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How do I find a burial plot?

I have found an obituary of my Gr Granddfather which says he is buried in a family grave. I have checked the local churches & the community cemetary but no luck.

Where will these records be held?

sorry this is not an answer but i will be watching closely as i was just about to ask this same question

Hi
I don't know if this helps, but I live in Southampton and our Bereavement Services who are responsible for burials in the city's cemeteries hold the records for who is buried where. I don't know but I assume each city must have a similar set up.
Hope the above makes sense!
Terri

thanks for the advice terri, just checked out the sunderland site for this and it is now £21 per name that is searched. i have found many peoples graves in my local cemetary with the same surnames as some of the people in my tree so might just have another look around there first as there aremany people i am looking for and there are only 2 cemetarys on my side of the river. i cant really see them being burried in the other one as they were all from my side of the river. i now know that there is such a service in sunderland i can always go there if i come to a complete stop.
thanks
ashleigh

Hi Lancs Lass & Ashleigh,
It is my understanding that burials should be registered with the local Council, and yes, most do make a charge to search their records. Sorry, but I think its a cheek for them to charge if you know the date of the death, but that's my opinion.
However, I'm trying to trace the burial of someone here in Wales, who died in 1912 and nobody including the Council of where she lived and died, nor surrounding areas, have any records or her burial.
I think its still a bit hit and miss, but good luck.
Karen

Hi

As an added thought, if the cemetery is not regularly used now, there may be a society that protect/clean the area. Again from my experience in Southampton the oldest cemetery is on The Common and as it is no longer regularly used, there is a Friends of Southampton Old Cemetery society. We are also lucky enough to have a nature study centre there, called The Hawthorns and they have the database to search for burials in Southampton and maps of plots for the Old Cemetery itself - the only cost is for any printouts and photocopies.
This may be another avenue to look at.
Terri

Thanks All for your reply,

The question arose because he is not where I supposed he would be- in the family grave with father & brother. He re married so presumably he is interred with them.
I have found someone who is transcribing the plots online for the community cemetary in my local area which is an on going thing (and after going to the place I can see why-its huge, over 4 acres. I still cant find him. I have wandered around aimlessley (sp) but still no luck.

I have now gone onto my local council web page and found a link for burials (I thought this was to do with recent information) anyway they charge £23 per search which seems a bit high!!

Looks like I may have to invest. I was hoping there were national records that I didn't know about, but may also try Local Studies (thanks Jonathon for that tip)