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Title: Help with a burial please
Post by: Lancejack24 on Tuesday 14 September 10 14:49 BST (UK)

Hi

 Im trying to trace were my husband's Gt Grandfather is buried. All I have is the information below I dont have any access to any Burial index's so any information on were to look would be a great help

Walter Hodges he died aged 85
Jan-Mar Quarter Croydon Surrey Vol 5g Page 141

Anne






 
Title: Re: Help with a burial please
Post by: Nick29 on Tuesday 14 September 10 14:53 BST (UK)
Which year ?
Title: Re: Help with a burial please
Post by: Lancejack24 on Tuesday 14 September 10 15:17 BST (UK)
Hi Nick

Yes that would be useful wouldn't it... sorry about that  :-\   

 1946

Anne
Title: Re: Help with a burial please
Post by: coombs on Tuesday 14 September 10 15:35 BST (UK)
The bets thing to do is to try cemeteries in the Croydon area. There may be a few in the area though as being close to London it was already well built up by 1946. Very few cemetery registers are online for this time frame though.
Title: Re: Help with a burial please
Post by: Lancejack24 on Tuesday 14 September 10 15:56 BST (UK)

Thanks Coombs

Anne
Title: Re: Help with a burial please
Post by: Valda on Tuesday 14 September 10 17:13 BST (UK)
Hi

The help guide on the London and Middlesex board

A Guide to Burials in the London area

gives links to the records of all civic cemeteries in the Greater London area including those in Croydon, the date the cemeteries were opened and whether any transcriptions exist online or otherwise.


http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,403485.0.html

Croydon Crematorium was established in 1937. Unless you are sure he was buried you need to ask for a search for both a burial and a cremation. Burial and cremation registers are spearate so if you ask for a burial search that will mean if he was creamted that would be missed.


Regards

Valda