click on 'add a promotion code' and enter the special code AUG16DBLV in the box provided.


Major new additions coming to the website

Millions of unique burial and cremation records from thousands of cemeteries and crematoria are available on the Deceased Online website, with many more coming soon.

From September 2016 into early next year, Deceased Online will be adding records for some major collections around the UK.

We can't give exact dates (preparing and checking data is notoriously time-consuming) or advise about locations, but we can divulge that records for two of the most important historic cemeteries in the country and for several key cities and rural areas will be added soon.

(With thanks to Deceased Online)

Chris

For details on my genealogy guide books, including A Decade of Irish Centenaries: Researching Ireland 1912-1923, Discover Scottish Church Records (2nd edition), Discover Irish Land Records and Down and Out in Scotland: Researching Ancestral Crisis, please visit http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html.

Halifax burial and cremation records join Deceased Online

From Deceased Online (www.deceasedonline.com):

200,000+ burial and cremation records for Halifax area now available on Deceased Online

With the addition of two cemeteries and the area's main crematorium, www.deceasedonline.com now has records available for all locations in the Calderdale Council area in West Yorkshire, England.

There are now over 200,000 individual records across the seven cemeteries and the crematorium managed by Calderdale Council. The latest additions are for Sowerby Bridge Cemetery and, in Halifax, Stoney Royd Cemetery and Park Wood Crematorium. The earliest burial records are from 1861 and the crematorium dates from 1956.

Stoney Royd Cemetery war graves

Stoney Royd Cemetery, Halifax, features many war graves as well as a memorial (Picture: Tim Green) Below, many of the earlier registers feature excellent detail including occupations, parents' names, together with full names, addresses and other details of the deceased.
Register scan

As well as digital scans of registers, the records available on Deceased Online for Stoney Royd and Sowerby Bridge cemeteries also include grave details, indicating all those buried in each grave, and section maps indicating the cemetery section where each grave is located.

Emma Jolly's latest blog takes a look at the history of these sites and their records and particularly why the two cemetery additions bear their names.

Other West Yorkshire records on Deceased Online include The National Archives collection for many sites across West Yorkshire and Wakefield Metropolitan Council.

(With thanks to Deceased Online)

Chris

For details on my genealogy guide books, including A Decade of Irish Centenaries: Researching Ireland 1912-1923, Discover Scottish Church Records (2nd edition), Discover Irish Land Records and Down and Out in Scotland: Researching Ancestral Crisis, please visit http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html.

West Yorkshire records added to Deceased Online

From Deceased Online (www.deceasedonline.com):

With the addition of three cemeteries located in villages around Halifax, www.deceasedonline.com now has records for five cemetery locations in the Calderdale Council area in West Yorkshire, England.

The new sites, just added to the UK's only database website dedicated to burial and cremation records, are Rastrick, near Brighouse, south east of Halifax; Luddenden, west of Halifax; and Elland Cemetery, the largest of the three sites, immediately south of Halifax.

Records date back to 1860 and the fields recorded in the registers available to view include not just full names, ages and other burial information but also the “rank, trade or profession” and (in many instances) the names of the parents.

As well as digital scans of registers, the records on Deceased Online also include grave details, indicating all those buried in each grave. There are also section maps for cemeteries at Luddenden and Rastrick indicating the section where each grave is located.

Deceased Online will add records for the final three locations for the Calderdale Council area in the near future and these are Sowerby Bridge and Stoney Royd cemeteries together with Parkwood Crematorium (Elland).

Other West Yorkshire records on Deceased Online include The National Archives collection for many sites across West Yorkshire and Wakefield Metropolitan Council.

Chris

For details on my genealogy guide books, including A Decade of Irish Centenaries: Researching Ireland 1912-1923, Discover Scottish Church Records (2nd edition), Discover Irish Land Records and Down and Out in Scotland: Researching Ancestral Crisis, please visit http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html. My Pinterest account is at https://www.pinterest.com/chrismpaton/.

English volunteers who fought in the Easter Rising

There's an interesting article in the Irish Post today, looking at the story of a gent from Manchester called Liam Parr, who travelled to Ireland to participate on the side of Irish republicans in the Easter Rising. Following the Rising he was imprisoned in Wales, and eventually saw out his days in Stockport. The full story is at http://irishpost.co.uk/yorkshire-family-unearth-the-hidden-past-of-their-heroic-easter-rising-ancestor/.

