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Early grave stones & burial records - did only the
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Wildgoose | Report | 21 Feb 2010 21:55 |
Gerry - most of the parish registers will be at the local county Records Office by now. If they have a website you may be able to check their holdings of these. |
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Gerry | Report | 21 Feb 2010 21:20 |
Thank you. I've just always wondered why despite having looked round several churchyards, I've never seen any headstones from years before about 1790's. |
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Elisabeth | Report | 21 Feb 2010 12:41 |
Gerry, |
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Wildgoose | Report | 21 Feb 2010 10:56 |
Parish registers will tell you who was buried but there but you'll need a grave plan to see the exact spot. |
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Gerry | Report | 21 Feb 2010 10:13 |
I'm curious to know why when we look around the majority of church yards, you rarely see any memorials prior to the 1700's and even then not many of those. Was it only the rich who could afford them? Did anyone from lower classes not have memorials or a note made of their final resting place? Were they made of wood and now vanished? |