Manchester Burials online

[Barbara.H]

Thats not Victor Meldrew it's my good friend Migky   

I knew it was one of you guys! 

Manchester service is expensive isn't it.  I got details by email of a burial in Allerdale (near Carlisle) and it was free as long as you had enough info for them to do a quick search - and you got to contact a real person.   If they can't find your relly quickly they tell you it will be £10 for time spent, but at least you are warned before you part with your cash.

  Barbara

[LizzieW]

Fortunately, I have the details (and photograph) of my maternal grandparents grave in Blackley, so don't have to pay the extortionate fee.

However, to find my paternal grandfather I had to contact Aberdeen.  I only knew his date of death and possible graveyard.  They replied within a couple of days, giving me the details and then sent, by post, maps of the graveyard (it is so large) to show me exactly how to find the grave.  Cost - NIL.

Lizzie

[Lydart]

I was in the Manchester Record Office a few days ago, looking up deaths in Blackley and Harpurhey !!

I found the ones I wanted on the reel reader (name of the machine escapes me ... senior moment) ... and I could have searched for more if only I'd known. 

Maybe we ought to have a page on RootsChat for requests for people going to various record offices who can do look ups on site ?

Sadly, I won't be in Manchester again for many months ... 

[kooky]

The Manchester Burials online page has changed.

It is now headed BACAS NG Genealogical Search.

There is no result when something is entered!

Anyone know what is happening?

Kooky

[Barbara.H]

At a rough guess ... in the last 2-3 weeks of being offline, a new search page had been designed.

Now all they have to do is make it work!   

Wonder how long that will take?

 
Barbara

[Mr. MIGKY]

I went on the new site the day they relaunched it. I think they made a big boo-boo with the records. Not that they were wrong but that on there free search you could get all this info for free. The name of the person.
The exact date they were buried.
There age at death.
What cemetery they were in.
If new grave / reopened/ public
what section they were buried in. ie RC/C-of-E/ Conformist/none conformist/consecrated or none consecrated ground.
And this which i could not believe they gave for free  EVEN THE PLOT NUMBER

The only thing i could see you paying money for after that would be to find there last address and maybe who paid for the burial?
So this is why i think they reshut the site back down as they realized that they had given out to much info on the free search and would not get many people paying for what little info there was left to sell? That will be some wiz kid on a PC there . And you know councils like to waste as much of our hard earned money as possible Remember this on Thursday when you vote 
Life is like a box of chocolates, you don't know what ya going to get with Manchester's council.
Migky

[uk2003]

This site works fine for me - on it right now - and still shows grave numbers 

101764 06/01/1912 Albert Millington 0 Years Burial (Direct to Grave) Philips Park Cemetery DConsecrated 1312

Age's given are wrong

[uk2003]

Yahoo

I now have a list of all my Carey family and all other Carey's buried in Philips Park.

Cut and paste from website into an excel database and filter on grave numbers - did'nt cost a penny.

Keep up the good work Manchester Council - but the question is how long will it last 

Must get the rest of the families just in case

 

[uk2003]

Migky