Genealogy Chat

hiya, have you got his death cert? this would help, as it would give an area, from there you will have to ring all local cemeteries/crematoria and find out that way, i dont belive there is an index as such to tell you this, i dont know whether it was still an offence then to commit suicide, but a burial seems very unlikely, as the church frowned up it HTH Julie

If you have his death certificate, I would get in touch with the council offices for the place where he died and ask for the cemeteries department. They should be able to tell you whether he was buried or cremated at one of their cemeteries. Kath. x

From Google:- The first cremation On 26th March 1885 the first official cremation at Woking took place. Mrs. Pickersgill, a well-known figure in literary and scientific circles, was the first of three cremations that year. Mr. Charles William Carpenter was cremated on 19th October and in December the third cremation. In 1886 there were ten cremations and during the year 1888, there were a total of 28. Kath. x

Does anyone know when cremations first started in the uk please. And would you be able to find lists of people cremated the same as you can burials at the local records office's. My grandad commited suicide in 1936 and i am tryig to find where he was laid to rest. Kal