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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Warwickshire => Topic started by: Keitht on Saturday 11 November 17 15:09 GMT (UK)
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At birminghamburialrecords.co.uk biirmingham city council has published a database of around 1.5 million burials and cremations at municipal sites across the city, showing month and year of burial/cremation. Unfortunately they do not include precise dates and the records only extend to a single forename but it is still an extremely useful resource.
It does not include burials within church grounds
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Thank you so much for posting this Keith! I have just looked at that site and found the burial of an ancestor I have been searching for for a long time. :D
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I've just done a free search, the record I wanted was available as a digital download for £5.
this is going to be such a valuable resource for the chatters here.
https://www.birminghamburialrecords.co.uk/
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Thank you Keitht , because of your post I’ve broken down two bricks this morning I have found the cremation for my Dads first wife and the burial of my Mum’s younger brother.
Barb
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Many thanks from me too!! It will be very useful.
rayard.
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Hi all,
Glad to be of service
It has also broken down a couple of brick walls for me.
Keith
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Thanks for the post, very helpful to me.
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And thanks from me too!
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Many thanks, i have found things i'v been looking for for ages
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Really great resource. Thanks for putting it out there.
One problem I found is that I noticed from a general search that there are heaps of relatives buried at Warstone Lane. However, if I search for an individual or a surname at that cemetery specifically I get nothing.
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That's an interesting comment. Too late now but I'll check it out tomorrow.
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Really great resource. Thanks for putting it out there.
One problem I found is that I noticed from a general search that there are heaps of relatives buried at Warstone Lane. However, if I search for an individual or a surname at that cemetery specifically I get nothing.
I have just searched a relative by full name with no cemetery and he appears. If I search just the surname I get lots of results at all the cemeteries. If search with the relevant cemetery I get no results.
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I've just had exactly the same experience with searching at a specific cemetery. It is certainly strange. I'll report it to the council's tech guys, who may or may not do anything about it.
I would expect that searching with just the surname would bring up multiple rsponses
Keith
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I would expect that searching with just the surname would bring up multiple rsponses
Keith
Yes, it is useful to just search with just surname in case the Christian name in spelled incorrectly, but it would be useful to narrow it down to one cemetery.
Thanks Keith for offering to report it to the tech guys, we'll wait (probably a long time) and see if they fix the issue.
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Hi, I've just been on this website again and it seems the search problem is now fixed :D
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Ye gods. My influence knows no bounds.
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Ye gods. My influence knows no bounds.
Well done Keith ;)
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I became aware of this after seeing the news review on the "Birmingham Channel" (Freeview channel 7) only last night, within 10 minutes I had downloaded the 1955 cremation record (Yardley, Birmingham) for my Great Grandfathers, sister Emily White of Hansons Bridge Road. The last of that generation to be accounted for. Strangely, when my father contacted Yardley Crematorium about 18 months ago, although they looked they couldn't find anything. However, well worth the money spent. I can see this resource been well used by me, still a fare number of peoples unaccounted for.
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This database has been very useful and I don't want to be critical, but I'm having problems with short surnames when I don't have a date of death. I.e. it gives all results of longer surnames which include the letters. I have tried putting "" but this doesn't work. On some websites there is a box to tick "exact"
rayard.
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I've experienced the same problem but it hasn't given me much trouble because I have been using the site to locate burials where I already have the death registration record. I would personally be a lot happier if the records extended to two or more forenames, which would eliminate the occasional experience of finding two burials or cremations of similar names within the same quarter.
The database is by no means perfect but it is light years ahead of anything we've had before.
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It is good Keitht and I didn't want to appear ungrateful!!
Thanks again, it has been a great help.
rayard.
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No gratitude due to me. I merely reported the site's existence after having been shown it by someone else.
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This website is a fantastic resource
I was confused over Kings Norton Cemetery and Old Kings Norton Cemetery, so i emailed the site to ask about it. So if anyone else has the same problem/confusion here is their reply
The history of the Old Kings Norton Cemeteries are that the Kings Norton Burial Board were responsible for administering two cemeteries prior to 1911. One was Brandwood End Cemetery and the other was Lodge Hill Cemetery. Both cemeteries have old registers that show Kings Norton Burial Board on them. When the registers were transcribed, the Old Kings Norton Burial Board records for Brandwood End Cemetery were recorded as Brandwood End Cemetery. However, when the old Kings Norton Burial Board records for Lodge Hill Cemetery were transcribed they were listed as Old Kings Norton. This is something that has been picked up since the database has been released for public access. In order to avoid confusion, we are currently working with our supplier to amend the Old Kings Norton records to show them as Lodge Hill Cemetery on the database for future use. There will be a short period in the interim when the old Lodge Hill Cemetery records are shown as Old Kings Norton prior to this update.
Hope this helps
Kindest regards
Brummygirl
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Thanks Brummygirl, I must admit that I had wondered about this point myself.
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What we have to remember the site is for cemeteries .
If you are unable to find your ancestor they may be buried in a family plot in a church yard ( Parish Records ) rather than a council cemetery.
The BMSGH -Birmingham & Midland Society of Genealogy & Heraldry ( now called Midland Ancestors ) volunteers transcribed the burial records of Witton Cemetery, Handsworth Cemetery , Key Hill Cemetery & Warstone Lane Cemetery to purchase sometime ago.
You can purchased the burial records from the BMSGH shop.
Support your local Family History Society .http://bmsgh-shop.org.uk/BIRM-Cemeteries
Key Hill Cemetery & Warstone Lane Cemetery .
For help in locating a grave or to find how many are buried in a plot at either Key Hill Cemetery or Warstone Lane Cemetery in Hockley, Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter contact the
Friends of Key Hill Cemetery & Warstone Lane Cemetery .
The only group to maintain the cemeteries and restore headstones
Blogging website is work in progress. https://friendsofkeyhillcemeterywarstonelanecemetery.wordpress.com/