The tale is one that features in a new book by Robin Stocks, entitled Hidden Heroes of Easter Week: Memories of Volunteers from England who joined the Easter Rising, The book also has its own dedicated web page at https://hiddenheroesofeasterweek.wordpress.com, where copies can be ordered. Here's the blurb:

In the middle of the Great War, members of the Irish community in British cities resolved to travel to Dublin to prepare for a rebellion to achieve Independence for Ireland.

The part played by the Manchester Volunteers has never before been made public; at last this exciting story of the Easter Rising and its build up can be brought to life in the words of those who took part.

Here are the experiences of a group of ordinary Volunteers who spent Easter Week under fire behind barricades or in the GPO. It concentrates on the human stories of two of them, a piper and a political radical, and also of their friend from Dublin who fought with the women’s volunteers, the Cumann na mBan.

This book captures the rebellious spirit of those times when Volunteers from England fought for Irish independence and to create a fairer world.

This project has come to fruition because many, many people have cooperated in sharing their memories and knowledge. For too long this part of our history had been suppressed, but now that it can be told, I hope that publishing this book will encourage others to come forward with their memories. I would love to hear from anyone who would like to contribute to this developing project. Perhaps between us we can ensure that no one remains a hidden hero of Easter Week. Please contact the author at the email or address below.

220 pages-Paperback-44 Illustrations including some unique period photographs.
ISBN: 978-0-9934399-0-2
£14.99.


NB: Don't forget also that my own new book, A Decade of Centenaries: Researching Ireland 1912-1923 is also now available to help you trace stories like that of Liam Parr and others who participated, both on the British and Irish sides of the Home Rule debate, the Suffragette struggle, the fight for workers' rights, the First World War, Easter Rising, War of Independence, Partition and the eventual civil war in the Irish Free State.

The ebook edition is available at www.gen-ebooks.com/a-decade-of-centenaries-researching-ireland-1912.html, and the print edition in Australia is at www.gould.com.au/A-Decade-of-Centenaries-Researching-Ireland-1912-p/utp0288.htm. I've just had confirmation that it will also be available very shortly in the UK from My History (www.my-history.co.uk).  Once the UK edition is available I'll provide another update.

Chris

For details on my genealogy guide books, including A Decade of Irish Centenaries: Researching Ireland 1912-1923, Discover Scottish Church Records (2nd edition), Discover Irish Land Records and Down and Out in Scotland: Researching Ancestral Crisis, please visit http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html. My Pinterest account is at https://www.pinterest.com/chrismpaton/.

Honor Oak Crematorium records added to Deceased Online

From Deceased Online (www.deceasedonline.com):

Honor Oak Crematorium records now on Deceased Online

Honor Oak Crematorium and its beautiful gardens were established in 1939, adjacent to Camberwell New Cemetery, and was opened by Lord Horder. The crematorium was designed by architects William Bell and Mau rice Webb; whose father, Sir Aston Webb, owned the company which designed Camberwell New Cemetery.

The records for Honor Oak (pictured) include digital scans of registers; the earlier of which feature an excellent range of detailed information (see sample below) including full names and addresses of both the deceased and the applicant, ages, occupations, and location of ashes. With the addition of all 150,000 names and records for Honor Oak Crematorium, Deceased Online now has over 1.5 million records for nearly 600,000 burial and cremations for the South London Borough of Southwark available through the website.

The three cemeteries managed by London Borough of Southwark – Camberwell Old, Camberwell New and Nunhead – have all records, dating back to 1840, on Deceased Online complete with register scans, grave details and cemetery grave section maps.

Notable cremations here include Dr. Harold Arundel Moody, who founded the League of Coloured Peoples in 1931. This was a British civil rights organisation that campaigned to eliminate the “colour bar” in Britain, where thousands of people were restricted socially and economically by their race. It was also active against such issues as the persecution of the Jews in Germany.

