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Scots burial details
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Alistair | Report | 1 Jun 2009 18:39 |
The records tend to vary considerably between parishes. Some give name of relative, age of deceased and cause of death, others are more like what you describe. |
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mgnv | Report | 31 May 2009 22:57 |
Although Scottish d.certs are much more informative than English ones, before 1855, when one relies on the old parish records, one generally finds there are two levels of detail - skimpy or none. If you can locate the grave, the memorial inscriptions are usually much more helpful than the OPRs. |
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ChrisofWessex | Report | 31 May 2009 20:47 |
Downloaded what I thought would be burial details possibly stating wife/widow instead I get what appears to be a bill for burial costs with deceased name and who to go to for payment - does not tell me if this is her husband/son. Is this what one usually gets for burial details? Had another look and it is the cost for best velvet mort cloth!!!! |