Grave sites

[ken halliday]

I am seeking to find the graves of ancestral great-great grandparents. Where could I perhaps check ? Details: Halliday, Joseph buried Forest Green, Avening May 26, 1856 and
Halliday, Priscilla buried St Pancras cemetery, Finchley, North London, January 27, 1890.

Perhaps there may be a headstone but I am wondering if the graves are still idenified on a register.

Thanks,

Ken Halliday

[Allan F Sparrow]

You might try www.findagrave.com, anf there are other sites of that kind, including one that specialises in headstone phots, but I don't recall the address.

Burials were recorded in parish registers, but not all of these are readily available online. Registers of actual graves were also kept, but these are even less freely available, or so I gather from other posts on this site.

Have you tried for burials at FamilySearch?

I'm sure someone else with better knowledge will come along soon.

Allan

[Wilkes_ml]

Deceased online also has some burial records, some London cemetery burials, and also gravestones.

There was a recent discussion about the differences between burial registers and grave registers. Most burial registers will list the date of burial, age, place of abode of deceased, and who performed the ceremony, but rarely contain the grave or plot number.

To find details of plot number, other occupants of grave, grave owner (i.e. who purchased grave) and remaining number of burial "slots" would be in the grave register which is a completely different register and not as easy to locate.

Most burial registers are with the County record Office and can be viewed at the relevant County Record office or online if the CRO have made their records available online, and the majority or burial registers have also been microfilmed my the Church of the Latter day Saints and can be reserved and viewed at one of their Family History Centres.

However, Grave registers may be held by the County record office or may be with the original church.

edited to add that FindMypast also has the National Burial Index, which though may not have 100% coverage, is a good place to start, but these entries are usually from the burial entries and do not usually list a grave number. However, some entries may be taken from monumental inscriptions, which may include a grave number.