The much loved “Father Potter of Peckham”, Reverend Canon George Potter, was cremated at Honor Oak after his death in 1960. The Reverend Canon Potter battled against the horrendous poverty in his Parish and went on to found the Brotherhood of the Holy Cross, a religious order for the betterment of impoverished boys, and started a hostel in Nunhead to take in and reform boys who had committed crimes. Potter, driven by rats from his church hall, set up in the empty Eagle pub in Bells Garden Road and remained there for two years, until he and his congregation moved on.

Other South London Borough Council records on Deceased Online: Royal Borough of Greenwich, Lewisham, Merton and Sutton.

(With thanks to Deceased Online)

Chris

For details on my genealogy guide books, including my recently released Discover Irish Land Records and Down and Out in Scotland: Researching Ancestral Crisis, please visit http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html. My Pinterest account is at https://www.pinterest.com/chrismpaton/.

North East Lincolnshire records on Deceased Online

From Deceased Online (www.deceasedonline.com):

Deceased Online adds records for North East Lincolnshire

Grimsby's Scartho Road cemetery, Scartho Road crematorium, and Cleethorpes cemetery are the three sites managed by North East Lincolnshire Council with their records now on www.deceasedonline.com.

There are nearly 400,000 records and over 170,000 named burials and cremations for the area, which date back to 1877 and feature records that represent the history and economy of the region. The records available comprise digital scans of original burial and cremation registers, grave details for each burial and cemetery maps indicating the section for each burial.

For those researching the Lincolnshire area, there are now records for 11 cemeteries and two crematoria on www.deceasedonline.com. As well as N E Lincolnshire, there are full, detailed council records for the City of Lincoln and Gainsborough, and older church records from The National Archives for St Michael's in Stamford, and St Mark's in Lincoln, dating back to 1707. Users can search by location (below), contributor, or the whole county.

Emma Jolly has blogged about the North East Lincolnshire records http://deceasedonlineblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/north-east-lincolnshire.html.
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Chris

For details on my genealogy guide books, including my recently released Discover Irish Land Records and Down and Out in Scotland: Researching Ancestral Crisis, please visit http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html. My Pinterest account is at https://www.pinterest.com/chrismpaton/.

Deptford, Catford and Lewisham burials on Deceased Online

New release from Deceased Online (www.deceasedonline.com):

Explore 160 years of burials from Deptford, Catford and Lewisham

With the addition of Hither Green Cemetery near Catford, Deceased Online has completed the full collection of burial and cremation records for the London Borough of Lewisham, which covers the former districts of Deptford, Lewisham, Penge and Lee.

The inclusion of the five locations managed by Lewisham Council in South London adds nearly a million records to Deceased Online, bringing our total number of records for London up to 8 million.

If you would like to preview the Lewisham records (and other UK records) Deceased Online will be represented at the Open Day in Brockley and Ladywell Cemetery, this Saturday, 17th October, 11.00 to 15.00. There is also a guided tour of the cemetery at 13.30. For more details, visit the Lewisham Council website.


A Brief History of the Area During the Time Span of These Records:

Lewisham, created in 1885, covered parts of London, Kent, and Surrey, and included the boroughs of Deptford, Penge, Lewisham and Lee. At the time, the Lewisham Parishes were Blackheath, Sydenham and Lewisham. Deptford St. Paul was divided into North, South, East and West. Deptford St. Nicholas and Lee went on to become part of Greenwich.

In 1889 Lewisham and Deptford became metropolitan boroughs in the County of London. Penge remained in Kent and Surrey. Further reorganisation took place when Deptford Metropolitan Borough Council and Lewisham Metropolitan Borough Council were joined to become Lewisham London Borough in 1964.

Deceased Online also holds records for the neighboroughing London boroughs of Southwark and Greenwich.


Historic East Midlands Records Next

More records for a significant city in the East Midlands will be added to Deceased Online very soon.


Chris

For details on my genealogy guide books, including my recently released Discover Irish Land Records and Down and Out in Scotland: Researching Ancestral Crisis, please visit http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html. My Pinterest account is at https://www.pinterest.com/chrismpaton/.

Brockley Cemetery open day

From Deceased Online (www.deceasedonline.com):

Brockley Cemetery open day

To mark the inclusion of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries' records on www.deceasedonline.com, the London Borough of Lewisham Council has organised an open day on Saturday, 17th October, 11.00 to 15.00. The Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries will be organising a tour of the cemetery at approximately 13.30 and will have a stall in the chapel with information about the history of and notable people associated with the cemeteries.

