Genealogy Chat

I have found indexed entries of my ancestors burials giving a reference to where they are buried. However the plots have since been covered by other graves and are no longer there. I suppose this would be ok if they were a couple of hundred years old but my 2 x Great grandfather was buried in 1951!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi I was at All Souls church in South Ascot on Tuesday, and found 6 graves of relations of mine including my GG/Gandfather an mothers graves, they have a plan of the churchyard in the church, and I also have to go Ascot Heath cemetery as there is a relation there as well as All Souls was not built until 1897 and the Mark Goodchild died at the age of 24 is buried there according to Family History on line although I do not find that it is a very good site. I will be going again Margaret

The book is a nice idea Sandra, and Brian I think there must be plans, maybe not kept at the church though, not sure where else to try. I think it's more frustrating knowing they ARE there but not being able to find them, than just pottering about just in case there are ancestors. I was bothered about the overgrown patch at the back, I guess those were older, unattended graves, but it still seems a little disrespectful. I pulled bits of ivy off one headstone, and moved weeds & grass off another, I really don't mind doing all that, I find them very interesting places. I want to go back, but I know for sure that I checked all the ones I could check, my mum was with me too. Perhaps I could email again and ask if the patch at the back is going to be cut back....without sounding too cheeky!!

I am surprised that there are no plans. I was under the impression that graves had to be numbered and the number recorded in the burial register. There are often little iron markers with the number on and sometimes the stonemason incorporates the plot number on the headstone.

your last remark did tickle me!!!!!!! i went to chiddingly sussex and walked round looking for rellies, gr gran amongst others got quite a few but not hers!! on the way home realised i looked for her maiden name, silly me. went back the folling week and their she was!! Also went to east hoathly same area and wandered round found a few, the bumped into the vicar, they have had a book published on all the plots and names in the cemetry, so i bought 2 one for my parents, i thought that was a lovely idea, if you sometimes are unable to travel happy hunting sandra

I visited All Saints church in Ascot Heath Berks yesterday, looking for three graves, I emailed the church in advance, asking if there were such things as plans for the grounds re: graves, but said I didn't want to put them to any trouble, and that if it was a small grave yard I was happy to browse around. I had a nice reply saying there were no plans, and I was welcome to browse, and visit the church. It was a lovely little place, but a little disappointing not to find who I was looking for. The deaths were in 1906, 1929 & 1936 and I got the burial info from the Family History Online website. There were only a few headstones I couldn't read, certainly not 3 together. I know they could be scattered but the first death was the father & he was a Baronet so quite possibly made provision for other family members to be close by. The other 2 were his unmarried adult daughters. The grounds were well kept except for one patch of 3ft high stingers, I could see 3-4 tall headstones/monuments poking out, so I did wonder how many smaller ones were totally obscured. I popped into the church but no one was about for me to ask, it was such a shame. It’s one thing to visit unannounced, but when your relations are dead and buried you really do expect them to be home!!

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