Deceased Online will also be present in the chapel demonstrating the records for Brockley and Ladywell and the other Lewisham Council cemeteries and crematorium. 

Further details are available at http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/inmyarea/events/Pages/Event-info.aspx?eventid=6805

Chris

For details on my genealogy guide books, including my recently released Discover Irish Land Records and Down and Out in Scotland: Researching Ancestral Crisis, please visit http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html. My Pinterest account is at https://www.pinterest.com/chrismpaton/.

Lewisham records join Deceased Online

From Deceased Online (www.deceasedonline.com):

14 London councils' burial records now on Deceased Online

Deceased Online has added the first set of burial and cremation records for the London Borough of Lewisham and all records will be available at www.deceasedonline.com by mid-October.

Immediately available are the records for Grove Park Cemetery and Hither Green (aka 'Lewisham') Crematorium

When complete and online, the full Lewisham collection will comprise approximately 1 million records (nearly 400,000 names) and will include Brockley, Hither Green and Ladywell Cemeteries (in addition to Grove Park and the crematorium) dating back to 1858.

The new collection comprises:
digital scans of original burial and cremation registers
details of all grave occupants in each cemetery
maps indicating the section in each cemetery for all graves
Lewisham is located in south east London and is the 14th London council to add its records to the Deceased Online website. When complete (and with some remaining records for Southwark to be added soon), there will be 60+ cemeteries and crematoria with approximately 4 million names and 8 million+ records for London on Deceased Online.

Chris

For details on my genealogy guide books, including my recently released Discover Irish Land Records and Down and Out in Scotland: Researching Ancestral Crisis, please visit http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html.

Wyre council managed cemeteries on Deceased Online

From Deceased Online (www.deceasedonline.com):

60+ cemeteries and 5 million Lancashire records available with the addition of Wyre Council

Records for the four cemeteries managed by Wyre Council in North Lancashire are now available on www.deceasedonline.com.

With the new addition of Wyre Council, Deceased Online now has nearly 5 million records for 60+ cemeteries and crematoria in Lancashire and Greater Manchester available on the website.

Wyre Council's four cemeteries are located in Fleetwood, Poulton le Fylde and Preesall. See full details here

The new collection dates back to 1840 and comprises:
digital scans (or computerised versions) of original burial registers
details of all grave occupants in each cemetery
maps indicating the section in each cemetery for all graves

Chris

For details on my genealogy guide books, including my recently released Discover Irish Land Records and Down and Out in Scotland: Researching Ancestral Crisis, please visit http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html.

Deceased Online adds Camberwell Old and Camberwell New Cemeteries

From Deceased Online (www.deceasedonline.com):

Explore records from Camberwell Old and Camberwell New Cemeteries, South East London

Servicing a large area of South East London for the last 160 years the Camberwell Cemeteries in the London Borough of Southwark, are now available to search through Deceased Online.

For a long time there was extensive poverty in this area and as a result there are large numbers of common or paupers graves in the cemeteries. These graves are largely unmarked and this is your opportunity to find those hundreds of thousands of missing relatives.

The council area covers Bermondsey, Rotherhithe, Borough, Walworth, Peckham, Camberwell, Peckham Rye, Nunhead and Dulwich.

Camberwell Old Cemetery opened in 1856 originally as a burial ground for St Giles Camberwell and was expanded in 1874 to help Nunhead Cemetery cater for the demand for burial space for the whole area. It is still an active cemetery part of which is a nature reserve.

Located a short distance away is Camberwell New Cemetery which was opened in 1927 to again cater for the huge demand for burial space. All the records are now available to search online.

There are over 300,000 people buried in Camberwell Old and Camberwell New cemeteries and a total of 700,000 for Southwark.

Find a relative, discover who else is buried in the grave, get a scanned copy of the original register entry and view a vital map giving the square where the grave is located. To search all of Southwark click here.

Honor Oak cremations will be added for Southwark Council in the coming weeks. See full details click here.

(With thanks to Deceased Online)

Chris

For details on my genealogy guide books, including my recently released Discover Irish Land Records and Down and Out in Scotland: Researching Ancestral Crisis, please visit http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html.